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Bimbo GC: It's Not What You Think
Since Claudia Coscia became the first GC for Fort Worth-based Bimbo Bakeries USA in 1998, she has reduced the company's legal costs by more than 50 percent. She says the savings came from a combination of tactics, including doing more work in-house, closer management of outside counsel and negotiation of fixed-fee schedules. And for the record, the name of the company -- the U.S. operation of a Mexico City-based entity -- comes from a combination of "bambino" and "Bambi."Key Class Action Rule at Stake
A lawyer's tug-of-war in Congress over state or federal court control of class actions has spilled into the U.S. Supreme Court, in an antitrust challenge involving baby formula prices. In Free v. Abbott Laboratories, the justices will take up a key question in the ongoing battle between plaintiffs' lawyers and corporate defense counsel in search of the most hospitable forum for high-stakes class action litigation.Memories of U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer
Retired U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer of the Northern District of Texas died Sept. 21. He was 76. In 1979, then-President Jimmy Carter appointed Buchmeyer to the federal bench in Dallas.Texas Lawyer law editor Jacylyn Gardner asked lawyers and judges to share their favorite memories of Buchmeyer.One Way to Settle a Suit: Buy Your Opponent
The stage was set for a lengthy courtroom battle between Synopsys Inc. and Nassda Corp., but a few weeks before trial the companies announced that Synopsys is to buy Santa Clara-based Nassda for approximately $192 million in cash. And a team of Pillsbury Winthrop attorneys helped Milpitas-based semiconductor designer Spike Technologies Inc. in Qualcomm Inc.'s acquisition of the company last month.There's no doubt that SanDisk's aggressive policing of its patent rights has been a boon to the company's revenue. But four defendants chose to fight the flash storage card supplier at the ITC--and won.
Patent reform was supposed to make patent litigation less common, and less costly. But it could wind up costing Versata Software a whopping $391 million, if SAP and its lawyers at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner get their way.
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