The latest from NLJ.com: Law Firms
- IP boutique sues former client for more than $561K in fees, expenses
- Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm
- Federal judge denies motion to disqualify Kilpatrick Townsend in patent case
- THE CAREERIST: More bad news for women
- MOVERS
- OPINION: Occupy Wall Street's message for lawyers
- THE PRACTICE: A game of inches: some oral advocacy pointers
- Bumpy ride ends in legal fees settlement between O'Melveny, MGA
- Contracts lawyers priming for smaller budget
- SOCIAL MEDIA: The Web traffic will tell firms what's working
- MOVERS
- Opportunities diminishing for women at large law firms, study finds
- 7th Circuit revives bias case by former SmithAmundsen marketing director against firm
- O'Melveny: Settlement talks with MGA near collapse
- MOVERS
- THE CAREERIST: Women shafted on their reviews
| IP boutique sues former client for more than $561K in fees, expenses | Top |
| Lando & Anastasi, an intellectual property boutique, has sued former client Innovention Toys LLC for a unpaid bill of more than $561,000. | |
| Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm | Top |
| Using unusually strong language, a federal bankruptcy judge recently slammed Washington's Butzel Long Tighe Patton for failing to disclose a client conflict and stripped the firm of nearly $72,000 in fees. | |
| Federal judge denies motion to disqualify Kilpatrick Townsend in patent case | Top |
| A Georgia federal judge has denied a bid to disqualify Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from defending Networkfleet Inc. in a patent infringement case, rejecting plaintiff Telematics Corp.'s claim of a conflict of interest. | |
| THE CAREERIST: More bad news for women | Top |
| You'll need a shot or two of whiskey to get through these highlights (or are they lowlights?) of the latest survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers. | |
| MOVERS | Top |
| Brian Gannon joins Duane Morris as partner in the Atlanta office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. | |
| OPINION: Occupy Wall Street's message for lawyers | Top |
| Behind every credit default swap or short of subprime mortgage-backed assets sit legal counsel sanctioning these practices; their hands are no cleaner than those of their clients. | |
| THE PRACTICE: A game of inches: some oral advocacy pointers | Top |
| There is no inconsistency between being aggressive and determined and being courteous and professional. | |
| Bumpy ride ends in legal fees settlement between O'Melveny, MGA | Top |
| A spokeswoman for O'Melveny & Myers has announced a "mutually acceptable settlement" between the firm and MGA Entertainment Inc. in an ongoing dispute over unpaid fees. | |
| Contracts lawyers priming for smaller budget | Top |
| With fewer dollars from Uncle Sam in the coming years, government-contracts attorneys in Washington are preparing their clients about what could happen to them after plans for a smaller federal budget are hashed out on Capitol Hill. The spending drought means contracts lawyers are having to soothe some jittery clients. | |
| SOCIAL MEDIA: The Web traffic will tell firms what's working | Top |
| When it comes to digital marketing, law firms need to understand a vital calculation: How much are firms paying for each set of eyeballs that looks at their Web site? How can knowing this help firms make better strategic decisions in their marketing spend? | |
| MOVERS | Top |
| Robert Lawrence joins Marten Law as partner in its new San Francisco office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. | |
| Opportunities diminishing for women at large law firms, study finds | Top |
| On the heels of a survey from the National Association of Law Placement that found the percentage of women attorneys at U.S. firms dipped slightly this year, the National Association of Women Lawyers has released a report corroborating a drop in the percentage of women attorneys entering the 200 largest firms. | |
| 7th Circuit revives bias case by former SmithAmundsen marketing director against firm | Top |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has revived an employment discrimination case brought by a former marketing director at SmithAmundsen against the firm and two executives. | |
| O'Melveny: Settlement talks with MGA near collapse | Top |
| A tentative settlement of O'Melveny & Myers' $10.2 million billing dispute with former client MGA Entertainment Inc. is on the verge of falling apart, an attorney for the law firm told a judge on Nov. 7. | |
| MOVERS | Top |
| Jonathan Spivey joins Bracewell & Giuliani's intellectual property litigation practice as partner in the Houston office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. | |
| THE CAREERIST: Women shafted on their reviews | Top |
| Why do women still lag behind men in law firms after all these years? Consider this explanation: Women aren't getting the partnership prize because their firms are grading them harder. | |
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