Some law firms are apparently being caught “flat-footed” when one of their lawyers files suit to protect his or her own patented invention, according to an article in Sep 3, 2008 4:19 PM CDT
Lee Fink had worked for O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles for seven years as a litigation associate when he quit his job in June to spend 12-hour days volunteering…
Looking for a way to better promote itself to the next generation of lawyers, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has launched a Facebook page as part of its broader law…
Lawyers for billionaire and former Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas III, who is facing securities fraud and drug charges in federal court in California, are seeking to put the pregnant wife…
In a struggling economy, reduced levels of legal work and rising costs tempt law firm partners to cut associates. But the money they save by doing so now may result…
Heller Ehrman has pushed back the start date for its 54 new associates from Oct. 13 to Jan. 20, joining several other law firms that have made similar moves in…
Fasten your seat belts. A difficult economy has cut partner profits and associate attrition, while increasing expenses for major U.S. law firms, creating “a dramatically different economic environment from the…
Veronique Tousignant knows firsthand about the tight job market. A 2007 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, she has sent out 200 résumés. But her only legal work is as…
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