Texas IP Firm Partners Threatened With Sanctions in Patent Suit

A Texas law firm’s partners must explain why they shouldn’t be disciplined for the unauthorized practice of law in a patent lawsuit against Renesas Electronics America Inc, a California federal judge ordered.

Ramey LLP partners William Ramey III, Susan Kalra and Jeffrey Kubiak didn’t conduct a pre-filing investigation to determine whether Koji IP LLC’s suit complied with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Ramey and Kubiak didn’t file motions for pro hac vice admission in the three months since filing the complaint, according to Magistrate Judge Peter Kang’s show cause order issued Aug. 29 in the US District ...