| In Valley, Associates Are Once Again in Demand | Top |
| Cooley and Wilson Sonsini have bumped up associate salaries, restoring pay lost in the recession -- and things are booming for corporate, litigation, licensing and patent prosecution attorneys. Says one recruiter, "The demand is just extraordinary right now." |
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| Spring Bonuses Pop Up at V&E, Akin Gump | Top |
| Following a market move by large New York City firms, both Vinson & Elkins and Akin Gump will pay spring bonuses in May to associates and counsel who received 2010 year-end bonuses. Neither Texas firm has paid spring bonuses before. |
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| Toyota claims survive; government report excluded from MDL | Top |
| A federal judge has refused to grant Toyota's motion to dismiss a consolidated class action involving sudden acceleration claims, concluding in a tentative ruling that the plaintiffs had raised sufficient injuries to move forward. |
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| Ninth Circuit Backs Prosecutors in Trade Secret Case | Top |
| A split 9th Circuit has sided with prosecutors who want to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to go after an executive recruiter accused of acquiring information from a work computer to start a competing business. |
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| Dow Chemical and Sasol Facing Racketeering Lawsuit from Greenpeace | Top |
| In a case that often reads like a spy movie, the first phase of discovery is moving forward in a racketeering lawsuit filed by environmental advocacy group Greenpeace against two major chemical corporations accused of overseeing secret espionage campaigns against the nonprofit. |
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| Law professor charges collusion between dean and police | Top |
| A law professor has filed a civil suit against the law school's dean and the head of the St. Paul, Minn., police union, claiming the two colluded to have her removed from the faculty due to her charges of police misconduct. |
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| Chandler Retirement Spurs Speculation About Replacement | Top |
| The Delaware legal community is abuzz with speculation about the possible successor to Chancellor William B. Chandler III, who announced his retirement last week. Two likely favorites have emerged among the candidates. |
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| Virginia Attorney General Ends Relationship with King & Spalding | Top |
| In the latest fallout from King & Spalding's decision to withdraw as counsel from the same-sex marriage litigation, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's office has ended its relationship with the law firm. |
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| Archer & Greiner, Merging With Firm in North, Breaks 200-Lawyer Mark | Top |
| Making good on plans to expand its practice statewide, Archer & Greiner has announced a merger that makes it the fourth-largest firm in New Jersey. Deal discussions with 31-lawyer Herten Burstein began about a year ago. |
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| NIH Stem Cell Injunction Vacated by D.C. Circuit | Top |
| The federal government can continue funding research using human embryonic stem cells, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, reversing a lower court injunction against the National Institutes of Health. |
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| DLA Picks Up 10 Lawyers in Sacramento After Absorbing Boutique | Top |
| DLA Piper continued its growth surge Thursday, adding 10 Sacramento lawyers from litigation boutique Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs. Name partner Matthew Jacobs previously managed the litigation practice in DLA's Sacramento office. |
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| Federal Circuit: Cease-and-desist letter alone no basis for declaratory judgment jurisdiction | Top |
| A patent owner's cease-and-desist letter to an alleged infringer isn't enough to subject it to a lawsuit in the alleged infringer's state, the Federal Circuit has ruled, sustaining a dismissal of Radio Systems' declaratory judgment suit against Accession. |
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| Crime Ties Fail to Protect Business From Tax Liability | Top |
| The estate of a late businessman is liable for more than $4 million in back taxes on a Manhattan strip club, despite his survivors' argument that the club was so beholden to organized crime that it was unmanageable, a state tax panel has ruled. |
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| Judge rules David Stern, company may be held liable for alleged worker act violations | Top |
| A federal judge has ruled that former employees of DJSP Enterprises -- a company led by attorney David J. Stern, once known as the foreclosure king of South Florida -- can go after him personally as well as the company for allegedly violating labor laws. |
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