1,029 Patents from IBM Purchased by Google
8/18/2011 Google is fortifying its patent-related defenses, which can also potentially beef up its offensive legal ammunition, as it obtains from IBM over one thousand technology patents in a supposedly secret deal that pushed through last month. The online giant is known to be a fairly young technology company, which is why it does […]
As Hiring by Top Firms Starts, Big Law Gets Bigger
8/18/2011 The biggest firms in the District have grown their local rosters in 2011, an obvious shift from the past couple of years when many law firms postponed hiring as they try to wade though the recession. Nine of the ten biggest law firms in Washington have added lawyers to their roster, increasing the […]