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  • March 1, 2008 |

    Taking Secrets Back to Asia?

    Silicon Valley has always been a hot bed of trade secrets suits. But there's a new twist in an ongoing dispute between Applied Materials, Inc., the huge Santa Clara-based maker of semiconductor eq

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  • May 29, 2008 | The Recorder

    Silicon Scene

    With a volatile stock market, cash has been the preferred method for big acquisitions of late. But Sunnyvale's Finisar Corp. paid only in stock when it agreed to buy Optium

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  • May 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn

    All eyes were on President Barack Obama in March as he signed the health care ­reform law. Firms prepared for work that might trickle down from the legislation by pursuing laterals in the i

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  • August 16, 2013 | The Associated Press

    Woman Awarded $2M In Surgical Mesh Trial In W.Va.

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal jury in West Virginia has awarded a Georgia woman $2 million in damages in a lawsuit involving surgical mesh pelvic repair products.

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  • December 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Eye for talent

    COMPANY PROFILE Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides insurance, retirement, annuity and asset-management products and services to individuals and busi

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  • United States v. Kent

    Publication Date: 2011-02-08
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Maxine M. Chesney, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Ronald M. Gould and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, Senior District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph P. Russoniello, United States Attorney, and Amber S. Rosen (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, San Jose, California, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.
    for defendant: Barry J. Portman, Federal Public Defender, and Daniel P. Blank (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellant Jay Kent.
    Case Number: No. 10-10011

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1789UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.JAY KENT, Defendant-Appellant.p id=

  • In re Kubin

    Publication Date: 2009-04-08
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-03
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Rader, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: Barbara Rudolph, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Janet Gongola, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Va.
    Case Number: 2008-1184

    (Serial No. 09/667,859)Before RADER, FRIEDMAN, and LINN, Circuit Judges.Marek Kubin and Raymond Goodwin ("appellants") appeal from a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (th

  • February 12, 2009 | National Law Journal

    DLA Piper lays off 80 associates and 100 staffers

    DLA Piper is laying off 80 associates in its U.S. offices. The international law firm also is cutting loose of about 100 staffers stateside. The announcement, made to attorneys and employ

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  • May 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Hot again, Silicon Valley approaches 'critical mass'

    The capital markets are opening up in Silicon Valley — and lawyers have noticed. The Northern California region, best known for its startup technology companies and venture capital

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  • May 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Loeb & Loeb has added two real estate partners from Bryan Cave: Steven Kornblau and David Kostman.

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