Patent Lawyer Gets Statue
No question that the Wright brothers deserve credit as innovators. But what about their patent lawyer, Harry Toulmin, who wrote the patents that survived a brutal patent battle? The greater Dayton community has recognized his heroic efforts as well, erecting…
Nonagenarian Gets Law Degree
From AP: Allan Stewart, a 91 year old man, got a law degree in Australia. Talk about fulfilling a lifelong dream. Welcome to the profession!
Slinky Factory Tour
I have many “life goals” I want to achieve before my time is up. Some of these are conceptual and hard to measure, such as–be a great father, husband and family member/friend and make a positive contribution to society. Others…
New Family Photos
Over 100 unedited family photos for your perusal. Among others, I like the Dina tush shot, the Dina thumbs up, and the sequence showing the (messy) interaction of a one year old baby and a piece of ice cream cake….
Kaplan Loses SJ Motion in Antitrust Lawsuit–Rodriguez v. West Publishing
In the ongoing lawsuit about Bar/Bri’s alleged antitrust violations in the bar exam preparation market, Kaplan has lost its motion for summary judgment. My last entry about this case was about the Bar/Bri class action website.
How Much Legal Research Should Hunsaker Have Done?
As in-house counsel, I would routinely encounter “problems” that, if construed with the most negative inferences and splashed on the New York Times, would be embarrassing to the company (and me) at best and life-threatening to the company (and possibly…
Squirrel Attack
It seems like there were 1,001 disclosures made in our disclosure package when we bought our house, and yet not one of them mentioned the risk of squirrel attacks. (Cuesta Park is less than a mile from our house). UPDATE:…
Website Publishes Professors’ Past Grades
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Pick-A-Prof, one of the numerous websites providing student reviews of professors, publishes the grading histories/practices of professors for many of the 170 schools it covers. Obviously, many schools do not provide this data willingly,…
AmLaw on IP Associate Satisfaction
Congratulations to Finnegan Henderson for ranking second in American Lawyer’s midlevel associate satisfaction survey. In discussing Finnegan Henderson’s success, the article talks a little about the relevant satisfaction of IP associates compared with other associates: Throughout our survey, IP midlevels…
“I shouldn’t have asked….” = Wrong Answer
Another email exchange has emerged in the HP pretexting investigation, this time between HP’s “Chief Ethics Officer” (CEthO) and a line manager from January 30: CEthO: “How does [the PI] get cell and home phone records? Is it all above…