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DLA Piper Makes Measured Progress
It's now the second-largest law firm in the world, but the conglomeration has sceptics who deride its "Starbucks" approach.Keker Knocked Out of Genentech Retrial
A federal judge on Wednesday barred Keker & Van Nest from defending Genentech Inc. at the retrial of a $1.2 billion patent infringement case brought by the University of California, citing a conflict of interest. Keker partner Ragesh Tangri, while an associate at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin five years ago, logged 2,000 hours on the case on behalf of the university which represents "a direct conflict," Judge Charles Legge ruled from the bench.Duane Morris Enters Singapore Market
Duane Morris Chairman Sheldon Bonovitz is making good on his plan to grow the 600-attorney firm to more than 1,000 lawyers with offices across the globe. The latest move gives the firm a six-attorney outpost in Singapore and plans for two Vietnam offices by the spring of 2007. According to Bonovitz, Duane Morris will be one of the top five U.S. firms in Singapore, and when its offices open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Duane Morris will be one of only two U.S.-based firms in Vietnam.Samsung and its lawyers at Baker Botts refused to settle with Spanish antenna company Fractus even after nine other defendants bailed out of the case. The strategy failed for Samsung, but it worked out just fine for Fractus and its lawyers at Susman Godfrey.
Genentech Loses Retrial Attempt
A federal judge in San Francisco has rejected a motion asking him to overturn a jury verdict and order a new trial in an epic intellectual property case. in a huge patent dispute and start a retrial from scratch. U.S. District Judge Charles Legge refused Genentech Inc.'s request to overturn jurors' recent verdict finding that the University of California's 1982 patent for human growth hormone was "enabled" or, in other words, adequate for use by other scientists.Utah Fight Bottles Up Federal Judgeships
The judicial confirmation process before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is once again paralyzed. Last year, a stalemate between President Bill Clinton and Republican senators over judicial appointments was broken in the wake of a harsh rebuke by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. This time, a political conflagration in the home state of Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch has halted the entire federal judicial confirmation process.In upholding a victory for Netgear in patent battles with four rivals, the Federal Circuit clarified when reliance on industry standards can be used as grounds to dismiss infringement claims.
Henry Nicholas has brought in MoFo's James Brosnahan to defend him in his upcoming trial on drug charges. That means we won't get to see Brendan Sullivan trying to explain the Broadcom cofounder's antics. But Sullivan's still on board for Nicholas's securities fraud trial.
West Coast EDD: California Dreamin'
In the wake of two recent verdicts, Zubulake and Morgan Stanley -- both with scalding, landmark language concerning electronic data discovery abuse -- Law Technology News looks at the different approaches that several law firms with strong California ties are taking to EDD, ranging from favored software to degree of outsourcing.Trending Stories
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