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  • January 24, 2005 | The Recorder

    Passage to India

    In recent months, Microsoft Corp. has begun using Indian professionals to search for prior art in preparation for filing patent applications. Other Fortune 500 companies, such as Oracle Corp.,

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  • June 5, 2006 | The Recorder

    Calif. High Court Partial to State's Call-Record Law

    Reaching out and touching someone with a telephone call is one thing. Recording the conversation is another. That's what the California Supreme Court indicated Thursday during oral arguments

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  • November 15, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    They'll Always Have Paris

    In a move aimed at boosting service to clients in the financial services and life sciences industries, Reed Smith has opened a Paris office with four partners from the Paris firm Rambaud Marte

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  • March 27, 2006 | The Recorder

    Patent War Heats Up

    When Oracle Corp. decided to fight a patent infringement claim lodged against it by a tiny software firm, MangoSoft Inc., in 2002, the company was aware of the risks involved. The litigation could

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  • January 28, 2005 | The Recorder

    Ex-Mckesson Exec Faces Tough Defense Query

    Defense attorney Walter Brown Jr. launched his cross-examination of prosecutors' star witness in the Richard Hawkins trial with the one fact he wants U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins to keep

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  • November 2, 1999 | The Recorder

    Artists vs. Landlords

    Overnight on July 25, 1998, the "Lilli Ann" mural, a fixture in the Mission District for more than a decade, simply vanished. The four-story painting, which had towered over the corner of 17th and

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  • November 22, 2002 | The Recorder

    California Justices Parse 'Claim' in State's Trade Secrets Law

    The misappropriation of a trade secret creates just one claim for infringement, though damages can increase with each new misuse, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The court'

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  • January 31, 2006 | The American Lawyer

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  • January 28, 2010 | The Recorder

    Wilson Team Helps Tesla Motors Find Financing

    Tesla Motors Inc. has secured a $465 million federal loan through the Department of Energy to build two manufacturing plants, with help from a Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosa

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  • May 12, 2006 | The Recorder

    Six Days, Six Lawyers, $24 Billion

    Golden West Financial Corp. General Counsel Michael Roster used to tell outside lawyers in speeches that there were certain firms he would call in to do a major transaction, or ("God forbid") a maj

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