Bloomberg LawIntellectual Property Crowell Acquires Chicago IP Firm Brinks to Enter Midwest Market Bloomberg Law Crowell & Moring, a Washington-founded law firm that has been looking to grow, is acquiring Chicago intellectual property firm Brinks Gilson & Lione …
Bloomberg LawLawsuits We’re About to Learn a Lot More About Litigation Finance Bloomberg Law Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we look at how the light is about to …
Bloomberg LawMinnesota Derek Chauvin Sentencing: Accountability, Not Revenge Bloomberg Law The purpose of Minnesota’s Sentencing Guidelines, the state’s law says, is “to establish rational and consistent sentencing standards that promote …
Bloomberg LawCities Cities, States Don’t Need to Wait for CDC to Reverse Harmful Mask Guidance Bloomberg Law At the end of May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance saying that individuals who have been fully vaccinated no longer …
Bloomberg LawChina Trademark Application Surge Seen Slowing Registrations at Agency Bloomberg Law A huge surge in foreign and domestic trademark applications has created an “increasing” backlog and slowed examination times, Commissioner of …
Bloomberg LawFDA Biotech, Health-Care SPAC Deals Need Top Due Diligence Bloomberg Law Acquisitions using special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been all the rage in the past couple of years. The size of the deals has been …
Bloomberg LawUnited States Bar Exam Race Gap Shown in New Passage Rate Data for Law Grads Bloomberg Law White law school graduates were significantly more likely to pass the bar exam than test takers from other racial and ethnic groups, according to a …
Bloomberg LawPandemics Federal Circuit to Resume In-Person Oral Arguments in August Bloomberg Law The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will resume in-person arguments at the end of August, after more than a year of pandemic-related …
Bloomberg LawPatents High Court Patent Review Ruling Helps Agency Head Shape Results Bloomberg Law The U.S. Supreme Court decision that patent office judge decisions must be subject to the agency director’s authority could help the office iron out …
Bloomberg LawWorking From Home The Case for Returning to the Office and Making It Work Bloomberg Law Late summer in 2016, I had just finished taking the California bar exam and moved to Southern California to begin work as a law firm associate. A …
Bloomberg LawWashington NFL Team NFL Washington Football Team’s Trademark Bids Rebuffed (1) Bloomberg Law A trademark examiner refused to register “Washington Football Team” trademarks because they combine a geographic descriptor with a generic term, and …
