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News & Analysis as of May 22, 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

Supreme Court Holds a Gunn to Exclusive Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Patent Malpractice Claims

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/28/2013

In Gunn v. Minton, the Supreme Court held that federal courts do not have exclusive jurisdiction over patent malpractice claims. Under 28 USC § 1338(a), federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over cases “arising under any...more

Law Firms Face Competition for Doc Review Work - Law 360

by Pamela Woldow on 7/23/2009

The rise of e-discovery over the last decade has provided law firms with fertile ground for racking up hours on document review, but it has also made the traditional method of having associates conduct the work under the...more