Government
Oct. 10, 2013
Government shutdown threatens to close federal courts
The effects of the budget impasse in Washington, D.C. are mounting as federal court workers are furloughed and lawyers and judges fret at the uncertainty on their calendars.
Daily Journal Staff Writers
The government shutdown loomed as an intellectual property trial neared last week for Fenwick & West LLP's patent litigation chair, Michael J. Sacksteder.
"We had one eye on the potential for a federal shutdown - could we get the trial going?" said San Francisco-based Sacksteder. "Fortunately, we settled. The shutdown had no real impact on the settlement, bu...
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