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Who Wins With Google’s New Patent Purchase Marketplace – Other than Google?

Briefing, Featured / May 20, 2015

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Hodgson Russ – Jordan Walbesser – There’s something off about Google’s Patent Purchase Promotion. Purchasing patents is not new. In fact, Google has a long history of buying patents. What’s new is the idea of a limited-time solicitation. To me, Google’s announcement evokes a stereotypical used-car ad—“Get a great deal on your patent, but you […]

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Corporate Counsel Weigh In On Privilege Issue

Law Firms / May 20, 2015

A legal malpractice case being closely watched by corporate lawyers has involved a further development with the an issues that is dividing corporate counsel from Big Law attorneys. A group of 74 law firms argued that a firm’s internal communications about responsibilities and duties to clients are actually privileged from those clients. The Association of

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“Innocence of Muslims” Video Decision

Featured / May 20, 2015

Tom Rubin is a lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, former Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft, on the Board of Directors at Creative Commons, and on the Board of Advisors of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. This opinion piece appeared in Huffington Post. Welcome news this week from the

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Measuring a Lawyer’s Happiness

Law Firms, Lawyers / May 19, 2015

Does making partner make you happy? According to new research the answer appears to be “No”, and it’s a somewhat resounding answer, too. While the rewards of partnership in a major law firm are well known – the money, power, status and so forth – the actual correlation between them and happiness are totally misaligned,

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What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A DataDriven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success

Lawyers / May 19, 2015

Lawrence S. Krieger* with Kennon M. Sheldon, Ph.D.** George Washington Law Review ABSTRACT This is the first theory-guided empirical research seeking to identify the correlates and contributors to the well-being and life satisfaction of lawyers. Data from several thousand lawyers in four states provide insights about diverse factors from law school and one’s legal career

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Attorney for “Birthing House” Case Charged with Witness Tampering

Lawyers / May 19, 2015

SANTA ANA, California – LawFuel.com – An Irvine-based immigration attorney has been arrested and charged with attempted witness tampering after agreeing to help a Chinese national flee from the United States after the woman had been designated as a “material witness” in a criminal investigation into “birthing houses” operating in Southern California. Ken Zhiyi Liang,

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Internet Drug Scheme Finds Pharmacist Guilty

Law Firms / May 19, 2015

LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LENA LASHER, a licensed pharmacist, was found guilty in federal court of misbranding and fraud offenses arising from an Internet pharmacy scheme. LASHER was convicted on Friday, May 15, in Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial before

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Man Bilked Airlines By Obtaining Free “Non-Rev” Tickets

Law Firms / May 19, 2015

LOS ANGELES – A Georgia man who fraudulently booked airline reservations by pretending to be a flight crew member was sentenced today to six months in federal prison, as well as six months of home detention. Gilbert Myers Jr., 38, of Atlanta, was sentenced this afternoon in Los Angeles by United States District Judge Dean

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The Fast-Growing Law Firm Hits UK Startup List

Featured, Law Firms, LawStars, UK Law / May 18, 2015

It’s unusual for a law firm to make a high-growth startup list, but Cardiff-based firm Greenaway Scott has done it. Making the influencing British Startups 100 2015, the recently launched firm is focused on growth, foucsing on life science and technology companies. With just over two years of solid trading and year on year growth,

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Here Come The Men-Only Divorce Firms

Law Firms, UK Law / May 18, 2015

Law firm specialisation is the key to success for many lawyers, but having a men-only divorce firm reflects the strong feelings of anti-male discrimination many men feel over divorces. The trend towards men-only divorce originated in America, but now Britain and other jurisdictions are embracing the move, particularly since the 1990s when men have felt

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