October 24, 2019 | The Recorder
Innovator of the Year Finalist: Robert Kang, Southern California EdisonKang, one of the utilities industry's first in-house cyber counsel, has worked with Loyola Law School to help design and launch the first cyber and privacy law concentration offered in Southern California.
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October 24, 2019 | The Recorder
Women Leaders in Tech Law: Deanna Kwong, Hewlett Packard EnterpriseDeanna Kwong, HPE's senior IP litigation counsel, led her team and outside counsel to a summary judgment victory in a highly contentious competitor copyright case filed by Oracle.
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October 24, 2019 | The Recorder
Women Leaders in Tech Law: Jennifer Fitchen, Sidley AustinFitchen, the global co-leader of Sidley's M&A practice, was co-lead counsel to Pandora in its $3.5 billion sale to Sirius XM.
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October 23, 2019 | The Recorder
Most Innovative In-House Operations Team of the Year: Pure StoragePure Storage's Michael Moore and Niki Armstrong say their legal ops team "is laser-focused on providing tools and services to allow us to scale efficiently but within natural cost constraints."
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October 23, 2019 | The Recorder
Most Innovative Emerging Company Legal Department of the Year: CoinbaseRecognizing a need in the cryptocurrency industry, the Coinbase legal team developed a tool to assess the risk that any particular asset may be a security subject to further regulatory scrutiny.
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October 23, 2019 | The Recorder
Tech Litigation Department of the Year Finalist: Munger, Tolles & Olson"At its core, the business of litigation remains the same: Clients want strategic, high-value legal representation at a fair price," says Munger Tolles partner Jonathan Blavin.
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October 23, 2019 | The Recorder
Women Leaders in Tech Law: Lynne Hermle, OrrickThe Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe litigation partner defeated class certification efforts in closely watched gender discrimination cases against Microsoft and Twitter.
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October 22, 2019 | The Recorder
Alternative Legal Service Providers of the Year: Elevate ServicesElevate has partnered with tech companies, including Dolby, Juniper Networks, and NetApp, to review and modernize processes within the legal function.
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October 22, 2019 | The Recorder
Most Innovative Legal Law Firm Operations Team of the Year: Fish & RichardsonThe firm's pricing group and legal project management team have allowed Fish to do 31% of its work in connection with alternative fee arrangements, including innovative pricing plans, based on the number of patents and claims asserted in litigation.
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October 22, 2019 | The Recorder
Women Leaders in Tech Law: Stacey Schesser, California Department of JusticeSchesser, the supervising deputy attorney general with the Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit in the California Department of Justice, has been spearheading the rulemaking process for the ground-breaking California Consumer Privacy Act.
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