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August 19, 1999 |

Companies Get Creative With IPOs

It's no surprise that everyone even remotely connected to the hot Internet companies are clamoring for a piece of the initial public offerings. What's remarkable is how big a pie these choice people are sharing in some IPOs and how companies are shrewdly using the shares as currency to buy loyalty or secure an investment.
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March 22, 2010 |

Federal Circuit Chief to Preside in Some Eastern District Cases

Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Randall Rader will get down into the trenches in Marshall ? the nation's patent litigation hot spot ? when he presides over five cases set for trial in April in a district that is often at odds with the appellate court.
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November 12, 2007 |

The 2007 NLJ 250

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August 09, 2007 |

Where Have All the Securities Class Actions Gone?

Securities class actions are on the wane. For decades, the cases kept coming, and corporate America fought them hard. But last year, plaintiffs filings were down nearly 40 percent from the previous year, and the downward trend is expected to continue. While this is a fantasy-come-true for corporate America, it's something very different for corporate defense firms. Most defense lawyers feign indifference and say that other matters are keeping them busy -- but are they whistling past the graveyard?
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August 16, 1999 |

Old-Line O'Melveny Seeks a New Breed of Client

O 'Melveny & Myers is promising its services to fledgling high-tech clients for equity instead of cold, hard cash. One day that start-up might go public and make anyone holding stock richer than rich. After all, the new object of commercial and legal interest these days is a bustling technology corridor that stretches from San Diego to Santa Barbara. And O'Melveny doesn't want to miss out.
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April 28, 2010 |

Valley Veteran Promotes Cultural Harmony

Logitech GC Catherine Valentine relies on her global team and outside counsel for most legal issues -- but turns to peers for advice on the fast-growing law of social networking.
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July 01, 1999 |

The Case for Going Public

Most lawyers instinctively feel that law firms shouldn't go public. But why not? Putting aside for a moment the professional rules that appear to prevent this (and these rules could be changed), it's time to think hard about this option. There's a compelling argument that a public law firm not only makes sense, but is necessary to keep the profession alive.
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Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: Google and Facebook Denials in FTC Cases Strike Orwellian Note
Publication Date: 2012-08-15
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One of the Federal Trade Commission's own commissioners says he "went ballistic" when the FTC allowed both Google and Facebook to settle claims that they violated consumer privacy laws while flat-out denying the agency's allegations.

August 23, 2000 |

Let the Finger-Pointing Begin

In recent months, employment lawyers say, technology company employers and employees have been pointing fingers over who let the other down now that the Internet picture isn't so rosy. Investors have lost their appetite for Internet ventures, so tech companies are seeing funding dry up and stock prices languishing. In response, the companies cut costs by trimming workers, who are now crying foul.
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October 10, 2005 |

Charge Against Expert May Spur Probe of Milberg Weiss

There may not be a literal platter involved, but federal prosecutors in the nation's capital have apparently produced a juicy head for Los Angeles colleagues who have spent the past five years struggling to indict former plaintiffs firm Milberg Weiss and its star partner, William Lerach. That head belongs to John Torkelsen, a notoriously effective expert witness for Milberg Weiss who's expected to plead guilty to reporting false information to a government agency.
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