• October 1, 2009 | The Recorder

    Stanford Loses Appeal on Patents for HIV Test

    SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford spent a lot of time pursuing a patent case against Roche for its HIV test kits. Unfortunately for the university, it's also spent a lot of time losing. On

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  • August 27, 2010 | The Recorder

    Digital Chocolate Sues Zynga Over Mafia Wars

    SAN FRANCISCO — The game is on. San Mateo-based online game developer Digital Chocolate Inc. sued Zynga Game Network Inc. on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Northern California,

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  • October 16, 2006 | The Recorder

    Laws of Science

    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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  • December 18, 2003 | The Recorder

    Got Life?

    Corporate lawyers haven't had much to celebrate since the Internet bubble burst, but a recent stock market run on life sciences companies is breathing new buoyancy into some practices.

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  • May 11, 2011 | The Recorder

    Wide View Video Test

    Facebook's "hack-a-thons" are the stuff of geek legend. Every month or two, software engineers stay up all night to brainstorm new features and write code to create them. Ref

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  • March 5, 2009 | The Recorder

    Silicon Scene

    There's a new type of deal in town — at least according to some people — and it's got an ominous name: the VIPE. The Silicon Valley Business Journal recently used the term

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  • June 18, 2012 | National Law Journal

    VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

    BUSINESS LAW TWO COMPLAINTS AGAINST ACCOUNTING FIRMS DISMISSED LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has dismissed Deloitte & Touche from a shareh

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  • August 9, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Internet Sale Ruled to Trigger Personal Jurisdiction in Long-Arm Law

    A trademark infringement action can be brought against an out-of-state employee of an online retailer who sent a bogus handbag to a Bronx, N.Y., address from a website that offered merchandise to N

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  • June 15, 2012 | The Recorder

    Cooley Helps Facebook Reach $10 Million Settlement in "Sponsored Stories" Privacy Suit

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. and plaintiffs attorneys have agreed to put $10 million into a fund for privacy foundations to settle a proposed class action over the site's "Sponsored

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  • January 2, 2002 | Legal Times

    Risky Business

    For the legal profession, 2001 was the year that risk lost its mojo.The swashbuckling, venture-backed, 20-something entrepreneur-savant is out. Way out. The Nasdaq tumble slammed

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