Quotes – McCabe Ali LLP Law

Mike’s Insights on Verein Conflicts in Legal Malpractice Published in Law.Com

Michael McCabe — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 01:22:14 +0000

Mike was quoted on February 26, 2024, in Law.com’s article, “One Firm or Separate Entities? Vereins’ Growth Bumps into Conflicts, Liability Concerns.” Mike discussed the legal malpractice and conflicts of interest risks for attorneys operating in megafirms, such as Baker McKenzie, which structure themselves as Swiss Vereins.

Mike Was Quoted in Law.Com Regarding Coke’s Attempt to Disqualify Paul Hastings

Michael McCabe — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:33:32 +0000

Mike was quoted on May 3. 2023, in Law.Com on Coca Cola’s attempt to disqualify Paul Hastings and the legal effectiveness of an advanced conflicts waiver. The district court subsequently denied Coke’s motion and found the advanced waiver valid and effective. Read more here.

Quoted in Law360: 2 IP Ethics Attys Join Forces To Establish New Firm In DC, LA

Emil Ali — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:38:30 +0000

Emil J. Ali and Michael E. McCabe Jr. were quoted in Law360 regarding the formation of McCabe & Ali, LLP.

Law360 (August 6, 2020, 8:12 PM EDT) — A pair of intellectual property ethics veterans with decades of experience announced the merger of their solo practices to form a new firm focused on representing IP attorneys in a variety of disciplinary matters.

Michael McCabe and Emil Ali said Tuesday they merged their solo practices to form McCabe & Ali LLP, which started operations Aug. 3. Based in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, the new firm handles the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Office of Enrollment and Discipline ethics investigations, disciplinary trials and federal court appeals.

Link: https://www.law360.com/articles/1298244/2-ip-ethics-attys-join-forces-to-establish-new-firm-in-dc-la (subscription required).

Quoted in Law360: Full Fed. Circ. Asked to Rethink Voiding IP in Ethanol MDL

Emil Ali — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

On April 15, 2020, Michael E. McCabe, Jr. was quoted in Law360 (including IP360 and Legal Ethics360) in an article entitled Full Fed. Circ. Asked to Rethink Voiding IP in Ethanol MDL by Tiffany Hu (sub. req’d).

The Law360 article addresses the Federal Circuit’s recent decision that Cantor Colburn attorneys and their client committed inequitable conduct in connection with prosecution of patents asserted by GS CleanTech Corp. in multidistrict patent litigation. See GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, et. al, No. 2016-2231, 2017-1838 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2020). The Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s finding that the patents-in-suit were unenforceable. We discussed the implication of this decision in our March 5, 2020 blog post (here).

Quoted In Law360: Fed. Circ. Inequitable Conduct Case Alarms IP Ethics Attys

Emil Ali — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

On March 11, 2020, Michael E. McCabe, Jr. and Emil J. Ali were quoted in Law360 (including IP360 and Legal Ethics360) in an article entitled “Fed. Circ. Inequitable Conduct Case Alarms IP Ethics Attys” by Ryan Davis (sub. req’d).