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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.
District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Attorneys for the Plaintiff: James Wright Galbraith
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.Before: Newman, Pooler, Parker, C.JJ. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Steve D. Shadowen, (Monica L. Rebuck, on the brief), Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin
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.'"GM Lawyers Defend Against 'Lies' Told to Get Documents
Lawyers for General Motors came out shooting last week in a Georgia courtroom when they finally got their chance to defend against allegations of suborned perjury and obstruction of justice. Accusing their chief accuser, GM nemesis James Butler Jr., of lying about them, GM lawyers also suggested that Butler may have "cooked" critical testimony against GM.In-house counsel: Robert A. Boardman, Navistar International Corp.
Robert A. Boardman is general counsel of Chicago's Navistar International Corp., which manufactures a wide range of medium and heavy trucks, school buses, service vehicles and diesel engines in North America, Latin America and other regions worldwide.District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Attorneys for the Plaintiff: James Wright Galbraith; Maria Luisa Pal
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