Amy Miller

August 30, 2010 | Law.com

There's no doubt that U.S. law firms are still making a big push into China. For example, Wilson Sonsini last week announced plans to open an office in Hong Kong, and Gibson Dunn earlier this month relocated a partner to open its Hong Kong office. But some major firms are trying a new approach: moving experienced partners back to Silicon Valley with a goal of strengthening ties between the firms' China practices and their U.S. clients.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read

August 27, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Announcements about lawyers, firms and judges.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

December 03, 2010 | Law.com

In a filing with the 2nd Circuit, Viacom argued that a lower court's ruling in favor of Google's YouTube would immunize Internet pirates from copyright infringement liability.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

August 23, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

November 12, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel Paul Lovejoy decides to leave United Airlines' Chicago-based parent corporation—and the company's tersely worded one-sentence statement on the matter has many wondering what led to his one-way ticket out the door.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

August 24, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

California's 'Chipsters' group (a sort of acronym for chief IP counsel) formed several years ago to help each other, and other women, thrive in Silicon Valley's male-dominated business culture. Their careers are evidence that women have achieved something like critical mass in intellectual property law.

By Amy Miller

7 minute read

August 19, 2011 | The Recorder

The Chipsters -- female patent lawyers from companies like Google, Apple and eBay -- put a new gloss on the ol' girl network.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read

February 02, 2011 | Law.com

Revenue at eight major firms in the San Francisco Bay Area was mostly flat in 2010. And firms continued to shrink, with head count dropping at six of the eight. Extreme caution about hiring remains the rule -- even at firms like Morrison & Foerster, where revenue per lawyer was up a healthy 6 percent.

By Petra Pasternak and Amy Miller

7 minute read

November 24, 2010 | The Recorder

Outdated electronic privacy laws create the "Wild West of litigation."

By Amy Miller

6 minute read

May 07, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Fuming in-house lawyers come out swinging after the European Court of Justice says attorney-client privilege in the EU applies only to outside law firms — and not to general counsel.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read