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• Foley & Lardner sets up fund to invest in client companies
• OPINION: The Ultimate Men's Club
• New IP association focuses on strategic approaches
• Judge lets Mattel have it over objection to $88.5 million verdict
• Mattel hotly resists demand it pay attorney fees in Bratz doll battle
• In battle of the dolls, Bratz maker floats $130 million legal bill
• Torts once again on the front burner in the House
• Relocating to Biloxi to help clients with BP fund claims
• Entertainment mediation service adds veterans of Warner, CBS
• Ex-attorney sentenced in child-sex sting
• Fight over Bratz doll turns to attorney fees, punitive damages
• EEOC thwarted in bid to expand jobs for the deaf
• Advocate for the disabled: Dyslexia no bar to legal career
• Former Boston lawyer sentenced to four years for mortgage fraud
• How to combat workplace drama
• Client unfit for a King

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Foley & Lardner sets up fund to invest in client companies	Top
Two Boston partners are spearheading Foley & Lardenr's $4 million attorney-funded investment vehicle: Gabor Garai, who chairs the firm's private equity and venture capital practice, and Susan Pravda, the firm's Boston managing partner and chairwoman of the firm's emerging technologies industry team.
OPINION: The Ultimate Men's Club	Top
The small number of women among the legal teams honored in the NLJ's 2011 Appellate Hot List suggests minimal progress for women in the profession. The percentage of women on the list is sadly similar to the percentage of women partners in firms nationally.
New IP association focuses on strategic approaches	Top
Ben Goodger, a partner in the London office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, is behind the launch of International IP Strategists Association, a global professional association focused on helping companies craft intellectual property strategies.
Judge lets Mattel have it over objection to $88.5 million verdict	Top
A federal judge in California was having none of a lawyer's attempts to reduce an $88.5 million verdict against Mattel Inc. in its copyright infringement and trade secrets dispute over the Bratz doll.
Mattel hotly resists demand it pay attorney fees in Bratz doll battle	Top
MGA Entertainment Inc. is not entitled to more than $129 million in attorney fees or a $177 million punitive damages award just because it won a major trade secrets victory against Mattel Inc., a lawyer for Mattel argued in the copyright infringement and trade secrets case over the Bratz doll.
In battle of the dolls, Bratz maker floats $130 million legal bill	Top
MGA Entertainment Inc., the Bratz doll manufacturer that just won an $88.5 million verdict in a trade secrets case, revealed for the first time how much in attorney fees the company is seeking from its adversary, Mattel Inc.: $129,688,073 even.
Torts once again on the front burner in the House	Top
Corporate lawyers and their rivals in the plaintiffs bar were back at their old arguments over the nation's tort system, this time before a U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee.
Relocating to Biloxi to help clients with BP fund claims	Top
Gerry Nolting, a partner at Faegre & Benson, talks to The National Law Journal about moving to Mississippi to better assist the Vietnamese fishermen he represents and the differences between this case and Exxon Valdez.
Entertainment mediation service adds veterans of Warner, CBS	Top
The newly formed Entertainment Mediation Institute has added two music executives to its list of mediators, as well as a director of marketing and business development.
Ex-attorney sentenced in child-sex sting	Top
An attorney in the Los Angeles area was sentenced to nine years in state prison after being convicted of trying to arrange sex with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl.
Fight over Bratz doll turns to attorney fees, punitive damages	Top
Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is seeking attorney fees plus $177 million in punitive damages after obtaining an $88.5 million verdict against rival Mattel Inc.
EEOC thwarted in bid to expand jobs for the deaf	Top
A portrait studio in Littleton, Colo., won summary judgment on May 9 against the EEOC in a case involving a deaf employee. Fisher & Phillips' Merrily Archer, who represented the studio, talks to The National Law Journal about the issues in the case.
Advocate for the disabled: Dyslexia no bar to legal career	Top
The National Law Journal spoke with Ben Foss, the new executive director of Disability Rights Advocates, about the hot issues in disability law, his decision to become a lawyer and his appearance in a film documentary now showing on HBO2.
Former Boston lawyer sentenced to four years for mortgage fraud	Top
On May 12, Judge Rya Zobel of the District of Massachusetts sentenced Quang Joseph Nguyen, now of Orlando, Fla., to four years in prison plus three years of supervised release. She also ordered him to pay $1.1 million in restitution.
How to combat workplace drama	Top
Although some workplace drama may be inevitable, as a natural part of human interaction, development of techniques to identify and minimize the problem may help prevent workplace drama from overwhelming lawyers and support staff.
Client unfit for a King	Top
There is a range of strategies that big law firms have used when representing unpopular clients. Some don't give an inch. Others try to create a buffer. And in the rare extreme is the decision to drop a client.

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