• March 6, 2001 | The Recorder

    Rethinking Joint Defense Pacts

    Judicial tinkering with attorney-client relationships is a sure way to get a lawyer's attention.Lobbing a hand grenade at them is quite another matter.Some defense attorneys, a

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  • June 19, 2006 | Alm

    Microsoft Wins Case With 'eBay' Argument

    Microsoft Corp. appears to be the first company to benefit from the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to end the long-standing presumption in patent cases that an injunction should be issue

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  • April 4, 2006 | The Recorder

    In California Push, Mintz Levin Acquires Reed IP Law Group

    Boston-based Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo wants to make a big push into California, and it is getting started with the acquisition of the Palo Alto-based Reed Intellectual Property

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  • August 1, 2003 | The Recorder

    Harris Leads Battle for Cash in DA Race

    Establishment cash is rolling into Kamala Harris' campaign for district attorney, with Mayor Willie Brown and many of his supporters ponying up to help the first-time DA candidate.Harr

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  • July 11, 2007 | The Recorder

    Are Big Firms Warming Up to Alternative Fee Deals?

    Looking down the barrel of a threatening patent infringement action from Sanyo, Chinese cell phone battery maker BYD wanted the IP heavyweights at Howrey -- but not their heavy rates. The A

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  • September 16, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Jewish School Wins Zoning Board Challenge Under Federal Statute

    A suburban zoning board's denial of a permit to a Jewish school for the construction of a new building was a burden on the school's exercise of religion and violates a new federal law designed

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  • August 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Women Snared by Life-Science Practices

    Judith Hasko was working as a research scientist at the cardiovascular research department at Genentech when she thought of becoming a lawyer. At the time, Hasko, who has an undergraduate degr

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Winery Purchase Is No Dry Deal

    WINERY PURCHASE IS NO DRY DEALKendall-Jackson Wine Estates' $97 million purchase of three California wineries gave the lawyers involved a glimpse into the workings of the wine w

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  • November 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Intellectual property firm Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto has signed a 15-year lease for 126,000 square feet at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. The lease will cover

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  • April 27, 2000 | The Recorder

    The Fight Over Enforcement

    Few cases illustrate more clearly the ongoing debate over whether the Securities and Exchange Commission leans too heavily on enforcement actions than one currently winding through the 9th U.S. Cir

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