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LawSites
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by the legal technology company Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. In a ruling issued Feb.
LawSites
JANUARY 4, 2023
As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. If anyone at Akin Gump wishes to respond, I would be happy to publish it.]. And, apparently, it’s a big deal for Akin Gump.
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Patently O
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
By David Hricik, Mercer Law School Noted below, Akin Gump had sued a former vendor, Xcential, arguing that its lawyers had invented what Xcential had sought to patent. As noted below, Akin Gump moved to dismiss those counterclaims and, further sought a preliminary injunction. The order is here. Pure Hemp Collective Inc.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Attorneys at Akin Gump declined to discuss the lawsuit. Series of Meetings.
Law 360
APRIL 27, 2022
Akin Gump has hired a new corporate partner to its New York office, the firm said earlier this month, describing the addition as "an excellent example" of the firm's "strategic growth."
Patently O
DECEMBER 19, 2022
In 2019, an Akin Gump lawyer apparently reached out to a legislative technology company, Xcential Legislative Technologies. It met with a firm lawyer who described that problem that, again, apparently, people in this field had known about but no one had solved, or at least solved in a good way. The patent application is here.
Law 360
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has added as partners two corporate attorneys previously with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who specialize in mergers and acquisitions, the firm announced Monday.
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