The model is relatively straightforward. Virtual firms hire partner-level lawyers with established clients to work remotely, cut their Big Law rates in half, and let the principals keep most of what they bill. If virtual firms grow to handle bigger assignments, where does Big Law go?
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In a slow economy, say “no” to speculative projects and seek to further enhance the quality, value and depth of core business technology. By safeguarding core business technology through IP protection, companies create additional barriers to competitors entering the market.
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Could your customer relationship management database be doing a lot more of the leg work for you? Simon McNidder of Pinsent Masons says your CRM could do much of your marketing admin and ensure you target the right people with the right information at the right time in the right way.
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Justice on June 6 told the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a reverse settlement - whereby a drug patent holder pays an alleged drug infringer in exchange for its agreement to withdraw its challenge to the patent and delay bringing its generic drug to market - […]
ST. LOUIS - An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 17 found that factual disputes surrounding a trucker’s disabling accident precluded a lower court’s summary judgment on breach of contract claims against his insurer but that bad faith claims were properly dismissed in light of the insurer’s “objectively reasonable basis” for denying […]
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. on July 30 announced a $75 million settlement with the Kano state government in Nigeria to settle civil and criminal claims related to the 1996 Trovan antibiotic clinical trial conducted in that country.
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Case: George V. DeMarco, et al. v. Everest Indemnity Insurance Co., No. 08-56511, 9th Cir. Appellant brief: Filed Feb6 by George VDeMarco and James PDeMarcoBrief available 50-090730-004B
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Two legal research services are in a head-to-head competition to win the loyalty of America’s lawyers: Casemaker and Fastcase. So how do the two compare? To find out, attorney Robert J. Ambrogi tested both and sat through online presentations to see which service has the clear edge.
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Buchanan Ingersoll IT litigation chair Francis “Frank” Taney Jr. uses using Twitter as a tool to communicate with his tech-savvy clients and to discuss his beloved Philadelphia Phillies. The Am Law Daily asks the man whose handle is “Scary Lawyer” what Tweeting does for his practice.
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When copies of “Animal Farm” and “1984″ vanished from Kindle devices, it wasn’t Big Brother, but Amazon deleting books that it didn?t have the right to distribute. Co-chair of Venable’s IP litigation group, George Borkowski, discusses digital ownership and looks into Amazon’s actions.
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