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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

Crime Novelist Wins $51 Million From Accounting Firm
Law Prof: I May File Law School Ethics Charges
Bill on Bankruptcy: Fee Agreement Puts Law Firm In Trustee's Sights
Ponzi Schemer Marc Dreier Confesses 'Sins' in New Film

Federal Circuit Review - Volume 3 | Issue 3 March 2013

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: • State Courts Should Handle Patent Malpractice Cases • “A” and “An” in Claims Mean “One or More” • No Direct Infringer Needs to be Identified in Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Over Indirect...more

Equitable Tolling Applies to Patent-Related Claim for Fraud Against Law Firm

by Sedgwick LLP on 4/24/2012

The Federal Circuit has issued a decision addressing the application of the California doctrine of equitable tolling in the context of a legal malpractice case. ...more