Recorder Staff

Recorder Staff

December 26, 2019 | The Recorder

Where West Coast Litigators Landed in 2019

A look at where prominent litigators making moves in 2019 took off from and landed.

By Recorder staff

1 minute read

November 06, 2019 | The Recorder

Read the Complaint: Twitter Employees Charged in Plot to Spy on Users for Saudi Government

The defendants allegedly accessed the email addresses, IP addresses and dates of birth attached to Twitter accounts to feed back to Saudi officials.

By Recorder staff

3 minute read

November 05, 2019 | The Recorder

Most Innovative Public Company Legal Department of the Year: NetApp

"We are constantly evolving how we work and looking for ways to work more efficiently, invest our resources wisely (whether through fixed-fee arrangements, redesigning processes or leveraging impactful technology), and to lead the way on important topics like diversity and wellness," says GC Matt Fawcett.

By Recorder staff

4 minute read

November 05, 2019 | The Recorder

Startup Firm/Emerging Company Law Firm of the Year: Cooley

"We love to understand our clients' businesses and 'own' their problems and challenges as if they were ours, and we try hard to reflect our clients in terms of how we interact with them and among each other," said Matthew Bartus and Peter Werner, of Cooley's global emerging companies and venture capital practice.

By Recorder staff

2 minute read

November 05, 2019 | The Recorder

Tech Deal Department of the Year: Cooley

In a banner year for tech deals across the board, Cooley grabbed key assignments in some of the year's highest-profile transactions for Tableau, Ellie Mae and Uber, on top of its IPO work for Uber, Zoom and PagerDuty.

By Recorder staff

3 minute read

November 04, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Susan 'Suz' Mac Cormac, Morrison & Foerster

The Morrison & Foerster corporate partner is being recognized for a series of deals handled for SoftBank and the SoftBank Vision Fund.

By Recorder staff

2 minute read

November 04, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson

Brooks represented Gilead Sciences at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and won a precedential decision, but she listed a different case with a cherished peer as her favorite of the year.

By Recorder staff

4 minute read

November 03, 2019 | The Recorder

Tech Deal Department of the Year Finalist: Skadden

"Where we distinguish ourselves is in handling deals that have never been done before, have never been done on that scale, or are likely to be under intense scrutiny, either by investors, regulators, employees, competitors, the media or all constituencies simultaneously," says Thomas Ivey, the Palo Alto corporate/M&A leader at Skadden.

By Recorder staff

6 minute read

November 03, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Rashmi Garde, Centrify

Garde was the first attorney at VMware, Marin Software and Bloomreach before becoming the first in-house lawyer at software company Centrify, where she currently serves as general counsel.

By Recorder staff

2 minute read

November 02, 2019 | The Recorder

Tech Deal Department of the Year Finalist: DLA Piper

"Technology companies are inherently global, and that means the legal and regulatory environments can be subject to change in each place where they conduct business," says Bradley Gersich, the co-chair of DLA Piper's Northern California corporate and securities practice.

By Recorder staff

3 minute read