Amy Miller

November 23, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

By Amy Miller

5 minute read

October 14, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

You can say one thing for Nantero general counsel Robert Lindefjeld: he sets the bar high ... sky high! The GC says, 'If everything works like we expect, our chips will be in every cell phone, laptop and camera in the world.'

By Amy Miller

8 minute read

March 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Richard Baer, general counsel of Qwest Communications International Inc., didn't get the memo. Practically everyone in the in-house bar seems to think that alternative fee arrangements are the future of the legal marketplace. Baer, however, doesn't.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

April 11, 2011 | Legaltech News

Intellectual Ventures asked a Delaware federal judge to disqualify Wilson Sonsini from defending a software company in one of the first infringement suits the patent hoarding company filed. Lawyers for IV said the law firm had "unfettered access" to its secrets until it stopped representing IV, and shouldn't be allowed to represent IV's adversaries.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

March 07, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

March 14, 2011 | Legaltech News

Attorneys from Latham & Watkins in Silicon Valley and San Francisco are advising Sunnyvale, Calif.-based NetApp in its acquisition of LSI's Engenio storage-unit business.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

September 12, 2011 | The Recorder

Wilson's first female partner wrote the firm's maternity leave policy, raised a family and mentored the next generation while putting together high-profile tech deals.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

April 04, 2011 | Legaltech News

Attorneys from Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto, Calif., represented software company ServiceSource, which provides revenue management applications for tech companies, in its March 25 initial public offering, which raised about $137 million. The Wilson team included Vice Chair Jeffrey Saper and corporate partner N. Anthony "Tony" Jeffries.

By Amy Miller

1 minute read

September 10, 2009 | Law.com

Pfizer's GC will no longer oversee the company's compliance program, under the terms of a $2.3 billion settlement agreement resolving allegations that Pfizer's executives and sales staff illegally marketed Bextra and several other drugs. Instead, the chief compliance officer at the world's largest drug maker will report directly to the CEO. The move is required by Pfizer's corporate integrity agreement, an administrative alternative to excluding Pfizer from participating in federal health care programs.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

May 20, 2008 | Law.com

Lawyers for Caterpillar Inc. don't shy away from legal battles. You might say they move the earth -- perhaps it's a by-product of being the world's largest maker of construction equipment. "We will not be pressed or coerced into a settlement just because we have deep pockets," says Wesley Blumenshine, the associate general counsel who heads the company's litigation group. "If we're at fault, we'll rectify the problem. If we aren't, we won't be bullied."

By Amy Miller

6 minute read