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- Commentary: The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups
- Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Double-Recovery Argument Unsuccessful at 14th Court
- Discipline
| Commentary: The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups | Top |
| While other types of litigation can give rise to joint defense groups, they are particularly prevalent in patent litigation, write Robert P. Latham and John M. Jackson. Joint defense groups form in most patent infringement suits due to the cost of patent litigation, the fact that there are usually multiple defendants, and the common interests those defendants have in the litigation even if they are competitors in the marketplace. | |
| Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Double-Recovery Argument Unsuccessful at 14th Court | Top |
| In the age of tort reform, it's hard enough for plaintiffs to win jury awards in medical-malpractice cases, let alone preserve those awards on appeal. Yet one appellate lawyer recently convinced Houston's 14th Court of Appeals to keep a $1.5 million med-mal verdict intact by batting back some common defense arguments made in such cases — and one unusual one. | |
| Discipline | Top |
| Two lawyers have been suspended and another has been placed on probation, the State Bar of Texas reported recently. | |
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