• March 29, 2011 | The Recorder

    Google's Guy Gets Busy

    Google Inc.'s Android operating system may be open source software, but using it comes at a price. In the past year, competitors such as Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corporation have filed dozen

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  • November 19, 2008 | The Recorder

    Graphic Appeal

    Judges and juries throughout the country now take it for granted that lawyers in high-stakes trials will employ sophisticated graphics to make the best possible case for their clients. A

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  • April 28, 2005 | Legal Times

    Swidler Gets New Lease on Life

    2004 was a tough year for Swidler Berlin. The firm's head count shrank significantly. It tried and failed to merge with both Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Dickstein Shapi

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  • July 12, 2013 | The Recorder

    NBA Union Leaders Spar Over Venue

    A lawsuit between the former and current heads of the NBA players union is giving new meaning to the notion of home-court advantage. Former National Basketball Players Association Exe

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  • November 30, 2000 | Law.com

    Drafting Application Service Provider and Hosting Agreements

    Remote hosting is the essence of the Internet, composed as it is of a large network of computers that enables Web surfers to access content hosted on remote servers. It therefore should

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  • August 28, 2013 | The Recorder

    After Swapping Sides, Matt Powers Still Seeking Patents

    In nearly three decades atop patent litigation, Matthew Powers collected all the trappings of Big Law success: Nine-figure victories. Stately homes. A top Chambers ranking. There was

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  • August 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESFormer Illinois governor James Thompson, 70, will step down as chairman of Chicago-based Winston & Strawn on Aug. 31, saying it was tim

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  • November 5, 2008 | The Recorder

    Lessons Learned

    Within the past six weeks, two of San Francisco's oldest, most venerable firms, Heller Ehrman and Thelen, announced that they will dissolve. As a former Thelen partner who chaired that firm fro

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  • October 25, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Bratz lawyer sees sign in 9th Circuit's revised opinion

    In the Bratz versus Barbie battle, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday tweaked its earlier opinion in a way the winning side says is the court's pre-emptive strike at thwarting U.S.

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  • September 8, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Dismissed Partner Sues Holland & Knight For Fraud, Age Bias

    The end of John K. Weir's career at Holland & Knight arrived on his Connecticut doorstep the Saturday morning of Nov. 16, 2002, in an express mail envelope. The enclosed memo from

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