Patent Law

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 138: New Job Openings
Patent Prosecutor - Law Firm - Woodbridge, N.J. Patent Counsel - Small Corporation - Cambridge, Mass. Patent Attorney (Prosecution) - Law Firm - Alexandria, Va. Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel - Law Firm - Boston, Mass...

Ex-federal prosecutor joins Ashcroft law firm (Boston Globe)
Former US Attorney Michael Sullivan has been named to lead a new Boston office for a law firm headed by former US Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Sullivan joins Ashcroft law firm (Boston Herald)
BOSTON - Former US Attorney Michael Sullivan has been named to lead a new Boston office for a law firm headed by former US Attorney General John Ashcroft. Sullivan told...

Ropes & Gray CMO Leaves Firm
The Boston Business Journal is reporting that Jim Durham, the chief marketing officer at Ropes & Gray in Boston, left the firm. Durham was well known nationally as a law firm consultant based near Boston before he joined the firm...

Clear Capital gets a new CFO
Real estate analytics firm Clear Capital appointed Garbriel Nacht as its new chief financial officer. Before joining the firm, Nacht was the senior vice president and CFO for Bustos Media and software firm Meridian Project Systems...

Mass. Employment Law Update
A new law mandating triple damages in the event an employer violates the Mass. weekly wage statute went into effect yesterday. For responses from both proponents and opponents of the new law, see the articles in today's Boston Globe and Boston Herald...

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

How to Select a Divorce Attorney
Select a counselor carefully

Firm Associate
Attorney Jay Wingate ordered to pay widow $2.5 million settlement for collected legal fees.

Senior Abuse
Avamere senior home to pay $904,200 settlement in eldercare lawsuit.

Senior Awarded $7.75 Million in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
Senior Awarded $7.75 Million in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit

California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

Colorado Firm Recalls Beef Products
Due To Possible E. coli Contamination

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products