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Spring Bonuses Pop Up at V&E, Akin Gump
Everything's coming up green for associates and counsel at Vinson & Elkins and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Both BigTex firms, following a market move by many large New York City firms, will pay spring bonuses in May to associates and counsel who received 2010 year-end bonuses. Joe Dilg, V&E's managing partner, says V&E is committed to keeping associate and counsel compensation within the market range.
Wilson Sonsini to Reap Benefits From LinkedIn IPO
The world's leading online professional network may raise more than $405 million through an IPO this week. That's good news for LinkedIn's Wilson Sonsini lawyers, since the IPO-related legal costs are estimated to be $1.5 million.U.S. Senate Leaders Call Off Compromise Talks
The Senate's top leaders have ended their attempt to find a compromise on President Bush's stalled judicial nominees, but other members continued to work on a possible deal to clear five blocked appeals court appointees and end threats to change the long-standing filibuster rules.Former In-House Banking Lawyer Found Guilty of $12 Million Fraud
The former deputy head of legal at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has been found guilty of a multimillion-dollar fraud, a U.K. court ruled Tuesday. Former in-house lawyer Kate Johns faces jail for her crimes, with a sentence to be handed down in December. London's Southwark Crown Court ruled that Johns was guilty of having repeatedly conned colleagues into signing off large sums of money for investment. In total, the bank lost 7.4 million pounds ($12.3 million) as a result of the scam.
Court Cold to Real Estate Bar's Furor Over Ethics Ruling
Real estate lawyers say they've been snake-bit by an ethics ruling that bans closing side deals known as "sellers' concessions," but the state Supreme Court doesn't seem to see a malady, much less the need for a remedy.
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Budget Cuts to Hamper PTO's Efforts to Reduce Application Backlog
Recent federal budget cuts to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will take a toll on the agency's efforts to cut its massive patent application backlog.
Internet-Based Service May Help Simplify Small-Firm Calendaring
Running a small law firm is like juggling bowling balls, chainsaws and eggs -- it takes a special set of skills and it's sometimes nerve-wracking, but it's never dull. For Ross Veta, of San Diego's Veta & Veta, one part of the job kept dragging things down: the calendaring. Veta has found an Internet-based solution he likes, however. Deadlines on Demand, which is offered on a pay-per-use basis, has things looking up. Can it help your firm, too?
SEC Drops Complaint Against Canyon Acquisitions Of Boca
Canyon Acquisitions LLC has settled a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Canadian investors in the company's large international developments.
Stanford Law Professor Pens First IP Legal Thriller
Over his 39-year career, Stanford Law professor Paul Goldstein's work has been required reading for thousands of intellectual property law students. But his latest writing -- the first legal thriller to be set against the backdrop of IP law -- is attracting a wider audience. The spark for the novel came when Goldstein worked on a "billion-dollar, bet-the-company" copyright case over the James Bond film franchise, which led him to ask what he calls "the question at the threshold of every novel: 'What if?'"Pillsbury Winthrop Accused of Another Conflict of Interest
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman was tossed from client SonicBlue's bankruptcy case for not disclosing a conflict of interest. Now lawyers for a creditor claim the firm failed to disclose yet another conflict.Trending Stories
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