Amy Miller

March 15, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

A new 2,200-page report, dubbed the 'Wall Street equivalent of a coroner's report,' reveals behind-the-scenes details of ex-GC Thomas Russo's fight to save Lehman Brothers — and puts other former in-house lawyers in the hot seat.

By Amy Miller

5 minute read

July 06, 2010 | Law.com

Paris-based Technip SA, a service company for the oil and gas industry, is paying $338 million in civil and criminal penalties to settle claims that it worked with former Halliburton subsidiary KBR to bribe Nigerian officials and win $6 billion in contracts. The $338 million figure includes a $240 million criminal fine, plus a disgorgement of $98 million to resolve civil claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Technip has also entered into a deferred prosecution agreement.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

January 20, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Planning to open a Silicon Valley office specializing in intellectual property litigation, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman has lured two patent litigators from Weil, Gotshal & Manges' Redwood Shores office to help lead the effort.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

December 03, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

In-house lawyers and outside counsel gather at the Harvard Club of New York City to talk about alternative billing arrangements and how legal departments can 'exercise the purse' to bring about the demise of the billable hour.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

March 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

March 29, 2011 | Law.com

In the past year, Google competitors such as Apple and Microsoft have filed dozens of patent infringement actions against companies using Android to run their smartphones and other mobile devices. Google has pledged to defend all partners that have helped develop Android, and has chosen Quinn Emanuel's Charles Verhoeven, a veteran of past company patent trials, for the role.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read

September 07, 2011 | Daily Business Review

There's nothing unusual about a federal judge appointing a technical expert to help unravel claims in a patent trial. But a California federal judge has done something prominent litigators say they've never seen before: He's appointed an expert to testify specifically on damages in an Oracle suit against Google.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

September 07, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup has appointed an expert to testify on damages in Oracle America Inc.'s closely watched suit against Google Inc., which claims the Android mobile operating system violates Java-related patents and copyrights that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems Inc.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

August 10, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Compared to what they might earn as a partner at a large firm, the average base salary of $270,000 for Bay Area GCs in 2010 seems modest. But when you add in options (and luck), general counsel are doing very well indeed.

By Amy Miller

5 minute read

September 13, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Judge rules in favor of eBay in a shareholder suit against Craigslist, rescinding a measure adopted by Craigslist's board that would have blocked a potential hostile takeover by the auction site.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read