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November 11, 2009 6:22 PM
Cleary Gottlieb, Wilson Sonsini Switch On Networking Deal
Hewlett-Packard will pay $2.7 billion to buy 3Com, a Massachusetts-based networking equipment manufacturer. Lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb and Wilson Sonsini helped the two connect.
more Make a comment11/11/09 Posted by Matt Straquadine
Pinching Pennies Part II: Microsoft Hires Perkins Coie as Outside Piracy Counsel
In the second of a five-part series, Corporate Counsel takes a look at an arrangement between Microsoft and Perkins Coie that enables the software giant to pay a flat fee for counsel on all its counterfeit software matters.
more Make a comment11/11/09 Posted by Claire Zillman
Seyfarth Reps Playboy in Spat with Racy Lawyer
Would winning the case earn the lawyers--should they want it--a trip to a certain mansion?
more Make a comment11/11/09 Posted by Zach Lowe
Sidley's Case for Northwestern Journalism Students Off to Rough Start
A state trial judge was not exactly happy with Sidley Austin's performance defending a group of Northwestern University students who contend that an inmate scheduled for execution is innocent.
more Make a comment11/11/09 Posted by Zach Lowe
November 10, 2009 5:31 PM
L is for Lawyers... and That's Good Enough for Them
The attorneys behind Sesame Street--celebrating its fortieth anniversary today--probably make enough money to live on the opposite side of Sesame Street from Oscar the Grouch. They've earned it through hundreds of licensing contracts, bizarre IP trials, and complicated corporate deals involving Honkers and something called Big Blue Head.
more Make a comment11/10/09 Posted by Zach Lowe
Pinching Pennies Part I: UPS Taps King & Spalding for E-Discovery Work
In the first of a five-part series, Corporate Counsel takes a look at how the postal company is slashing its document review costs by more then 50 percent with the help of a few lawyers.
more Make a comment11/10/09 Posted by Claire Zillman
Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers Not Guilty
A federal jury in Brooklyn found two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers not guilty of fraud charges on Tuesday, only a day after jury deliberations began.
more Make a comment11/10/09 Posted by Brian Baxter
Day Pitney Cuts 29 Staffers, Goodwin Procter Lays Off 21 Associates
After losing 5,800 jobs in October, the legal industry took another hit the first week of November.
more Make a comment11/10/09 Posted by Claire Zillman
Latham, Clifford Chance Have Work to Do on $7.4B Oracle-Sun Deal
The firms are negotiating with regulators across the world to get antitrust clearance for what is suddenly becoming one of the more controversial deals of 2009.
more Make a comment11/10/09 Posted by Zach Lowe
November 9, 2009 7:34 PM
Supreme Skepticism Over Bilski Claims Puts Method Patents on Shaky Ground
For the first time in almost 30 years, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday considered the issue of what types of technology should be eligible for patent protection when it heard oral arguments in Bilski v. Kappos.
more Make a comment11/09/09 Posted by Joe Mullin
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