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  • September 6, 2013 | The Recorder

    Eli Lilly Decries 'New Type of Forum Shopping' in Patent Scrap

    When Eli Lilly sued Genentech this year over patents used for cancer treatment, Genentech quickly moved to transfer the case from Oakland to Los Angeles. After all, Genentech argued,

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  • April 19, 2013 | The Recorder

    Viewpoint: 'Myriad' Argument Suggests Shift at Supreme Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court has been relatively unfriendly to those seeking strong patent protection. Indeed, the historical pendulum has swung against patents at the high court over the past dec

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  • June 14, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Genes Existing in Nature Cannot Be Patented, Justices Conclude

    WASHINGTON - Reversing decades of federal patent awards, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that human genes and the information they encode are not patent-eligible.T

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  • June 1, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Starr Foundation v. American International Group, Inc.

    Before: Gonzalez, P.J.; Friedman, Moskowitz, Renwick and Freedman, JJ. Decided: May 27; 601380/08 Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York (Rebecca L. Fine, Ste

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  • November 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    DEALS AND SUITS

    Harrah's Caesars Las Vegas gambling companies are doubling down at home � and betting antitrust regulators don't come after them for doing so. In the second big c

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  • August 9, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Suit Alleges Private Equity Firm Hid Problems at Refco Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, who recently sued Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw over the law firms' role in the

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  • January 9, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Tiptoeing Over Conflicts Landmines in Bankruptcies

    Enron Corp., Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Planet Hollywood International are a few of the latest bankruptcy casualties. As late as Nov. 30, 2001, a staggering 231 public companies with asse

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  • February 27, 2013 | The Recorder

    For 80-Year-Old San Francisco Firm, IP Is a Family Tradition

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  • City of San Diego v. Haas

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-29
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wright & L?Estrange and Joseph T. Ergastolo for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, John Morris and Victoria E. Fuller for Defendant and Appellant Richard Haas. Mayer Mangan and Katherine Mayer Mangan for Defendant and Appellant George G. Schaefer. Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard, Avchen & Shapiro and Joel N. Klevens for Defendant and Appellant Benjamin Vernon. Law Office of Michael A. Conger and Michael A. Conger for the San Diego Police Officers Association and Mayer Mangan and Katherine Mayer Mangan for the Deputy City Attorneys Association of San Diego as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number: No. D058225

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 7520 THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD HAAS et al., Defendan

  • October 11, 2013 | The Recorder

    Companies Feud Over Prenatal Patents

    SAN FRANCISCO — They may be in the business of new life, but prenatal testing companies are fighting to the death in Northern District patent cases. The brawl involves four

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