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IP Roundup: Debating Bad Patents, Not Patent Trolls

By&nbspBrian ZabcikAll Articles The Litigation DailyMay 17, 2013 Patent trolls have been the subject of increasing debate, but should we be focusing on bad patents instead? That’s the interesting question posed at a recent panel discussion on patent-assertion entities at Read more »

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The Score: Dentons Partner Doubles as Fantasy Sports Pro

Like many lawyers, Glenn Colton is a baseball fan. But the Dentons white-collar and government investigations practice chair has taken his love for America’s national pastime to the next level, scoring his own fantasy baseball column for NBC Sports’s Rotoworld Read more »

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Settlement: Wells Fargo Ordered to Pay $203M in Overdraft Fees Class Action Settlement

May 16 2013 San Francisco, CA: US District Judge William Alsup has issued an order to reinstate a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo Bank. The judgment is based upon the court’s findings, as affirmed on appeal by the Ninth Read more »

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Am Law Firms Aboard as Leagues Sink Kings, Coyotes Deals

UPDATE: 5/17/2013, 9:35 a.m. EDT Read more »

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TCPA Lawsuits Target Unwanted Cellphone Calls

Class Action Lawsuit and Settlement News Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:45 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Text Message Spam Class Action Lawsuit Settlement News! TCPA Lawsuits Target Unwanted Cellphone Calls By Robert J. Boumis Many people Read more »

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The Careerist: Wanted—Emotionally Intelligent Lawyers

I guess it’s like pornography: It’s tricky to define, but you know it when you see it. I’m talking about emotional intelligence (“EI” for the cognoscenti), the latest buzz phrase that’s been embraced by law firms. Click here to continue. Read more »

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News Corp. Hires Ex-Skadden Communications Chief Bush

Antoinette “Toni” Bush, partner-in-charge of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s communications group, is leaving the firm to become global head of government affairs for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Read more »

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The Global Lawyer: Kiobel’s Continental Cousins

By Michael D. Goldhaber On the first day of spring—about a month before the U.S. Read more »

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RPT-For Detroit in crisis, next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate

Mon May 20, 2013 6:59am EDT By Bernie Woodall and Karen Pierog DETROIT May 19 (Reuters) – Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit’s emergency financial Read more »

INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES | Mon May 20, 2013 12:59am EDT LOS ANGELES May 20 (Reuters) – In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a Read more »

IP Roundup: Debating Bad Patents, Not Patent Trolls

By&nbspBrian ZabcikAll Articles The Litigation DailyMay 17, 2013 Patent trolls have been the subject of increasing debate, but should we be focusing on bad patents instead? That’s the interesting question posed at a recent panel discussion on patent-assertion entities at Read more »

Judge Revives $774 Million Securities Case Against JPMorgan

For the lawyers fighting Dexia SA’s mortgage-backed securities lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jed Rakoff giveth, and Rakoff taketh away.Last month, when we named Daniel Slifkin and J. Read more »

The Careerist: Harvard Law Ranks #1 in World

Are you still fussing with that U.S. News & World Report ranking of law schools? How provincial! We live in the global economy, so what really matters is how your law school ranks internationally Read more »

For Detroit in crisis, next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate

By Bernie Woodall and Karen Pierog DETROIT | Sun May 19, 2013 4:49pm EDT DETROIT May 19 (Reuters) – Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit’s Read more »

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