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Recorder Staff

Recorder Staff

October 24, 2019 | The Recorder

Innovator of the Year Finalist: Robert Kang, Southern California Edison

Kang, 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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5 minute read

October 24, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Deanna Kwong, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Deanna 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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3 minute read

October 24, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Jennifer Fitchen, Sidley Austin

Fitchen, 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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3 minute read

October 23, 2019 | The Recorder

Most Innovative In-House Operations Team of the Year: Pure Storage

Pure 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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5 minute read

October 23, 2019 | The Recorder

Most Innovative Emerging Company Legal Department of the Year: Coinbase

Recognizing 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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4 minute read

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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5 minute read

October 23, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Lynne Hermle, Orrick

The Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe litigation partner defeated class certification efforts in closely watched gender discrimination cases against Microsoft and Twitter.

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2 minute read

October 22, 2019 | The Recorder

Alternative Legal Service Providers of the Year: Elevate Services

Elevate has partnered with tech companies, including Dolby, Juniper Networks, and NetApp, to review and modernize processes within the legal function.

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5 minute read

October 22, 2019 | The Recorder

Most Innovative Legal Law Firm Operations Team of the Year: Fish & Richardson

The 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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2 minute read

October 22, 2019 | The Recorder

Women Leaders in Tech Law: Stacey Schesser, California Department of Justice

Schesser, 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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3 minute read