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.

11/11/09 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.

11/11/09 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?

11/11/09 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.

11/11/09 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.

11/10/09 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. 

11/10/09 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.

11/10/09 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.

11/10/09 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.

11/10/09 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.

11/09/09 Posted by Joe Mullin