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Sealed Filing Sheds Light on IP Boutique’s Partner Exodus
Posted Dec 2, 2008 5:17 PM CST
By Molly McDonough
An inadvertently disclosed file in an otherwise secret dispute between current and former partners of one of the oldest intellectual property boutiques in the country has revealed the lengths to which the firm tried to stop an exodus of partners.
The Am Law Daily got hold of the filing in the dispute involving Morgan & Finnegan because an administrative error reportedly made the filing available for public view and downloading.
The blog notes that the firm has suffered a series of partner defections as larger general practice firms lure away partners to beef up their IP offerings.
The filing cited by Am Law Daily reportedly reveals that Morgan & Finnegan altered its partnership agreement in 2007, just before rainmaker Christopher Hughes left for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The blog notes that Hughes filed suit against his former firm in October, and it was Morgan & Finnegan's answer that was mistakenly made public.
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B. McLeod
Dec 2, 2008 9:01 PM CST
So off to Cadwalader Hughes chose to haul,
Where there weren’t any troubles (no troubles at all). . .
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Old Lawyer
Dec 3, 2008 11:52 AM CST
Is the ABA setting the example it wants to set by posting information about the contents of inadvertently disclosed documents that were to have been filed under seal?
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