• October 6, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Biomed firms seek $1 billion from state to fund growth

    LEADERS IN GEORGIA'S biomedical industry want the state government to invest $1 billion in their field, which they say is growing faster than other sectors in the state's economy. The

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  • July 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

    40 Under 40

    Nostradamus is not on our payroll so The National Law Journal can't report the future today. But we can make some predictions. One is that the young Washington-area lawyers profiled

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  • June 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    In Re Urethane Antitrust Litigation On May 15 a federal district court judge trebled a $400 million verdict in a class action in which customers had allege

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  • January 17, 2007 | The Recorder

    Foley & Lardner Sued Over Missed Biotech Patent Filing

    Apparently, there's no vaccine for legal malpractice suits against IP lawyers.A fledgling San Diego biotech company is suing Foley & Lardner for allegedly missing the filing date on

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  • October 1, 2009 |

    Here Comes the Sun

    In the United States, solar power technology is something of a gray-bearded IP baby. Initially spurred on by the skyrocketing oil prices and geopolitical instability of the 1970s, it faded during the

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  • November 11, 2003 | The Recorder

    Lawyers Stump for End to Tough Patent Policy

    Patent lawyers have long chafed under rules that require them to relinquish attorney-client privilege in certain patent cases. But that may change soon. The U.S. Court of Appeals for t

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  • August 8, 2005 |

    Grokster: Money for Nothing

    The recording industry was dancing to the sweet music of victory in June, when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in its favor in MGM Studios Inc. v. Grokster. But a post-verdict

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  • September 27, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    The Year of the Rats

    In the gospel according to Woody Allen, "The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep." That's a quote from "Without Feathers." This season the calf should

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  • January 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Madoff Investment Trustee Asks for More Time on Assets Irving H. Picard, the trustee over the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, has as

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  • February 22, 2007 |

    Are Abusive Patents to Blame for the Lack of Innovative New Drugs on the Market?

    A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds a slowdown in new drugs coming to market. One culprit? Abusive patent practices, says the GAO.Big Pharma may be spending big mone

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