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The Layoff List: By the Numbers
Employment shifts at The Am Law 200, Global 100, and Other Firms of NoteClifford Chance Faces New Threat of Departures
With its U.S. expansion plans already hurt by East Coast defections, British legal giant Clifford Chance faces a potential Western Front. Some said the firm would have 100 California lawyers by 2002's end -- but not one West Coast lateral partner has been recruited, and last month current partners began leaving. Now, the San Francisco legal community is abuzz about the expected defection of Clifford Chance's West Coast securities litigation group to another firm.Supreme Court: Sentencing Guidelines Advisory, Not Mandatory
In a splintered and complex decision that may throw federal criminal cases into short-term chaos, the Supreme Court on Wednesday took the bite out of the federal sentencing guidelines and may have handed back to federal judges the discretion in sentencing they lost 20 years ago after the guidelines were enacted. Commentators said Wednesday that the decision "literally revolutionized federal sentencing law" and gave judges "the greatest sentencing power they've ever had in the history of the republic."For the second time in a month, patent licensing company Alexsam Inc. failed to convince a jury that a major retailer had infringed its patents for prepaid gift cards--this time striking out in a $34.5 million suit against Gap Inc.
Marshall, Tx.-based Webvention LLC has had a pretty good run over the past couple of years. But will the patent troll's licensing and litigation model survive an order transferring the company's docket of infringement cases out of East Texas?
A New Jersey jury ruled 7-to-1 that AZ provided adequate warning of the diabetes risk associated with its antipsychotic. It's a huge win for AstraZeneca (and its trial lawyers from Dechert and Covington & Burling) in the 20,000-case mass tort.
Supreme Court: Sentencing Guidelines Advisory, Not Mandatory
In a splintered and complex decision that may throw federal criminal cases into short-term chaos, the Supreme Court on Wednesday took the bite out of the federal sentencing guidelines and may have handed back to federal judges the discretion in sentencing they lost 20 years ago after the guidelines were enacted. Commentators said Wednesday that the decision "literally revolutionized federal sentencing law" and gave judges "the greatest sentencing power they've ever had in the history of the republic."Trending Stories
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