Amy Miller

May 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

The makers of VitaminWater rack up successes in court as they snag would-be imitators with trade dress lawsuits.

By By Amy Miller

13 minute read

September 07, 2011 | Legaltech News

There's nothing unusual about a federal judge appointing a tech expert to help unravel claims during a patent trial. But Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California has done something litigators say they've never seen a judge do. He appointed an expert to testify specifically on damages in Oracle's closely watched suit against Google.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

January 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

GBL �349 Claim Stated on Insurer's Alleged Practice Of Forcing Litigation to Prevent Coverage Forfeiture

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

January 07, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Fannie Mae's Timothy Mayopolous becomes the latest general counsel to land squarely in the middle of a dust-up over executive pay at companies bailed out by U.S. taxpayer dollars.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

September 14, 2009 | Law.com

Does Yahoo's top lawyer know something about the company's future that investors don't? General counsel Michael Callahan has sold more than $2 million in company stock over the last two years, and investors are asking why. Callahan isn't the only top executive at Yahoo cashing in. Others, including CEO Carol Bartz, have sold more than $232 million in stock in the past two years as the Internet search engine struggled to compete against rivals Google and Microsoft Corp.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

October 12, 2010 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

March 01, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

February 17, 2010 | Law.com

The legal department of Kraft Foods is trying a unique approach to get more value from its outside counsel. It held a contest to determine which of the law firms demonstrates best the principles of free market competition. The contest not only identified a firm that Kraft feels provides exceptional value to the company, it's also significantly changed the way Kraft assigns legal work to law firms, said general counsel Marc Firestone.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

November 03, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Twitter's legal department eschews convention. The company's lawyers are assigned to multiple teams of engineers, developers, salespeople and others to tackle long-term business issues like infrastructure development, and new projects like rolling out an updated website.

By Amy Miller

7 minute read

September 23, 2011 | The Recorder

The firm, led by CEO Steven Bochner, sees potential rewards for building up its antitrust practice -- and risks if it doesn't.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read