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March 19, 2007 | Law.com

Obama Lines Up Support From Calif. Legal Heavyweights

As Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign flexes its fundraising muscles, San Francisco Bay Area corporate lawyers are doing much of the heavy lifting. Obama has already won the support of some politically active Bay Area attorneys, four of whom have each committed to raising $100,000 by the end of March. But Obama's opponents have well-connected lawyers on board, too. "One thing is clear," said Joseph Cotchett, a John Edwards supporter. "California is an ATM machine for presidential politics."
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August 06, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

California Supreme Court Snuffs Out Suit Aimed at Joe Camel

A suit accusing four tobacco manufacturers of allegedly targeting children with misleading ads was snuffed out Thursday when the California Supreme Court said the claims clash with federal law.
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October 21, 2010 | The Recorder

Bratz Lawyer Sees Sign in 9th Circuit's Revised Opinion

The Ninth Circuit amends Chief Judge Alex Kozinski's opinion in the Bratz dolls trademark case. An attorney for the winning side sees an attempt to thwart Supreme Court review.
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April 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

A Royal Headache

It has been nearly nine years since Princess Diana's death. But for the Los Angeles-based law firm Manatt, Phelps & Philips, her legacy has lived on-in the form of a $25 million-plus malicious prosecution suit.
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March 05, 2007 | Law.com

Intellectual Property Verdicts Exceed $1.3 Billion in 2006

Amid expanding technology markets, last year's $117.3 million award in Finisar Corp. v. DirecTV Group Inc. was just one of a burgeoning number of blockbuster verdicts in intellectual property cases. Lawyers say there's a direct correlation between IP jury verdicts and the importance of the technology protected by the patent, with companies increasingly viewing IP as an asset to be exploited -- and increasingly inclined to bring such cases to trial.
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April 26, 2004 | Law.com

FTC Loses a Big One

In a blow to one of the Federal Trade Commission's largest and most ambitious proceedings, an administrative law judge last week dismissed the agency's antitrust case against Rambus Inc. The ruling is a roadblock for the three companies challenging the computer chip developer over its patents and could pave the way for Rambus to collect billions in licensing fees from these three, as well as scores of others. The FTC sought to bar Rambus from enforcing patents on computer chip technology.
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August 04, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

ABA Mulls 'Crime-Fraud Exception' To Attorney-Client Privilege

When delegates to the ABA's annual convention meet in San Francisco this week, they will debate a trio of proposals that could crack the door for lawyers to pierce the attorney-client privilege.
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January 07, 2010 | Law.com

Litigation Department of the Year, Intellectual Property: Quinn Emanuel

The $100 million damages award that Quinn Emanuel won at trial against Mattel rival MGA Entertainment in August 2008 is just one reason the firm was able to rise above the competition in this year's IP Litigation Department of the Year contest. Yes, the other finalists boasted solid results in big cases for major clients. But none posted as many huge victories, ranging across multiple venues and disparate subject matter. On top of all that, no other firm enjoyed so many wins from so many different partners.
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July 27, 2000 | Law.com

Little Wachtells

"If you focus on a specialty and on quality," offered Gordon Davidson, the chairman of Palo Alto's Fenwick & West, "you can operate in the same rarefied air as larger firms that are not as focused." He was explaining how his firm had parlayed its gross revenue for 1999 -- ranked at 129 in The Am Law 200 -- into a very respectable $645,000 in profits per partner, which ranked it fifty-second by that measure.
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June 19, 2003 | Law.com

Supreme Court: Judges Can Stay With Scouts, But Must Disclose

California judges who are members of the Boy Scouts of America don't have to leave the organization, the state's high court said Wednesday, but they'll have to disclose their membership and even disqualify themselves from particular cases "in some instances." The court and its Chief Justice, Ronald George, were responding to bar groups who raised the appropriateness of judges associating with groups such as the Boy Scouts.
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