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Fox Sports counsel joins throng fleeing ailing firm
Paul Laurin, lead counsel for Fox Sports in the Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy, has joined Barnes & Thornburg, the latest attorney to depart from imploding Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff.
An affidavit to remember
In August 2009, boutique international law firm ShawnCoulson settled a $2.2 million fee dispute in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with former client PowerTrain Inc. Late last year, the Mississippi-based engine parts importer moved to reopen the case, seeking sanctions for an allegedly false affidavit filed in the case.
7th Circuit revives claims of former associate against Kanoski firm
Two of a lawyer's claims against his former firm for a cut of case settlements after he was fired can move forward, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has ruled.
No quick trial for ex-Nixon Peabody partner in alleged Ponzi scheme
A former securities partner at Nixon Peabody who was fired while under investigation for allegedly falsifying documents as part of a Ponzi scheme will have to go to trial in October, despite the pleas by his attorney to expedite the proceedings.
THE CONNECTED LAWYER
Which metrics matter most?
Firms need to avoid less productive metrics like non-billable hours and start measuring hours spent on business development, follow-up frequency and quality touches with centers of influence.
IP law firm sues company for false advertising of trademark registry
Intellectual property firm Leason Ellis has sued USA Trademark Enterprises Inc., calling the company's unsolicited letters selling listings in a trademark registry catalog a scam designed to "confuse trademark owners into purchasing valueless services."
Jury finds Seyfarth not liable in malpractice case brought by former client
Seyfarth Shaw and partner Richard Alfred have won a malpractice case in Massachusetts brought against them by a former client, PCG Trading LLC, a supply chain management company.
Ad agency's copyright suit against law firm heads to trial, minus contract claim
An advertising agency's copyright lawsuit against personal injury firm Parker Waichman can move forward to trial next month, but without a breach-of-contract claim.
Howrey exiles fitting in with big-firm rivals
Survivors of the firm's collapse are breathing sighs of relief now that they've by large settled into other firms.
Mystery man
Anthony Franze is not the usual mystery writer who randomly sets his story in the Supreme Court for the novelty of it. He is a member of Arnold & Porter's Supreme Court and appellate practice, and much of his day job involves writing to the Court, not about it.
THE CONNECTED LAWYER
The great social media contest
Lawyers have tended to nod their heads but balk at actually changing their behavior. So a few months ago, I tried something different. I challenged a group of lawyers to a contest. The first-place prize was an iPad 2. As it turns out, lawyers are quite competitive.
Cold Spring Harbor's malpractice suit against Ropes & Gray survives dismissal motion
A Boston federal judge has denied motions by Ropes & Gray and former partner Matthew Vincent to dismiss a malpractice case based on claims that they mishandled patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Judge suggests reassigning lawyer's campaign-violation case
A federal judge, citing the prospect that attorney Pierce O'Donnell might suffer the "additional harm" of losing his California bar license, has tentatively delayed his trial on campaign finance violations and suggested that prosecutors seek to transfer the case to another judge.
The 2012 Forecast
With storm clouds in Europe and political uncertainty in the U.S., which Washington practices will flourish and which will fail this year? We asked three D.C. managing partners.
THE CAREERIST
It's still the money, honey
Recently I said in an online column that I would reveal how women can drum up clients in a boys' world. To be honest, I haven't the foggiest. And neither does anybody else.
In bias suit by former Dechert associate against firm, judge tosses disability claim
In a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former Dechert associate blaming the firm's macho culture for his work troubles after being out on leave, a Boston federal judge has dismissed a state law handicap discrimination claim.
