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The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.
Two tech-savvy federal judges are sending different messages on the standard for permanent injunctions in patent cases. While Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple's request for a ban on Samsung sales in Decemer, on Thursday Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal entered a permanent injunction sought by Brocade against rival A10 Networks.
10 Survival Tips For First-Year Associates
Fresh out of school, armed with a law degree and a passing grade on the bar exam, first year associates don't have a clue when it comes to practicing law. These 10 survival tips come straight from the source: junior partners and senior associates, all of whom started their practice in top-notch law firms.Effective EDD Vendors Think Small
Can your EDD vendor let users batch print? Will its program work with keyboard and mouse? Will its hyped goodies crowd the document on your screen? Questions like these will help your firm cut through the noise and make the right choice of hired help.Pillsbury Inks Deal with D.C.'S Shaw Pittman
San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop and Washington, D.C.-based Shaw Pittman announced Wednesday that they intend to merge, creating a 900-lawyer giant with national reach and global ambitions. The two firms signed a letter of intent Monday and said they expect the deal to be ratified by partners in March and finalized by April 4. If that happens, the newly minted Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP would catapult into the top quarter of the AmLaw 100 list.Associates React to Jones Day and Weil Gotshal Salary Raises
Jones Day and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have joined the list of law firms paying California first-year associates $160,000 rather than the $145,000 embraced by most homegrown firms. And now California's associate messageboards are crammed with anonymous young lawyers carping about their firms' failure to match the higher New York scale. But many associates accept the idea that New York and California are distinct markets -- and some would like to keep it that way.Critics of business method patents were none too happy when the Federal Circuit once again endorsed a controversial patent owned by Ultramercial LLC. But the case could be a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the patent-eligibility of business method patents next term.