Patrick Smith

1 week ago | law.com | Patrick Smith

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

1 week ago | law.com | Cedra Mayfield |Patrick Smith

In March, Legal Speak spoke with a legal audience of counsel, technologists, executives and industry professionals from multinational companies live on location at the Legalweek Conference 2025. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the conference hosted by ALM Media and Law.com March 24-27.

1 week ago | law.com | Patrick Smith

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo chair Bob Bodian has been doing this for a while. He’s seen a lot. What he hasn’t seen in over a decade is the firm not building on its previous year's revenue goals. He will have to keep waiting. Mintz saw its revenue increase by 8.5% to an even $700 million while its profits per equity partner soared 22.2% to $2.57 million. The firm’s net income was up 16.9% to $228 million and its revenue per lawyer was up 5.2% to $1.3 million.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Cedra Mayfield |Patrick Smith

In March, Legal Speak spoke with a legal audience of counsel, technologists, executives and industry professionals from multinational companies live on location at the Legalweek Conference 2025. More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the conference hosted by ALM Media and Law.com March 24-27.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Patrick Smith |Christine Simmons |Abigail Adcox

Several large law firms–including Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman and Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, in addition to Kirkland & Ellis– are in deal talks with the Trump administration, sources say, and some firms are using the talks to resolve a probe by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.