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Top Patent Litigator Returns to His Boutique Roots
When Jonathan A. Marshall left Pennie & Edmonds for Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 2002, the news rocked the intellectual property bar. One of the nation's top patent litigators was leaving one of the most prominent IP boutiques to join a global mega-firm, while predicting that bigger general-practice firms were the future of IP practice. Now, as Marshall confronts Weil Gotshal's mandatory retirement age for partners, he's heading back to his boutique roots, as senior counsel at Boston-based Fish & Richardson.Doctors, Practice Groups Cleared By Jury in Med Mal Case
A Montgomery County jury has cleared an orthopedic surgeon and his practice group in a medical malpractice claim filed by an elderly woman who required two leg amputations.Morgan Lewis Opens Houston Office
Five lawyers from litigation boutique Edwards, Burns & Krider, including Brady Edwards and Sandra Thourot Krider, joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to launch the 1,353-attorney firm's 22nd office Tuesday. Francis Milone, chairman of Morgan Lewis, says the firm has for some time been eyeing Houston, where he hopes to expand such practice areas as litigation, energy, labor and intellectual property. Edwards Burns partner Randolph Burns is going solo in Port Aransas, Texas, where he moved about three years ago.2nd Circuit Hears Arguments on Letting NYC's Gun Suit Go to Trial
In arguments before the 2nd Circuit, Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo said a law passed by Congress to limit suits against manufacturers and distributors whose guns end up in criminals' hands was unconstitutional and does not apply to the suit New York City brought in 2000 to halt illegal firearm sales. But an attorney for the manufacturers and distributors said the public nuisance lawsuit was just the type of action Congress meant to block by passing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.Judge nominations flow slowly from Obama.
President Barack Obama stands to become the first president in at least 30 years to have more openings on the federal bench at the end of his first term than when he started.San Francisco Law Mandating Employer Health Care Spending Challenged
Federal law says that state and local governments can't force employers to change their employee benefits plans. This well-established precedent has been used to block state and local laws aimed at setting minimum health care spending requirements in Maryland and New York. Now the city of San Francisco is in federal court arguing that its health care law overcomes federal pre-emption because employers who opt to pay the city directly will get city-provided discounted health benefits for employees.Search Results or Trademark Violation? Google Sued
A decorating company and Google, the largest Internet search engine, are locked in a lawsuit that could have a huge financial impact on keyword-based advertising on the Web. American Blind and Wallpaper Factory filed suit in U.S. district court in New York alleging trademark violation of its name. The suit claims that when customers search Google for "American" and "blind" or "wallpaper," the search engine also delivers names and links to American Blind's competitors, which pay Google an advertising fee.Trending Stories
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