For much of the last century, Ropes & Gray was known primarily as a toptier Boston law firm. But a pair of highprofile mergers during the past ten years has greatly expanded the firms reach and its expertise. A 2003 merger with Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt & Maynard boosted...
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As an intellectual property attorney, the federal jurisdiction of patent-related cases always seemed clear to me. 28 U.S.C. 1338 provides that: "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction o
Originally Published: The Legal Intelligencer
...March, zeroing in on Dorsey & Whitney; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton; Ropes & Gray; and Shearman & Sterling, among others. Seven former Howrey partners at...
Originally Published: The Recorder
...mergers involving the firm's clients. In 2009, an attorney at Ropes & Gray was charged with providing inside information on corporate transactions involving his...
Originally Published: The Recorder
...by Thomas Melsheimer of Fish & Richardson and James Batcheler of Ropes & Gray in the East Texas trial last year. At least...
The America Invents Act, the historic 2011 law that reforms the U.S. patent system, sees its second phase take effect this week, creating new rules in the complex world of patents that in-house couns
Originally Published: Corporate Counsel
...A Boston federal judge has allowed former Ropes & Gray associate John H. Ray III to add defamation and invasion of...
Originally Published: National Law Journal
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is keeping more than a few Am Law attorneys busy in his quest to find a running mate. Beth Myers, a former litigation associate at Akin Gump St
...new winners: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Goodwin Procter; Nixon Peabody; Ropes & Gray; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan; and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr...
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