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Inside Counsel

Johnson & Johnson will pay $181 million in fees to Houston law firm

A small law firm is coming into some big cash.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Quiz: How well do you remember January’s top legal stories?

Test your knowledge of some of the most significantand strangestlegal events of the past month
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

Microsoft accused of violating patents with its Bing search engine

In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, I/P Engine Inc. accused Microsoft Corp. of infringing patents in the generation of ads and related links for its Bing search engine.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Technology: Can you learn to love a troll?

It is hard to love a troll, and some feel the same way about patent trolls, the pejorative term for a nonpracticing entity (NPE) that sues a company for infringing its patent.
11 minute read

Inside Counsel

January Supreme Court Roundup: Environmental law and the Class Action Fairness Act take center stage

In this months Supreme Court roundup, we take a look at the arguments in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District and Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, both of which the court heard in January.
13 minute read

International Edition

Dealmaker: Paul Chow

The Davis Polk & Wardwell heavyweight reflects on Asia's 2013 prospects, Slaughter and May and sartorial panic
4 minute read

International Edition

Down but not out – global firms still eye Japan success despite a tidal wave of economic strife

When the Japanese Government allowed foreign law firms to open offices in the country in 1987 to provide international advice, UK and US advisers started piling onto the bustling streets of Tokyo, then lured by the presence of the world's biggest banks and insurance companies as well as its booming technology and automobile industries.
6 minute read

International Edition

The cab rank rule – what is it good for? (absolutely nothing?)

Before anyone jumps down my throat, there is a question mark at the end of the headline to this piece - I am asking a question: does the cab rank rule serve any purpose, or is it an ideal which is rarely really honoured? I decided to pen this post in response to some research commissioned by the Legal Services Board - The Cab Rank Rule: Its Meaning and Purpose in the New Legal Services Market. There has been an bullish response from the Criminal Bar Association and an excellent response by family law barrister Lucy Reed - A Trickle Not a Flood. There has also been a typically measured response from UCL professor of law and professional ethics Richard Moorhead - Cab Rank Rules or Bar Room Brawls?
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

NLRB ruling challenged in light of D.C. Circuit ruling

Last week, the D.C. Circuit issued a decision in which it found that President Obamas recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last year are invalid.
11 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Food false advertising class actions on the rise

Food companies will argue that these are harmless crimes the tobacco companies said the same thing.
7 minute read

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