Last year, more than 47 million Americans quit their jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This unprecedented mass exodus of talent — dubbed The Great Resignation — has upended the labor market and caused shortages across many industries, including the legal business.
Liisa Thomas has been in plenty of conference rooms since starting her legal career in 1996. She’s seen plenty of friendly faces, but faces that didn’t look like hers.
Kathleen Dillon Narko has been a wheelchair user for more than 20 years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Since her diagnosis, the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Clinical Professor of Law has been a devoted advocate for the needs of disabled attorneys in the legal community.
Do you know the story of the frog in boiling water? If a frog jumps into a pot of boiling water, it will immediately jump out. However, if the frog jumps into a pot of cool water that is slowly heated, it will adapt to the increasing heat and won’t jump out when it comes to a boil. You can imagine what happens to the frog.
Infringing a patent carries significant business risks. In the United States, patent damages can range from a minimum of a “reasonable royalty” to a maximum of the patentee’s lost profits. In many countries throughout Europe and Asia, patent damages can also include the infringer’s profits on the infringing product.
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40 Under Forty 2021Congratulations to this year's 40 Under Forty class of attorneys.