Amy Miller

April 26, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Qwest's legal department may have hired two of the biggest firms in the country to handle the company's acquisition by CenturyTel. But the question on everybody's mind is: What's going to happen to general counsel Rich Baer's job?

By Amy Miller

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August 25, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

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August 03, 2011 | Legaltech News

In the four weeks since patent litigator Matthew Powers left Weil, Gotshal & Manges to start his own firm, Tensegrity Law Group, he has hired three associates from his former firm who worked closely with him on matters involving Apple and withdrawn as a defense attorney for Amazon.com in a patent infringement suit filed by Eolas Technologies.

By Amy Miller

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November 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

By Amy Miller

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October 14, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The latest litigation trends report from Fulbright & Jaworski shows a 15 percent increase in infringement suits filed by U.S. companies compared to last year.

By Amy Miller

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December 03, 2009 | New York Law Journal

In October, The American Lawyer and the Association of Corporate Counsel jointly surveyed 587 general counsel and chief legal officers, and found that 39 percent paid law firms more money this year under alternative fee arrangements than they did in 2008. Meanwhile, just over half (53 percent) said spending on alternative fee arrangements had stayed the same. Only 8 percent said it had fallen.

By Amy Miller

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September 17, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Mace Security's GC will spend a year in probation and six months in home confinement because illegal Mexican workers were employed at car washes run by the company, best known for its pepper spray.

By Amy Miller

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May 02, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Google has taken a hit from a so-called patent troll. A federal jury in Texas recently ordered Google to pay $5 million in damages for infringing a Linux-related patent held by Texas-based Bedrock Computer Technologies. Attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in Redwood Shores, Calif., represented Google at the trial, along with attorneys from Potter Minton in Texas.

By Amy Miller

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May 24, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

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December 15, 2010 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

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