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The novelty of IP litigation being "hot" wore off long ago, but never did the practice dominate headlines quite as much as in 2012.
When a nine-employee outdoor equipment company got hit with infringement claims by a much larger rival last year, the company's founder was "devastated." But with a targeted litigation strategy engineered by Eric Walters of Davis Wright Tremaine, the company turned the tables on its accuser.
U.S. Firms in London Say They're More Merger-Minded
Legal Week's annual survey of U.S. firms in London reveals that 47 percent of respondents would consider a merger with a U.K. firm, up from 39 percent last year and just 29 percent in 2005. The trend may signal that firms realize how hard it is to grow organically in the London legal market, which by some measures is now the most costly in which to operate worldwide. Putting additional pressure on U.S. firms: the weak dollar and the related disadvantage in attracting heavy-hitting London partners.The AmLaw 100: Firing On All Cylinders
For the third year in a row, the nation's 100 largest law firms saw double-digit growth in gross revenue. What effect did turmoil in the capital markets and a merger boom have on the AmLaw100?High Cost of 'Big Brother' Police Tactics
Connecticut state police have reached a $17 million settlement with criminal defense lawyers over secret wiretaps on all police barracks phones between 1978 and 1989. Federal law imposes as much as $10,000 in damages per phone call whenever a call is made without knowledge that the conversation is recorded by either caller or recipient. Using this yardstick, class plaintiffs calculated in 1992 that the state faced over $1 billion in potential liability.Gunderson Dettmer Snags Wilson Sonsini Trio for New Office
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm declared as good as dead by some observers after the Internet bust, is opening a new office in San Diego with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Gari Cheever, Jeffrey Higgins and Ilan Lovinsky, who are all joining as partners. "San Diego is the third-largest market for [venture capital] activity after Silicon Valley and Boston," says firm founder Robert Gunderson Jr. But some warn that San Diego is over-lawyered.Trending Stories
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