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Judges Look to Clerks With Experience
The increasingly older talent pool applying for federal circuit court clerkships has risen the past couple of years as lawyers seek to boost their resumes. The trend reflects the growing number of federal judges who have done an about-face by requiring law clerks who draft opinions and research questions of the law to obtain some real-world experience. "There's a huge advantage once you've practiced for a year in deciding what kind of [clerk] experience you want," says O'Melveny & Myers' Brian Brooks.Regulatory Scrutiny Kills Mega-Merger of AT&T, T-Mobile
What would have been a landmark merger in U.S. telecommunications finally succumbed to litigation and regulatory pressure Monday, as AT&T officially abandoned its $39 billion bid for Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit.Smoke Ender: DC Judge Could Make or Break Foreign Lawsuits
A recent hearing had Washington, D.C. federal judge Paul Friedman's courtroom crawling with two dozen lawyers trying to convince the judge that tobacco companies can't be held responsible in the U.S. courts for the medical bills of foreign smokers. There's a simple reason why cigarette-makers are assembling so much firepower: How the judge rules on the issue could have costly implications for the next stage in the tobacco wars.Given that patent litigation brought by non-performing entities (n�e patent trolls) continues in full blossom, it's no surprise that Big Firm castaways are leaping in to get a piece of the action on the plaintiffs side. But representing trolls carries risks for lawyers who earned their patent pedigrees at defense firms, as a pair of decisions highlighted on Thursday.
Valley Firms Top Equity Deals List
A financial news service has been counting up the private equity and venture capital deals, and is reporting who scored big last year.Ex-Clerks' Bonuses, Pay Rival Justices' Salaries
The intense annual competition to lure elite Supreme Court law clerks to top law firms is reaching record heights this year, with some firms offering jaw-dropping hiring bonuses of $150,000 or more.Charles R. Morgan, BellSouth Corp.
Charles R. Morgan is executive vice president and general counsel of BellSouth Corp., the third-biggest player in the U.S. local phone service market. He says, "Lawyers have an important role here. Their views are considered important. Nobody says, 'That's not a legal matter--we're not interested in your view.'I've told the lawyers, 'You're in in-house heaven here.'"Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit
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