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High Court Gives IOLTA Programs the Green Light
In a 5-4 decision on March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court breathed new life into Texas' effort to provide legal services to the poor by upholding Washington state's Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts program.Microsoft patent case may not compute with high court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday seemed reluctant to make it easier to challenge the validity of patents. At the same time, some justices raised concerns about too many "bad" patents in the marketplace and a federal patent office too overwhelmed "to separate the sheep from the goats," in the words of Justice Stephen Breyer.Stricter Oversight of Legal Fees Proposed for Large Chapter 11s
The Department of Justice's U.S. Trustee Program is proposing controversial new guidelines to rein in what some see as out-of-control attorneys' fees in large corporate restructurings.Fee-Fight Recipe: A Bunch of Lawyers, $30 Million
The Los Angeles office of Graham & James has at last secured victory in a drawn-out patent case that could bring in a contingency fee of more than $30 million. So why isn't everyone smiling? Maybe it's because the fee came only after a tiring, two-trial, two-appeal court battle, but it may also be due to the internecine fighting in the L.A. office over who will get what and under what circumstances.Who Defends Corporate America, 2001
Each year since 1988, The National Law Journalhas surveyed the law departments of the nation's largest corporations to track the rise and fall of in-house attorneys and to determine who represents corporate America. In this year's survey of 250 companies, New York's Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom once again nabs the top spot among law firms defending corporate America, but by a considerably slimmer margin than in years past.Trending Stories
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