Amy Miller

April 08, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

For two years, the SEC has been trying to get former Juniper Networks general counsel Lisa Berry to answer seven specific questions about her role in an alleged $900 million stock option backdating scheme. For much of that time, Berry refused.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

June 15, 2011 | Legaltech News

Facebook's already a target for patent trolls, and in competing with Apple and Google it needs a stockpile of patents to ward off potentially devastating litigation. Since Theodore Ullyot's arrival as general counsel at Facebook in 2008, he and his team have made patents a priority -- coaxing patents from engineers by breaking down the walls separating them from lawyers.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read

September 09, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

There are plenty of patent attorneys in Silicon Valley, but there aren't enough like Alexander Shvarts.

By Amy Miller

7 minute read

September 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Abbott loses a patent thanks to its lawyer's creative wordplay.

By Amy Miller

5 minute read

December 08, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel Anastasia Kelly and four other high-ranking execs at AIG reportedly threatened to quit if the insurer's government overseers significantly cut their pay—but AIG reps say it didn't happen that way.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

March 11, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

GCs aren't just legal advisers anymore: They're now business partners and even risk managers. 'The days of just giving legal advice are over,' one top lawyer told listeners at a recent Webcast on evolving business roles.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

November 15, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Silver Spring Networks Inc. named Michael Dillon as its general counsel last week. Dillon was executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Sun Microsystems during its recent sale to Oracle Corp.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

August 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Give Gary Lynch credit for making a dramatic entrance. The chief legal officer for New York-based Morgan Stanley debuted on Corporate Counsel magazine?s annual survey of general counsel compensation with a whopping $6.3 million bonus. That large pot of cash earned him the No. 2 spot overall on our elite roster.

By Amy Miller

11 minute read

September 07, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

There's nothing unusual about a federal judge appointing a technical expert to help unravel convoluted claims during a patent trial. But Judge William Alsup has done something prominent litigators say they've never seen before. He appointed an expert to testify specifically on damages in Oracle America Inc.'s closely watched suit against Google Inc.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

May 06, 2011 | The Recorder

Karen Boyd's six-lawyer firm is among the boutiques getting a lift from the wave of patent suits by so-called nonpracticing entities.

By Amy Miller

7 minute read