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May 11, 2011 |

Advocate for the disabled: Dyslexia no bar to legal career

The National Law Journal spoke with Ben Foss, the new executive director of Disability Rights Advocates, about the hot issues in disability law, his decision to become a lawyer and his appearance in a film documentary now showing on HBO2.
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May 28, 2007 |

Newsmakers

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February 16, 2001 |

California Dreaming?

Silicon Valley players Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Cooley Godward and Wilson Sonsini launched outposts in the Washington, D.C., area to capitalize on a booming technology center with a dearth of tech-savvy law firms. Since their arrival two years ago, the region's nascent high-tech market has boomed and faltered, and it remains to be seen whether this California venture will be a boom or a bust.
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McKool Smith Sits Out Latest VirnetX Suit Against Microsoft
Publication Date: 2013-04-24
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McKool Smith's Douglas Cawley and patent plaintiff VirnetX have been a formidable duo, socking Microsoft and Apple with more than $500 million in verdicts and settlements since 2010. But VirnetX's latest suit gives a new law firm a turn in the spotlight.

August 22, 2001 |

Luring VCs in a Cool Climate

For most, this is no time to be a startup company. But there are those who have figured out how to succeed in this market. Lawyers involved in several deals in the shaky post-boom market say acquiring venture capital is a whole new game these days, especially for young companies. And lawyers often take on the role of business partners in order to prepare a company for presentations to VCs and angel investors.
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October 06, 2003 |

Selling Orrick

It's Monday morning in a conference room at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Sansome Street fortress, and Ralph Baxter Jr. has plunked a glossy, Orrick-extolling printout on the table. Orrick's greatness has been Baxter's mantra his entire term as chair. And undoubtedly the firm has taken big steps toward becoming a top national and international player. But to make it to the lofty heights that Baxter is hoping to reach, Orrick must grow in size and reputation.
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September 10, 2012 |

U.S. Welcomes Israeli Investors

Recently signed legislation grants eligibility for the E-2 visa to citizens of Israel, says John Exner IV of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp.
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May 09, 2012 |

Marketplace

New York City has reached an agreement with NYU to establish in downtown Brooklyn an applied science research institute to address the needs of cities. The Center for Urban Sciences and Progress will be located at a 460,000-square-foot office building at 370 Jay St. that was once the headquarters of the MTA but has been nearly vacant for the last decade, housing only some MTA and NYPD staff.
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September 23, 1999 |

Locked In? Buy That New Mansion Now

California firms are swamped with initial public offerings and corporate transactions, so it was up to the likes of New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell to help investment bankers solve the newest age-old problem in Silicon Valley -- how to spend a windfall in non-tradeable stock. Davis brought the pre-paid forward contract, an instrument that limits the stockholder's downside, provides an up-front cash payment and still qualifies for the capital gains tax.
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August 20, 2012 |

The Road to Legal "Nerdvana"

Lawyers who grew up with electronic media know that the legal marketplace lags behind many other professions in using technology to efficiently provide better work-product and client service.
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