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'Waive' Goodbye: Developments in Patent Litigation

The seemingly endless war between certain types of patent owners (often socalled "nonpracticing entities" or NPEs) and certain types of defendants (typically corporations perceived to have deep pockets) has been fought on many fronts over the last decades.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Raynor's Suit Over $1M Sanction Is Tossed

A state court judge has tossed the civil suit attorney Nancy Raynor filed against the lawyers who sought to have her hit with a $1 million sanction over her handling of an expert in a medical malpractice case.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Spain's Garrigues Continues Latin America Push

Spanish legal and tax services firm Garrigues has continued to expand its fast-growing Latin America practice with the hire of a Chile labor and employment expert.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

In Robo-Advisers You Trust: Or Do You?

This article highlights potential problems regarding what the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) refers to as digital investment advisers, but what we hereinafter call robo-advisers, and is not intended as an argument against their use. We accept as fact the usefulness of computerization as we accept the uselessness of unpassed regulations, write attorneys Milton Vescovacci and Adam Miller.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Many Excess Partners Does Your Firm Have?

Strategist Hugh Simons lays out how many excess partners reside in the Am Law 200 and what that means at the next economic downturn.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Anglo-Canadian Legal Giant Unveils First-Ever Combined Financials

Gowling WLG, a roughly 1,400-lawyer firm formed last year following a cross-border combination between British firm Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co and Canadian firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson, earned enough during fiscal 2016-17 to make The Am Law 100 list if it was eligible. The firm does not have an office in the U.S.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Tips for Hiring Contract Attorneys

As a result of the changing market for legal services, law firms are not always looking for the same type of candidate when hiring new attorneys as in the past. Because demand from clients can be uneven, particularly for litigation matters, some firms may be reluctant to commit to full-time attorneys in fear that the work won't be there permanently to justify the cost.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Downton Abbey Meets Antitrust—and DOJ Comes up Empty-Handed

The beauty (or the terror, depending on your perspective) of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division is that you never know where it'll strike. One minute the feds are taking down multi-billion dollar international cartels. The next, they're busting players in an industry that sounds more like a Downton Abbey plot device: heir location services
21 minute read

The American Lawyer

Seyfarth Shaw Forms Hong Kong Association; Hires Partner From King & Wood Mallesons

Seyfarth Shaw has formed an association with a Hong Kong law firm, and has hired King & Wood Mallesons partner Raymond Wong to serve as managing partner of the firm's recently opened Hong Kong office.
19 minute read

Legaltech News

New 'Innovation Index' Tracks Law Firm Technology Focuses

The new index, spearheaded by Michigan State's Daniel Linna, is an effort to infuse data into legal services innovation.
8 minute read

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