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Victor Li

Victor Li

June 09, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Capital Idea! TPG Capital Steals Veteran Cravath Partner for GC Job

Sometimes, you can always get what you want: Billionaire David Bonderman has swiped 16-year Cravath vet Ronald Cami to be the general counsel of his private equity firm TPG Capital.

By Victor Li

3 minute read

December 05, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Samsung and Quinn Defeat Apple's Motion for Injunction in Smartphone Wars

But the ruling wasn't all good news for Samsung. San Jose federal district court judge Lucy Koh found that Apple was likely to prove at trial that Samsung infringed three iPhone patents. Still, she refused to issue an injunction because Apple hadn't shown that it would lose market share, customers or goodwill absent the injunction. The judge also questioned the validity of an iPad patent.

By Victor Li

4 minute read

February 09, 2011 | Law.com

Pillsbury Hires 5 Real Estate Lawyers From Orrick

Greatly expanding its New York real estate practice, Pillsbury has hired five attorneys from Orrick. The group hire is consistent with lateral market trends that are expected to continue this year.

By Victor Li

5 minute read

November 04, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Cravath, K&L Gates Fight to Lift Stay on Alcoa Foreign Bribery Case

Aluminum giant Alcoa has had enough of waiting to defend itself against sensational bribery claims by a Bahraini rival while the DOJ and SEC build their own cases against the company. On Thursday Cravath's Evan Chesler travelled to Pittsburgh to make Alcoa's case for lifting a three-year-old stay in the civil suit so that it can seek dismissal, but federal prosecutors countered that allowing the case to proceed could threaten the government's investigation.

By Victor Li

4 minute read

September 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Thelen Trustee Targets Ex-Partners, Firms

In 98 individual complaints against former firm clients and partners, as well as law firms those partners joined, Thelen trustee Yann Geron seeks to recoup an unspecified amount on behalf of the defunct firm's creditors.

By Victor Li

4 minute read

March 09, 2011 | Legaltech News

Latham and Finnegan Win Sanctions for Clients in Nasty Patent Fight

Latham & Watkins and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner were recently able to convince a Northern District of California judge to award heavy sanctions, including more than $339,000 in costs, to their clients, Monolithic Power Systems and ASUSTek Computer, on the grounds that an adversary, O2 Micro International, had engaged in vexatious litigation and misconduct.

By Victor Li

3 minute read

November 18, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Tangled up in Bills

A senator gets snared in a web of legal fees.

By Victor Li

4 minute read

July 26, 2011 | New York Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Rejects SEC Rule Easing Shareholder Nominations for Boards

By Victor Li

4 minute read

November 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

Cook et al. v. Rockwell International; In Re Individuals? I-35W Bridge Litigation; U.S. v. Allergan; In Re Colonial BancGroup

By D.M. Levine, Victor Li, Tosin Sulaiman, Ross Todd

11 minute read

October 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

SEC v. Goldman Sachs; Velez et al. v. Novartis; In re Seroquel Products Liability Litigation; Gutierrez et al. v. Wells Fargo

By Victor Li, Charlie Mead, Tosin Sulaiman,

10 minute read