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A deep lateral market's new rules
A slow economy has at least one upside for law firms: The pool of potential lateral partners has deepened. Recruiters and law firm leaders say the recent dissolution of several prominent law firms has flooded the lateral market with good attorneys in need of employment, and uncertain financial futures at a number of firms have prodded some well-established attorneys to consider their options elsewhere. With talent available at bargain prices, some firms are taking advantage of the down economy to bolster their partner ranks.
Commentary: The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups
While other types of litigation can give rise to joint defense groups, they are particularly prevalent in patent litigation, write Robert P. Latham and John M. Jackson. Joint defense groups form in most patent infringement suits due to the cost of patent litigation, the fact that there are usually multiple defendants, and the common interests those defendants have in the litigation even if they are competitors in the marketplace.
Refining 'Miranda': Determining Two-Stage Interrogations
In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, members of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, review a decision handed down in December, United States v. Capers, which clarifies fundamental Second Circuit and Supreme Court precedent, providing critical guidance to district courts that apply Miranda, and has likely placed the circuit at the center of future Miranda legal discourse.
Time To Fill Federal Judgeships
The existence of 76 open judgeships nationwide erodes the delivery of justice. The president must expeditiously nominate, and senators must swiftly approve, candidates before the presidential election additionally slows the process.Federal Judge Newcomer Dead at 82
Senior U.S. District Judge Clarence C. Newcomer, a gentlemanly judge from Lancaster County with a �rocket docket� who was known affectionately by lawyers and court workers as �the Newk� during his 33 years on the federal bench, died yesterday at his home in Stone Harbor, N.J., after a battle with melanoma. He was 82.Jurors Get to Ask Witnesses Questions In Patent Trial
For the first time in an Eastern District of Texas courtroom, jurors in a patent trial recently got to ask questions of witnesses.Judge Questions Firm's Monitoring of Investments
Although Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff ultimately approved Robbins Geller as lead counsel to a city pension fund in Pontiac, Mich., he criticized the firm, which monitored the fund's investments and recommended the securities class action suit against Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Supreme Court Addresses Copyright and First Amendment
In their Copyright Law column, Robert W. Clarida, a partner at Reitler, Kailas & Rosenblatt, and Robert J. Bernstein, who practices at The Law Office of Robert J. Bernstein, write that the phrase "altering the traditional contours of copyright protection" can no longer be read as a broad, subjective invitation to judicial creativity.TRENDING STORIES
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