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  • August 19, 2002 | The Recorder

    Genentech Fires New Weapon in Patent Battle

    While Genentech Inc. gained a new weapon to use in its patent battle with Chiron Corp., patent attorneys question how deadly it will be.Genentech announced Thursday that the U.S. Paten

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  • July 8, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Credit Card Antitrust Suits to Go Forward

    A series of antitrust class actions charging VISA, MasterCard and their governing banks with colluding on fees for goods purchased abroad will proceed following a ruling by a federal judge.

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  • April 8, 2002 | Legal Times

    A Judge's Fear Factor

    Trying a case before Judge T.S. Ellis III is not for the fainthearted.Take the hearing last week in the case of American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh. A ripple of anxiety wafted across

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  • May 11, 2007 | The Recorder

    Has Heller's Growth Strategy Backfired in San Diego?

    An aggressive growth strategy in Heller Ehrman's corporate practice was meant to give the litigator-heavy firm broader stability. But in San Diego, it's led instead to instability, sending some top

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  • August 4, 2003 | The Recorder

    Piercing the Privilege

    Some confidences are so sacred that it's almost heresy to argue they should not remain secret -- doctor-patient; priest-confessor; Vice President Dick Cheney and his energy task force.

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  • May 1, 2010 | Legaltech News

    Risks & Rewards

    Think social networking is the sole domain of 20-somethings meeting up with friends for drinks? Think again. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Martindale Hubbell Connected, and LegalOnRamp are just a fe

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  • February 25, 2010 | The Recorder

    But My Lawyer Said I Could! Ex-Brocade CEO's Backdating Retrial Opens

    SAN FRANCISCO — It's not often that the chairman of one major Silicon Valley law firm kicks dirt in open court on a fellow chairman/business rival. But in part of his opening state

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  • March 27, 2001 | The Recorder

    In Perfect Harmony

    The thorny issue of developing a single, worldwide standard for issuing patents is back, but U.S. officials are still trying to gauge whether they'll face the crush of opposition that has kill

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  • October 30, 2002 | The Recorder

    O'Melveny Restructures Its Intellectual Property Group

    Nine months after formally creating a standalone intellectual property group, O'Melveny & Myers has taken the next step in developing the practice.Under a plan unveiled by the firm

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  • August 9, 2002 | The Recorder

    Another IP firm, Lyon & Lyon, Closes Up Shop

    After several years of losing partners and big-ticket litigation work to general practice firms, Los Angeles-based Lyon & Lyon announced Thursday that it is closing its doors at the end of

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