Leading Questions: Finnegan’s Frank DeCosta

Lawyers are great at asking questions, but how are they at answering them? Bloomberg Law is talking with lawyers and other legal industry players at the top of their fields to find out what makes them tick, what challenges they face, and how they do what they do.

Frank DeCosta has seen a dramatic increase in patent litigation, driven in part by “economic insecurity” brought on by the pandemic.

“Companies also use litigation to leverage IP assets to protect market share, which has even greater bottom line significance in the economic environment presented by Covid-19,” he says.

DeCosta leads the ...