Dating a lawyer might seem to be your life’s work – both in getting one, and then keeping her/him – but let’s first do the prep. Lawyers, good ones at least, believe greatly in preparation and in order to date a lawyer successfully you need to know some home truths. If you can get past
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Davis Polk – Technology companies routinely conduct patent sales, whether through high-profile auctions like the one recently proposed by Yahoo, or as part of ordinary-course asset divestitures. There are many considerations to address when conducting a patent sale to ensure that both the buyer and seller realize maximum value from the transaction; however, one issue in particular that is sometimes overlooked is the importance of assessing
Reed Smith – This case is very important in that it is one of the first judgments where damages have been awarded for breach of competition rules in UK. It relates to MasterCard’s alleged anticompetitive card fees (credit and debit cards). The award was for £68,582,245 plus interest which is a significant sum, but there
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Law Vision Group – In order to meet or exceed anticipated profits per partner in a rapidly changing legal industry, many firms still have a way to go to upgrade or simply modernize their systems and processes. So today’s post is about change. Not only accepting it and embracing it, but also (perhaps) considering change
As Oliver Stone’s latest, biggest remaking of history – “Snowden” – is about to be released the push to pardon the whistleblower/traitor (take your pick) has entered pre-release high gear. But will Edward Snowden, the Snowden, a movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Shailene Woodley (The Divergent series) is set for release on Friday and
Former Reddit CEO and lawyer Ellen Pao may have lost her discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins but the fight continues. In a video interview she explained to CNET what she was doing and about her Project Include venture, as well as explaining why she doubted whether she would let her daughter enter the tech business. Pao,
Richard A. Bowman who died this week was the “father figure” of automotive transport litigation, building the largest automotive product defect defense practice in the US. He is also credited with shaping the product liability landscape for the automotive industry, his firm (Bowman and Brooke) said. The Minnesota Lawyer noted that Bowman, who retired in
Skadden Arps – Encouraged by the success of proxy access proposals in the 2015 proxy season, shareholder proponents have submitted almost 200 proxy access shareholder proposals for 2016 annual meetings. As of mid-June, approximately 65 percent of companies receiving a proxy access shareholder proposal have adopted or proposed a 3 percent proxy access bylaw or
DENVER – Christopher George White, age 37, of McCormick, South Carolina, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to six counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge David Thompson
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MIAMI, FL, September 1, 2016—TrustCounsel, an estate and trust law firm, opens a new office in Miami. The space in downtown’s Miami Center supports the firm’s growing trust and estate clientele in Florida. The Miami office continues to service trustees and executors in trust administration, probate, and related tax matters. An affiliated company,
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