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IP Litigation Roundup: European Union to Create Unified Patent Court
Publication Date: 2012-12-14
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Patent reform is coming to Europe. The E.U. is establishing a new patent regime that will allow inventors to file for a single patent valid in almost all of its member states, and that will set up a new patent court with venues in London, Munich, and Paris.

April 18, 2011 |

The 2012 APPELLATE HOT LIST

We asked our readers to nominate firms with at least one significant appellate win between May 2011 and May 2012 and that had an impressive track record overall. We supplemented the results with our own research to arrive at the list of 16 firms you'll find here.
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Model Order Would Cut Patent Fights Down to Size
Publication Date: 2013-07-21
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Nearly two years after rolling out a model order intended to get a grip on out-of-control electronic-discovery demands, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's advisory council is poised to issue new rules that ask patent litigants to make their own sacrifices.

August 30, 1999 |

In-House Counsel: Nancy R. Heinen., Apple Computer Inc.

Nancy R. Heinen. is senior VP and general counsel of Apple Computer Inc. The company has 10,176 employees and has manufacturing facilities in Sacramento, Calif., Cork, Ireland, and Singapore. The company has third-quarter revenues of $1.56 billion. The National Law Journal takes a look at her career.
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January 20, 2010 |

Calif. Law Firms Show the Way to Diversity, New Report Indicates

Can law firms across the country learn diversity lessons from California firms? The authors of a new report think so, pointing to statistics that suggest California firms generally do a better job of hiring and retaining female, gay and lesbian, and minority attorneys. Mentoring, the provision of several career tracks and an alternative viewpoint of grades' relative importance were among the elements of the firms' successful diversity campaigns.
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December 18, 2006 |

Survey: Companies Not Happy with Outside Counsel

Corporate America isn't very happy with its law firms. In fact, only 32 percent of executives responding to a recently released client service survey said they would recommend a firm that worked for them. "Overall client satisfaction is very low," said Michael Rynowecer, president of BTI Consulting Group, which released its sixth annual survey this month. But there are some firms that buck the trend. Sidley Austin topped that list, which also included Reed Smith, Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster.
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November 20, 2007 |

How to Ensure Lateral Loyalty

Ensuring that a lateral succeeds at a law firm is what drives long-term results, says recruiter Elizabeth H. Purcell. Leveraging the competence and capabilities a lateral brings to your team -- and vice versa -- will enhance the value of the entire franchise for many years to come. What distinguishes firms that successfully integrate lateral partners from those that do not? Purcell offers results from a recent survey by Major, Lindsey & Africa about how to maintain lateral partners' satisfaction.
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March 15, 2010 |

Microsoft deputy GC discusses Yahoo deal, Chinese hackers

In Washington and the world, the range of issues that interest Microsoft Corp. is huge. Pamela Passman, Microsoft's deputy general counsel global corporate affairs, watches over many of them.
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October 13, 2004 |

AMD's Texas Two-Step

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September 13, 1999 |

L.A. Firms' Dirty Little Secret: Hourly Rates

The big firms are getting used to announcing gross revenues that have become, well, gross. They're begrudgingly willing to talk about partner draws that are moving to the million-dollar neighborhood. What the big law firms are still downright shy about are the building blocks of all that filthy lucre: billing rates. Los Angeles insiders don't want to go on the record about charging $500 for partners. Why? "When you start raising rates, you change the way lawyers view each other," says one recruiter.
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