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  • December 17, 2009 | Alm Media

    FTC Hits Intel With Antitrust Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission filed suit Wednesday against Intel Corp., charging the chip maker with using its dominant market position to illegally stifle competition. The lawsuit was expe

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  • September 20, 2007 | The Recorder

    Renowned Tax Man Joins Small San Francisco Firm

    With 29 years at the U.S. Attorney's Office under his belt -- 25 of them as chief of the tax division -- Jay Weill is ready to take on tax disputes from the flip side. Earlier this month, th

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  • January 12, 2004 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    South BayDavid Bloch has joined McDermott, Will & Emery in Palo Alto as a partner. Bloch focuses primarily on complex IP litigation matters, including commerci

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  • May 12, 2003 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    LAWYERS HELP PUT LEARNING TOOL IN STUDENTS' HANDSMark Robinson and Barry Graynor were both captivated when they read an article in The Wall Street Journal last yea

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  • July 6, 2000 | The Recorder

    Riding the Wave

    In the weeks following the Nasdaq's mid-April slide, Cooley Godward's Eric Jensen was hard-pressed to close a deal.Many technology companies lost the appetite for swallowing smaller co

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  • July 3, 2003 | The Recorder

    Home Again

    Diane Savage left Cooley Godward at the height of the tech boom in 2000, looking for a slower pace and a more manageable life.She took a gig at Stanford University's business school an

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  • November 18, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Best-Price Rule Continues to Vex

    The Securities and Exchange Commission's "best-price rule" (Rule 14d-10 under the Exchange Act of 1934) continues to trouble parties that wish to conduct tender offers. Under the rule, a bidde

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    IP Boutiques Keeping Up With Joneses

    A fresh round of pay raises in January has brought associate starting salaries at most large firms' New York offices to a new high of $160,000. So how are intellectual property specialty firms

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  • October 26, 2009 | The Recorder

    Stimulus Plan Energizes Tax Lawyers' Practices

    Tax attorneys are seeing their roles expand because of valuable tax incentives for renewable energy projects provided by the federal economic stimulus package. Tax attorneys have always bee

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  • May 15, 2007 | The Recorder

    GCs May Have to Answer for Stock Plans

    In January 2004, Mark Webbink, then-general counsel for software maker Red Hat Inc., entered into a plan designed to put his stock trades on autopilot.Broadcom Corp.'s general counsel,

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