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K&L Gates says no conflict but withdraws anyway

October 2, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Professor, Mercer University School of Law
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Hunter Douglas Sues In-House IP Lawyer for Bilking it out of Millions by False Invoices from Sham Search Entity

October 1, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Your turn to vent: what do you see in written communication that bugs you?

October 1, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Speeches this week

September 28, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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11th Circuit: Because Client Loses Faith in Lawyer, and so Lawyer Quits, Lawyer Still gets Contingent Fee

September 25, 2014EthicsLicenses, paidDavid

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Company sues Kilpatrick Townsend, Claiming Firm Gave its Secrets to a Client to Patent

September 15, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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OED reprimands lawyer for unreasonable fees, improper fee division, and related issues.

September 14, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Law Prof Ethics and Publications: a Rant

September 12, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Practitioner’s Non-Lawyer Assistant Signs Documents, Fabricates, E-mails: OED Acts.

September 9, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Procedure and 101: I haven’t ranted in a while.

September 8, 2014Ethicsobviousness, paidDavid

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Buy Your Opponents’ Computers at Auction and then Have Fun!

September 5, 2014Ethics, Web/TechpaidDavid

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Failure to Disclose Adverse Litigation Claim Constructions During Ex Parte Reexam States Inequitable Conduct Claim

September 4, 2014EthicsBroadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, Inequitable Conduct, paidDavid

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Amicus Briefs at the Supreme Court as Dubious Sources of Fact

September 1, 2014Ethicspaid, Supreme CourtDavid

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Case dismissed as sanction for misrepresentations

August 29, 2014- US - Southwest, Attorney Fees, District Court, Ethics, Fee Shifting, Fees, Patent, Patent Cases 2014Inequitable Conduct, paidDavid

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Here’s a Fun One: Judge Hughes Reversed for Imposing Sanctions on Patentee

August 28, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Reading Between the Lines of Octane

August 27, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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News Flash: Don’t go to the Jury Assembly Room to Observe Jurors.

August 24, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Should You go to Law School?

August 23, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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One More Reason Not to Litigate Patents Your Firm Prosecuted

August 16, 2014EthicsInequitable Conduct, obviousness, paidDavid

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Federal Circuit Panel Unanimously Affirms Inequitable Conduct

August 15, 2014EthicsInequitable Conduct, paidDavid

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