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High Stakes IP Litigation Attorney Andrew P. Bridges Joins Fenwick & West

High Stakes IP Litigation Attorney Andrew P. Bridges Joins Fenwick & West

Fenwick & West LLP announced in recent days that high stakes IP litigation attorney Andrew P. Bridges has joined the firm as a partner in its IP & Technology Litigation…

Moonlighting: Inside a Legal Conference

Moonlighting: Inside a Legal Conference

Last week, a certain company had their annual legal conference. This year, lawyers from all over the world came to celebrate in the cultural and historic haven that we’ve grown…

Clients Refuse To Pay For What Law Schools Churn Out

Clients Refuse To Pay For What Law Schools Churn Out

You take three years out of your life to slave over books in law school. Then you spend over a hundred thousand dollars on getting that education. After that you…

The People of Oakland Go on Strike, Except for the Lawyers

The People of Oakland Go on Strike, Except for the Lawyers

Yesterday, Oakland hit its excitement level as several thousand people crowded into the city in a ”general strike” and marched all across the town to ”take over” the Port of…

WilmerHale Helps in Effort to Pass Landmark Peace Corps Reform Legislation

WilmerHale Helps in Effort to Pass Landmark Peace Corps Reform Legislation

The United States House of Representatives passed the Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011 on November 1st. The legislation enacted historic reforms to the Peace Corps’ policies…

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises MF Global UK Ltd. on First Filing of Special Administration Regime Application

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises MF Global UK Ltd. on First Filing of Special Administration Regime Application

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is advising MF Global UK Ltd., the UK arm of commodities and listed derivatives broker MF Global, on the very first filing in…

Former Chief Counsel of FDA Joins Venable

Former Chief Counsel of FDA Joins Venable

Former Chief Counsel of the Food and Drug Administration Ralph S. Tyler and former insurance Commissioner of the State of Maryland, has joined Venable. He will work out of both…

Clifford Winston to Turn Against the Small Law Firms

Clifford Winston to Turn Against the Small Law Firms

Last week, a lot of controversy was stirred up when Clifford Winston suggested that we completely do away with law school and the bar exams, and just let anyone who…

Willkie Farr is Raided for In-House Talent

Willkie Farr is Raided for In-House Talent

Willkie Farr may be getting raided, but it’s not entirely a bad thing. Because Willkie is just losing talent to a top client, instead of losing talent to a rival…

NY SPCA and local cops work out unique agreement

An upstate New York SPCA has worked out a unique deal with the local law enforcement. With support of a rarely enforced law, SPCA lawyer Matthew Tully is allowed special…