• June 1, 2008 |

    IP People on the Move

    After spending 18 years as a partner at the New York office of Jones Day, Theresa Gillis moved in April to start an IP practice in Howrey's New York office. Presently she is the only IP attorney th

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  • June 29, 2005 | The Recorder

    Wilmer Cutler Opens in Silicon Valley With Weil's Mo

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is planting its flag in Northern California with a Palo Alto office and a high-profile poach from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.Weil partner Curtis M

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  • July 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Lobbying spending spikes for companies under fire

    Trouble on Capitol Hill means a sharp jump in lobbying bills. Eight companies and trade associations under hard scrutiny from Congress, including BP PLC and Toyota Motor Corp., spent

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  • January 11, 2000 | National Law Journal

    PTO's New Guide to DNA Info

    In response to some scientists' concerns about the rush to patent DNA segments, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on Dec. 21 posted a new set of proposed examinations guidelines on its Web

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  • April 20, 2000 | The Recorder

    Graham James Hits Potholes on Road to Altar

    San Francisco's Graham & James is casting about for a merger partner, but the embattled firm appears to be having trouble finding one willing to absorb all of its U.S. offices.According to c

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  • November 16, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Outback, Other Restaurant Chains Change Hands in $3.2 Billion Deal OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., the Tampa, Fla.-based company that owns Outback Steakhouse, Blue Coral Seafood &

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  • January 28, 2005 | Special To Law.Com

    The Real Price of Linux Software

    As litigation between The SCO Group and IBM rages on and with SCO threatening to file suits against Linux users, businesses have become justifiably concerned over their use of open-source software.

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  • February 25, 2005 | National Law Journal

    By the Bushel

    As the legal market undergoes a tectonic shift due to law firm megamergers, one of the reverberations is an apparent surge in the number of law firms picking off clusters of attorneys from riv

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  • January 19, 2006 | The Recorder

    Labor Law: Time Is Money

    In a unanimous decision this fall, the U.S. Supreme Court settled a split between the 1st and 9th Circuits by ruling that the time spent by employees walking back and forth between their workstatio

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  • November 2, 2004 |

    IP Architects

    Survival for biotech companies like Agensys Inc. often boils down to two factors: intellectual property and cash. In 2002 Alan Mendelson ensured that Agensys had enough of the latter. The Lath

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