> Plaintiff- or defense side? On the whole I do more defense work, but plenty of both. For securities, more often defense. For M&A gone wrong, more often plain

> Plaintiff- or defense side? On the whole I do more defense work, but plenty of both. For securities, more often defense. For M&A gone wrong, more often plaintiff. I take your point about getting out ahead of the issue, but I'm not convinced that it's as powerful an argument as you think it would be, and I think it introduces other risks. Since you're familiar with IP litigation, you're no doubt aware that patents get invalidated by juries all the time in trials where plaintiff counsel makes that argument.