• September 8, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Telecom Lawyers; Janet Rehnquist; and More

    OWNERSHIP RULES, PHONE WAR KEEP TELECOM LAWYERS BUSYThe Federal Communications Commission's setbacks last week have meant a windfall for many D.C. telecom lawyers.

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  • January 2, 2009 | The Recorder

    What's In Store for 2009?

    The Recorder offers its predictions ... Gavin Newsom's million-dollar Community Justice Center keeps one homeless guy from ever peeing on the sidewalk again.

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  • July 20, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Susman Godfrey and Fish & Richardson Ring Up $178.7 Million Jury Verdict Against NL Industries

    Steve Susman told us in a recent Lit Daily video chat that he makes money by settling cases--not trying them. But Susman wil

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  • June 9, 2004 | The Recorder

    Firms Hope to Grow Clients at Biotech Conference

    It was tough to tell which group boasted the more overwhelming presence at the BIO 2004 conference Tuesday -- the police or the lawyers.San Francisco's finest were out in force, a raw

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  • March 1, 2007 |

    PATENT LITIGATORS WANTED

    As a senior patent litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jeremy Pitcock was wooed by firms offering partnerships, $75,000 signing bonuses, and, on top of his partner paycheck, 5 p

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  • March 1, 2007 |

    BLAME GAME

    Separate malpractice suits filed recently against Foley & Lardner and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney involve international patents for very small inventionsand claims of very large damages. Fo

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  • August 14, 2008 | Law.com

    Extinct? Hardly

    Patent litigator John Gallagher worked for 20 years at IP boutique Morgan & Finnegan. But this spring, as he left to join the general practice firm Dickstein Shapiro, Gallagher predicted that

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  • December 10, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Commercial Litigation: Rod Phelan

    Rod Phelan Partner, Baker Botts Dallas 64 Because he liked to write, Rod Phelan aspired to be a journalist or a lawyer. Phelan says that, while he

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  • December 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    UNILOC ET AL. V. MICROSOFT On September 29 a federal district court judge threw out a $388 million jury a

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  • December 26, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Art Allegations Axed A federal judge has dismissed a suit that alleged Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld senior counsel Edward Copley , the

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