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... starting their employment. • Latham & Watkins, the fourth largest law firm in the U.S., fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff members last week. • Orrick, Herrington & ... • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman laid off 55 attorneys and 100 staff. • King & Spalding recently laid off 37 lawyers and 85 staff members. • ... 2009. • Investors pulled $33 billion out of stock mutual funds in February. • American International Group ("AIG") lost $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008. • AIG received $30 ...

... the great patent fire-sale begun: another view (IP finance) You shouldn't have to hire a patent lawyer before you can innovate (Techdirt) International Court ... border between trade mark and unfair competition laws (Class 46) Thailand King of Thailand receives WIPO award for contribution to intellectual property (WIPO) Turkey 'Golden Turkish ... in FRUITOLOGY 2(d) dispute: Compagnie Gervais Danone v Precision Formulations, LLC (not precedential) (TTABlog) TTAB dismisses Tootsie Roll's MISTER FLUFFY ...

... Criminal Practice Police Not Obligated to Provide Attorney for Suspect In Investigatory Lineup; Suppression Denied People v. Carlos Santos KINGS COUNTY Criminal Practice Repugnancy Inapplicable to Grand Jury Votes; Defendant Denied Dismissal on Claim People v. Michael ... . DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Intellectual Property 'Minimal' Activities Insufficient to Prove Plaintiff's Use of Disputed Marks in Commerce International Healthcare Exchange Inc. v. Global Healthcare Exchange LLC

... ) Global - Patents WIPO press release: 'Global economic slowdown impacts 2008 international patent filings' (WIPO) (IPKat) (Law360) (Managing Intellectual Property) (Patent Baristas) ( ... Law and amended Patent Law (Panawell & Partners) Denmark Danish PTO fires staff in response to major downturn in applications (IAM) Supreme Court finds no ... , not tribal law governs trade mark dispute: Philip Morris USA v King Mountain Tobacco Co (Seattle Trademark Lawyer) TTAB: Cosmopolitan Magazine overwhelms ...

... which the plaintiffs claimed the company had repeatedly and wrongly failed to pay enough for crash injuries. An internal e-mail introduced in the Farmers lawsuit shows the company had pressured its adjusters, whom it calls claims representatives, ... declined to comment on his testimony. Fidelity is appealing the award. A New Hampshire case involving a home destroyed in a fire exposed another insurance company tactic: changing a policy retroactively. In April 2003, the Rockingham county attorney in ...

... which the plaintiffs claimed the company had repeatedly and wrongly failed to pay enough for crash injuries. An internal e-mail introduced in the Farmers lawsuit shows the company had pressured its adjusters, whom it calls claims representatives, ... declined to comment on his testimony. Fidelity is appealing the award. A New Hampshire case involving a home destroyed in a fire exposed another insurance company tactic: changing a policy retroactively. In April 2003, the Rockingham county attorney in ...

... 8, 2008 Argument Transcript here SCOTUSWIKI here LIIBULLETIN here 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, No. 07-581 Enforceability of collectively bargained arbitration clause December 1, ... [11-24] Kendall County Health Department wins dismissal of gender discrim suit by fired male employee who alleged that fem Exec Dir permeated the workforce with her hostility and ... one Native American, one woman MO FILED Black ex-mgr sues Burger King for race harass/discrim; alleges n-word, jokes, noose; read lawsuit here ...

... ) Pharma Patent reform: just found on pharma's radar???: (IPBiz), Sinorgchem v. International Trade Commission and Flexsys America: CAFC instructs the ITC on claim construction: ( ... on essentiality of patents under 3G standard (IPKat), (IPEG), (Stockhouse) Experience Hendrix LLC & Anor v Times Newspapers Ltd: Times given more time to ... Corporation v. Rodriguez (Patry Copyright Blog), KSR and the doctrine of equivalents: (The Fire of Genius), PLI poll results - 68% say eliminate rule 56: (PLI), ...

... No Duty to Indemnify IBM in Underlying Action International Business Machines v. United States Fire Ins. Co. Subscription Required KINGS COUNTY Criminal Practice Court Finds Identification ... Need Not Assess Reliability of Identification People v. Edwin Grant Subscription Required KINGS COUNTY Landlord/Tenant Law Tenant's Motion to Stay Proceeding Pending ... Mortgage Loan Seller's Contractual Default After Failure Terwin Advisors LLC v. Silver State Financial Services Inc. Subscription Required U.S. ...

... Cancelled, But Extended Through Surrender of Premises 200 West 81st St. Co. LLC v. Pensu Corp. NEW YORK COUNTY Real Property Filing Petition to ... to Prior Decision; Additional Exam of Plaintiff Warranted Spradley v. Basketball Products International Inc. KINGS COUNTY Criminal Practice Failure to Provide Medical Care to Dog Suffices For ... YORK Employment Liability, Under Family and Medical Leave Act, Cannot Be Evaded by Firing Employee Tully-Boone v. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital System U ...