Wake Up Call: Ashley Madison Lawyers Up After Breach

• Avid Life Media, the Toronto-based parent company of Ashley Madison, is turning to a trio of high-powered firms to pick up the pieces following the purported disclosure of more than 32 million users, including DLA Piper, Barnes & Thornburg, and Canada’s Stikeman Elliott. (American Lawyer)

• An internal memo at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz describes a pilot program that will track its attorneys work activity . (Above the Law)

• For the second time this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is proposing subtle tweaks to its post-grant trial procedures. It is seen as a sign that the ...