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Legal sector adds 1,400 jobs in July
One month after experiencing a slight dip in employment, the legal sector managed to add 1,400 jobs in July, giving the industry its highest overall employment numbers in three years, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Genetically Modified Seed Patent Embraced
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court that is often skeptical of patents yesterday embraced a key seed patent in the case of a Monsanto Co. soybean variety that was being replicated by savvy farmers.
Cozen O'Connor Launches Minneapolis Office
Cozen O'Connor has opened a Minneapolis office with eight transactional and commercial litigation attorneys from Chicago-based Hinshaw & Culbertson. Cozen cited Minneapolis' location between Chicago and Seattle, where the firm already has offices, as an attractive addition to its geographic footprint.
Civil litigators getting used to life in the doldrums
Anyone who hoped that commercial litigation might help law firms weather the recession was surely disappointed last year, according to Nat�ional Law Journal affiliate VerdictSearch's report on the Top 100 Verdicts of 2009. Commercial verdicts, including breach-of-contract recoveries, fell from $1.4 billion in 2008 to $421 million last year. Fraud recoveries plummeted by nearly 70% to $561.3 million. Intellectual property litigation saw an increase — from $2.2 billion to $2.6 billion. But that picture was distorted by a single massive recovery: Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc.'s $1.67 billion verdict against Abbott Laboratories in the Eastern District of Texas. Absent that result, patent judgments would have declined significantly.Justices Rule for Monsanto in Case Over Seed Patent
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court that is often skeptical of patents embraced a key seed patent on Monday in the case of a Monsanto Co. soybean variety that was being replicated by savvy farmers.
Southwest Airlines GC Coming in for a Landing
Madeleine Johnson, general counsel and vice president for Southwest Airlines, announced her retirement, effective February 1, 2013.
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