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April 29, 2014 | Supreme Court Brief

Justices Make it Easier to Recover Patent Defense Fees

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, in a warning shot to those who bring frivolous patent infringement suits, on Tuesday eased the standard for awarding attorney fees in patent cases. In

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April 29, 2014 | The Recorder

Supreme Court Eases Fee Shifting in Patent Cases

WASHINGTON — A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, in a warning shot to those who bring frivolous p infringement suits, on Tuesday eased the standard for awarding attorney fees in p

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April 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Roundtable Discussion

The editorial staff of The Legal has always been aware that the hiring and retention of female attorneys is an ongoing issue in the legal community. In an effort to discuss some of the s

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April 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Defamation Suit by Cyberintelligence Company Survives

A cyberintelligence company that happened upon patient data mistakenly made accessible on the Internet by a cancer detection facility can sue the facility for defamation after it alleged in

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Estate of Sobol

Publication Date: 2014-04-21
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Date Filed: 2014-04-21
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven R. Friedman and Michael E. Friedman for Objectors and Appellants.
for defendant: Reed Smith LLP, Margaret M. Grignon, for Respondents.
Case Number: No. B250306

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 4197 Estate of SONIA SOBOL. JAY ROSE et al., Objectors and Appellan

April 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

Sharp Drop in Dickstein Net Income

Dickstein Shapiro faced its worst year in more than a decade after contingency cases didn't pull in income and the firm restructured, chairman James Kelly said in an interview. He called

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April 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

New UK Tax Rules for LLPs Hit Nonequity Partners

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firm partners have become an endangered species in the United Kingdom, thanks to radical new tax rules for limited liability partnerships (LLPs). Law firms across the country&a

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April 16, 2014 | Legal Times

'We're Not Going to be Everything to Everyone,' Dickstein Chairman Says

Dickstein Shapiro faced its worst year in more than a decade after contingency cases didn’t pull in income and the firm restructured, the firm’s chairman, James Kelly, said in an

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Goodwin v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Publication Date: 2014-04-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Wade and Jordan Jewkes Webb, Wade & Taylor LLC, Peachtree City, for appellant.
for defendant: . Thomas Brennan, James Taylor Fain, Major, Wiley & Brennan PC, Atlanta, and Donald Foster Foster & Foster PC, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A13A2136

The claims asserted against the insured in an underlying wrongful death suit arising from the fact that he shot and killed his estranged wife fell within his homeowners policy's exclusion for injuri

April 8, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Ten McKenna Partners Join Sheppard Mullin, Plus More Lateral Moves

Ten former Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps attorneys based in Southern California who have been with McKenna Long & Aldrdge since a href="http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/

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