Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

Jennifer Williams-Alvarez is based in New York and covers corporate law departments.

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July 26, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Supporters Lining Up Behind Apple in Qualcomm Patent Dispute

In the weeks since Qualcomm Inc. filed two patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc., several voices have weighed in with support for…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read

July 25, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Supporters Lining Up Behind Apple in Qualcomm Patent Dispute

Organizations and companies are taking Apple's side in its IP fight with Qualcomm.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read

July 25, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Why Cisco, Salesforce Joined Alliance to Protect Patent System

Eight top tech companies recently joined forces to form an alliance dedicated to balancing the patent system by improving patent quality and…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

July 24, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Why Cisco, Salesforce Joined Alliance to Protect Patent System

In-house lawyers from the two companies said the motivation to join stemmed from a desire to protect inventions and investments.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

July 24, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Quinn Emanuel Fired Uber, Citing Fixed Fee Rates That Aren’t ‘Financially Viable’

Last fall, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan notified Uber Technologies Inc. of the firm’s decision to end their attorney-client relationship,…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

July 24, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Texts Generate New E-Discovery Dilemmas for In-House Counsel

As executives and employees increasingly rely on text messages for business-related communications and courts continue to admonish or even issue…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read

July 21, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Texts Generate New E-Discovery Dilemmas for In-House Counsel

As employees increasingly rely on texting for business-related communication, companies have to figure out how to handle this data, especially in the context of e-discovery.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

July 21, 2017 | The Recorder

Quinn Emanuel Fired Uber, Citing Fixed Fee Rates That Aren't 'Financially Viable'

New court documents show that Quinn Emanuel dropped Uber as a client last year after finding the company's fixed fee arrangements unsatisfactory.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

42 minute read

July 20, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

CLOC: Legal Ops Leaders at the Vanguard of a Movement

More legal departments are seizing the opportunity to implement legal operations programs to lower spend and increase efficiency. Amid this legal ops movement, one organization, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, has emerged as both a catalyst for change and an ongoing example of the movement's success.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

July 20, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Longtime FedEx GC Christine Richards to Retire in September

The company announced Richards' upcoming retirement on Thursday.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read


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