Law Practice
Small firms expect more work, struggles over growth in next decade
By Ryne Hodkowski
Advances in technology, increasingly money-conscious clients and the innovation and implementation of hybrid billing rates ar...
Ropes & Gray LLP represented Palo Alto-based private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners in its majority investment in C...
Intellectual Property
Marvell Technology hit with $1.17 billion patent infringement verdict
By Rachel Swan
Lawyers for K&L Gates LLP scored a $1.17 billion win for Carnegie Mellon University, after a Pennsylvania jury upheld its...
When the recession hit, numerous changes to billing and compensation models proliferated through the legal industry. Now, as m...
Letter to the Editor
Mississippi could offer roadmap for fixing California court budget
By Seena Nikravann
As a law student who hopes to practice in California courts when I graduate, I was dismayed when I read about further devastat...
The court's conclusion regarding the prevailing party's right to recover fees under state law is very straightforward. By Gera...
We cannot tolerate further carnage of the type experienced by the victims of the Columbine, Virginia Tech and Newton shootings...
Litigation
Plaintiffs have another shot after 9th Circuit tosses out $203 million award against Wells Fargo
By Hadley Robinson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel tossed out a San Francisco judge's decision Wednesday that Wells Fargo & Co. pay...