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June 26, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

SCOTUS Ends Term With Blow to Class Action Plaintiffs

The U.S. Supreme Court put another hurdle in the path of class action plaintiffs Monday with a 5-4 ruling that strictly interpreted deadlines for opting out of ongoing securities litigation.
14 minute read
June 22, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Caesars Bankruptcy Still Paying Out to Three Big Firms

A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Chicago recently approved payments to Kirkland, Jones Day and Proskauer Rose in the Chapter 11 case of casino and hotel giant Caesars Entertainment. The bankruptcy, winding down after nearly two years of proceedings, has brought more than $125 million collectively into those three firms' coffers.
18 minute read
June 21, 2017 | The Recorder

How Cisco's IP Strategy to Stop Arista Went Bust

Arista fended off copyright claims at trial in December and this week lawyers at Latham &amp Watkins helped the company avoid an ITC exclusion order. This can't be what Cisco GC Mark Chandler expected when he announced war two-and-a-half years ago.
22 minute read
June 21, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Who's Afraid of EDTX? Not Microsoft

Sidley Austin partner Michael Bettinger secured an against-the-odds defense win for Microsoft last week even after failing to wipe out the asserted videoconferencing patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
15 minute read
June 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

General Litigation (Large Firms): Fox Rothschild

F ox Rothschild's victories stemmed from litigating on both sides of the courtroom aisle. In some cases the firm recovered funds or awards for clients, but more often the firm's victories took the form of fending off attacks and major financial threats and restoring its clients' reputations.
15 minute read
June 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

These 3 IP Boutiques Still Reign at Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Intellectual property boutiques Fish & Richardson; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner; and Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox maintain dominant positions in America Invents Act litigation, but global Am Law 50 firms continue making inroads at the PTAB.
43 minute read
June 14, 2017 | National Law Journal

Another Major Shooting Unfolds as Justices Weigh Latest Firearms Case

The U.S. Supreme Court's conference on Thursday includes a challenge to concealed-carry restrictions in California. The Orlando nightclub shooting in June 2016 occurred days before the court declined to hear a challenge to post-Sandy Hook gun laws.
11 minute read
June 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Money Talks, Partners Walk: How the Pay Gap Between Elite US and UK Firms Became a Chasm

An underappreciated effect of the Great Recession is how it put on steroids the amounts by which elite US firms can outflank their UK counterparts on partner compensation.
47 minute read
June 12, 2017 | Litigation Daily

20 Years, 5 Trials, and It's Still Not Over: This Case is Like 'Groundhog Day' for Kirkland's Hurst

In some ways, winning a $26 million jury award for age discrimination in 2002 against Abbott Laboratories was the worst thing that could have happened to former sales manager David Jelinek and his legal team. Because after the verdict was reversed on appeal 12 years ago, they've been chasing it ever since.And it's not working.
23 minute read
June 09, 2017 | National Law Journal

Covington Goes Dark on Comey Day; Filling Vacancies; Kasowitz in Spotlight

Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law and federal government hires and other Washington, D.C., legal news.
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