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November 17, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

State Bar Wants A Say in Proposed Referral-Fee Rule

A proposed change to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure that would cap referral fees and require them to be disclosed has stirred up protests from attorneys and prompted a request from the State Bar of Texas that the state Supreme Court delay activating the rule change.
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November 11, 2011 | The Recorder

Grewal Spreads Federal Circuit's E-Discovery Gospel: Less Is More

Adopting tight limits on email and other discovery in a local patent suit, the San Jose magistrate sets an early test of model rules.
9 minute read
October 25, 2012 | Law.com

The New Mommy Track

More than two decades after Felice Schwartz wrote a Harvard Business Review article that advocated a career model for women with children that became known as the "mommy track," what challenges are ahead for today's female lawyers with children, some of whom are creating networking and support groups for women like themselves?
12 minute read
December 03, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Panel Rejects Perelman Bid to Avoid Paying Film Obligation

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February 07, 2011 | National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE

The old shell game fails again; le juge aux camelias; maybe he should have chosen the Mirage; and partners made for walkin' in this week's column.
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December 08, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The Dam Breaks: Intellectual Ventures Files Three Patent Infringement Complaints in Delaware

Yes folks, the gargantuan patent aggregator that earned $2 billion without ever filing an infringement suit is no longer a litigation virgin. And it's using three different law firms in wielding its patents against Hynix, McAfee, Symantec, and Altera.
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Intellectual Ventures and Susman Godfrey Seek Disqualification of Wilson Sonsini in Patent Case
Publication Date: 2011-04-08
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Represented by Susman Godfrey, the giant patent holding company claims that Wilson Sonsini dumped it as a client after seven-and-a-half years because of pressure from another big Wilson Sonsini client. Now Intellectual Ventures wants Wilson Sonsini disqualified from representing defendant Check Point Software in an infringement suit brought by IV, asserting that the firm has a conflict.

November 14, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Sallie Mae Litigation Raises Issue of Deal 'Adverse Effect'

With credit tightening, some dealmakers are looking for ways to walk away from deals that suddenly look shaky. One legal weapon that attorneys for purchasers and financial backers are brandishing is the "material adverse effects" contract clause, routine provisions that permit termination of a transaction where business conditions have deteriorated for a target company. Litigation over a $26 billion buyout of Sallie Mae is one of the few cases in which this murky area of the law has been analyzed.
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January 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

Large firms pay many Texas associates bigger bonuses

Many associates are richer due to bonus money. Large firms in Texas paid bonuses roughly equivalent to what they paid associates for 2006 work. The generous bonuses are in addition to salary raises that many big firms gave associates in 2007 as the Texas base salary for first-year associates increased to $160,000. "We felt like some of the associates ... were working excess hours, and we felt we should provide a special bonus to them," says Stanley Mayo, managing partner of Patton Boggs' Dallas office.
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October 15, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

The New Mommy Track

Because it's still hard for women lawyers to be a success in the courtroom and at the conference table and also rear children, Houston lawyer Rachel Smith started a Houston networking and support group for women lawyers with children.
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