Most days, preparing and prosecuting patent applications follows a familiar rhythm. Talk with the inventors. Draft the application. Wait for the Patent Office. Argue a few times. Secure the patent. Repeat. But every so often, a case reminds us that our work can mean much more — especially when something has gone wrong, and someone needs an advocate to make it right.

       

Kirkland's revolver credit is perhaps the largest in the legal industry—more than 10 times the size of the average Am Law 100 firm's revolving line of credit.

       

Brian Cuban, a Texas-based attorney and brother of billionaire Mark Cuban, recently announced that his novel “The Ambulance Chaser, a thriller starring a personal injury lawyer, is now getting a film adaptation set in Atlanta.

       

Hawley, a Missouri Republican, sent a letter to Sam Altman on Thursday demanding he produce data about ChatGPT's product design, engagement practices and harms inflicted on minors after an emotional hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

       

Alena Allen, who was allegedly forced out of the deanship in late August, recently reached a settlement with LSU over her removal from the role.

       

Two wholesale clothing suppliers filed trademark infringement and trade secrets misappropriation claims against a North Carolina-based software company this week and alleged the company's data scraping practices have undermined the control of their e-commerce platforms.

       

Federal Insurance Co. filed a declaratory judgment complaint this week, arguing that it has no duty to defend or indemnify the polygraph company, John E. Reid & Associates, and others in an underlying wrongful imprisonment suit. After allegedly being coerced into falsely confessing to a 1995 fire, the late William E. Amor spent nearly 20 years in prison before he was acquitted in 2018 and subsequently recovered $25.5 million from the City of Naperville, Illinois.

       

With steady departures from legacy A&O and more ex-Shearman partners on the market, the merged firm's U.S. offices face headwinds in unifying the partnership under a shared vision.

       

Disney faces a swarm of privacy lawsuits over children's YouTube data.

       

If leaders are intimidated by Big Law's incursion, they're hiding it well. Could an abundance mentality reshape competition in markets across the U.S.?

       

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton informed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas that he was immediately appealing Judge Alan Albright's preliminary injunction orders sparing Glass Lewis & Co. Inc. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. from the requirements of Senate Bill 2337, which targets advice based on DEI and ESG concerns.        

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the Supreme Court on Friday that a district court's injunction “has no basis in law or logic.

       

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A Nevada trust said two Texas law firms, a pair of lawyers and a Dallas blockchain company pulled off a bold scheme to drain over $9 million from an account set aside for cryptocurrency trading.

       

"These cases follow a very similar formula. In that sense, they've created a sort of template that is easy to replicate," said Caiti Zeytoonian, an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

       

You'll discover benchmarks, ROI findings, and future trends to help you evaluate where your organization stands and unleash your full potential.

       

The list of law firms getting involved in the investigation appears to be growing, as the House Oversight Committee conducts a sweeping investigation into Biden's mental acuity.

       

"You can't make partner on your own. You will need support from those above you, below you, and beside you. In turn, you will need to make sure you are supporting all of them. That means being proactive on cases and taking ownership to help your supervisors, offering support when your year-mates seem overwhelmed, and providing training and mentoring to those you supervise."

       

In this week's Legal Speak episode, labor and employment law attorney Michael Elkins of MLE Law offers feedback on how lawyers should approach fallout surrounding the Sept. 10 assassination of American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.

       

“Although secondees are meant to function like a full-time attorney and provide relief for the in-house team, many clients find they provide only limited utility and require so much training that the costs outweigh the benefits," Navy Binning, a managing director at Major, Lindsey & Africa, wrote in a blog post.