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December 07, 2009 | Law.com

New ITC Cases Target Televisions, BlackBerrys, Semiconductors

It was a busy week at the International Trade Commission, with four new, high-stakes intellectual property complaints filed in four days. Considering just 25 other cases have been filed all year, it's a quite a glut. The streak began on Dec. 1, when Samsung Electronics sued Sharp Electronics Corp. for infringing its patents related to liquid crystal display devices used in televisions. Fish & Richardson partner Ruffin Cordell filed the suit.
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September 07, 2006 | Law.com

Cleanup Crew

David Gay whipped Glen Evans' patent application into shape and helped land a multimillion-dollar pharma deal.
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July 27, 2005 | Law.com

Former Associate Sues Orrick Over Partnership Promise

A former associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has sued the firm for fraud and breach of contract, charging he was promised but then denied promotion to the partnership. Patrick J. Hoeffner claims three partners promised to promote him because they feared he would leave the firm and take a client with him. The suit is a highly unusual one; few associates file claims after being passed over for partnership. Orrick says the suit is an extraordinary response to an ordinary career disappointment.
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June 05, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Hearing Ordered on Rating Agency`s Claim Of Eligibility for Protection as Journalists

A MANHATTAN judge has ordered a hearing to determine if one of the country`s largest debt rating agencies is eligible for protections afforded journalists under New York`s Shield Law.
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March 14, 2001 | Law.com

A Hospital's Sage

As general counsel for St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston, Terry Moreau gives legal advice to St. Luke's senior business executives, works on legal matters involving the medical staff, and has been involved in landmark litigation cases as well as a large corporate acquisition. Moreau says she became a hospital lawyer because she "worked in health care and believed in its mission."
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April 19, 1999 | Law.com

Assault on the Vault

While Glendale Federal's recent $909 million victory against the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims received wide notice, little attention has been paid to a key factor in the California bank's success: the sophisticated collaboration among lawyers representing plaintiffs in Glendale and about 120 other related cases.
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March 31, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

N.Y. Appeals Court: Telecommuter Must Pay State Tax

A closely divided New York Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld a controversial tax policy that has made New York state the bane of telecommuters, and something of an outcast among its neighbors.
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April 20, 1999 | Law.com

Winstar

Glendale Federal's $909 million verdict against the government earlier this month sent an unambiguous message: Many of the financial institutions and millionaire investors burned by the savings-and-loan bailout in of the 1980s are poised to now make the federal government pay a heavy price.
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December 06, 2004 | Law.com

You're Fired

It doesn't happen often, but once in a while a legal department scribbles a few "Dear John" letters to its outside counsel. Last year, Albertson's Inc. printed them out like form letters. After appointing a new GC and revising its acquisition strategy, the food and drug retail chain operator slashed its roster of "primary" law firms and made some significant additions.
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June 20, 2005 | Law.com

Integrity Agreements Could Spark Litigation

In 2003, medical device maker Guidant Corp. pledged to comply with a tough corporate integrity agreement after it admitted covering up thousands of cases in which its aortic stent malfunctioned. Less than two years later, Guidant was accused of failing to report an electrical flaw in an implantable defibrillator. The case may open a wedge for plaintiffs attorneys to seek punitive damages if a company becomes a repeat offender in violation of its integrity agreement.
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