• April 4, 2013 | The Recorder

    Corporate Governance Risk in Overlapping Roles

    Perhaps nothing illustrates the clubby atmosphere of Silicon Valley quite like the tangled web of directors and consultants at many of the area's companies.The many concurrent roles th

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  • May 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    GE v. Mitsubishi A federal jury in Dallas ruled on March 8 that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., had infringed one of General Electric Company's wind turbine patents

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  • March 9, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    Hey, Big Spender

    If the early 90s were good for anything, it was that general counsel were able to hire talented in-house help on the cheap and wrangle big discounts from outside counsel. But the economic boom has

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  • October 24, 2007 | The Recorder

    San Diego Lawyers Flee Fires

    LOS ANGELES � As a brown haze shrouded Southern California on Tuesday, law firms in San Diego's Carmel Valley region remained shuttered, and more and more local attorneys were forced to leave

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  • April 1, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Sidley Snags 11 Securities Lawyers from Bingham

    UPDATE, 4/2/2013, 9:40 a.m. EST: Additional details about the 11 lawyers joining Sidley Austin from Bingham McCutchen, including a full list of names, have been

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  • March 10, 2006 | The Recorder

    TiVo Against the Giants

    TiVo Inc. has market presence that companies 10 times its size can only dream of. The little black box that it sells gives viewers control over when they watch their favorite TV shows, making

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  • March 15, 2006 | The Recorder

    TiVo Against the Giants

    TiVo Inc. has market presence that companies 10 times its size can only dream of. The little black box that it sells gives viewers control over when they watch their favorite TV shows, making it th

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  • May 16, 2007 | The Recorder

    SEC Scrutiny of Stock Plans Could Spell Trouble for General Counsel

    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, David

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  • International Floor Crafts, Inc v. Jane Dziemit

    Publication Date: 2011-04-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-04-21
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Stahl, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-1555, 09-1556,09-2349

    Before Torruella, Stahl and Howard, Circuit Judges.This trio of related appeals arises from a 2005 civil action brought by International Floor Crafts, Inc. ("IFC") for violations of the Racke

  • March 19, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Morris Says Cuomo's Use of Martin Act Neglects Fraud

    ALBANY - A defendant accused of using his political influence to obtain state pension fund investments for clients insisted in court papers filed Wednesday that he cannot be prosecuted under a law

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