June D Bell

February 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

Microsoft Corp. was forced to face the music during a high-stakes intellectual property trial last year. A team of Kirkland & Ellis litigators persuaded a San Diego jury to award $1.538 billion to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent for infringement of two file-compression patents, used to play tunes in Microsoft's Windows Media Player and other MP3 devices.

By June D. Bell / Special to The National Law Journal

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July 09, 2012 | National Law Journal

Profile of Debra Zumwalt, vice president and general counsel for Stanford University

By June D. Bell

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November 16, 2009 | National Law Journal

Profile of Rick Koske, vice president and general counsel of Verathon Inc.

By June D. Bell

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August 01, 2002 | Law.com

A St. Louis fire captain who claims his compressed-air tank ran out without warning in a smoke-filled high-rise, leaving him with brain damage that ended his 19-year firefighting career, has settled for $6.5 million with Mine Safety Appliances Co. of Pittsburgh. The company denies any liability for Mike Lebrun's injuries, which it blames on improper equipment maintenance.

By June D. Bell

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January 26, 2012 | The Recorder

The California Medical Association's GC oversees legal advocacy, lobbying and educational efforts for the group's 36,000 members.

By June D. Bell

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December 19, 2001 | Law.com

A California law firm is gathering plaintiffs whose children choked to death while eating plug-shaped Asian gel snacks that have since been banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. San Mateo-based O'Reilly, Collins & Danko is representing families in several states, and expects to be retained in more negligence cases. At least one child has died following the FDA's Oct. 5 importation ban.

By June D. Bell

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October 24, 2011 | National Law Journal

Profile of Lynn Oberlander, general counsel for The New Yorker magazine.

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January 02, 2006 | National Law Journal

Dwyer and Rhyu, both based in Cooley Godward's Palo Alto, Calif., office, led a pro bono team that filed suit in 2004 to compel the DHS and Department of Justice to issue green cards-"in a timely manner" to lawful permanent residents who had passed security screenings but lacked the documentation to prove it.

By June D. Bell Special to The National Law Journal

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January 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

When it comes to litigating international child abduction cases, Kilpatrick Stockton wrote the book. More than two dozen of the Atlanta firm's lawyers authored a training manual that provides the legal tools attorneys need to effectively represent a parent whose child has been taken to a foreign country without his or her permission.

By June D. Bell / Special to The National Law Journal

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April 06, 2009 | National Law Journal

If a clutch of screenwriters were trying to craft a drama rich with national security issues, international significance and a serendipitous connection around which to bend the plot, they'd be hard-pressed to do better than the appellate victory in Boumediene v. Bush. The win, which was secured last June in a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, affirmed the right of habeas corpus for even so-called "enemy combatants" who are not U.S. citizens being held in military detention at the Guant�namo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The effort on behalf of Bosnian citizen Lakhdar Boumediene and other detainees at Guant�namo involved more than 500 law firms around the country. Among them was WilmerHale, which since 2004 had donated $20 million in billable hours, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, which became involved when a client's habeas petition was consolidated on the appellate level.

By June D. Bell / Special to The National Law Journal

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