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Law Firm Overview

Founded in 2000, the Firm's Silicon Valley Office has grown into an impressive team of more than 50 business lawyers who focus on the challenges and opportunities of technology companies, as well as the venture capital funds and investment banking firms that finance these enterprises.

Lawyers in Silicon Valley represent leaders in diverse technology industries, including software, internet, digital media, information technology, semiconductor, energy, and life sciences.  Our skilled M&A, capital markets, emerging growth, venture capital, private equity, and general corporate lawyers advise companies through all stages of growth - from corporate formation and venture capital financings to public offerings and global expansion. We help clients build and protect their intellectual property through patent prosecution, brand protection, and intellectual property enforcement. Our intellectual property litigators are exceptional trial lawyers, often with technical backgrounds, who understand and efficiently handle complex patent, copyright, trade-secret, and trademark disputes. Deploying depth of experience in a broad range of legal disciplines, we also assist clients with complicated business issues through our nationally recognized commercial and securities litigation and antitrust teams. The Silicon Valley Office works closely with the Firm's four other California offices and with Jones Day offices worldwide to provide a complete array of legal services.

The Silicon Valley Office contributes generously to improving the quality of life in our community. For example, our lawyers are involved in a number of charitable organizations, including the San Mateo County Public Health Department and Social Services, the Special Olympics, Friends Outside in Santa Clara County, the Family Giving Tree, and the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. Our pro bono projects include assisting victims of domestic violence, working with family members to obtain guardianship of abandoned children, and assisting nonprofit organizations. In addition, we sponsor and participate in community activities such as Law Day.

Areas of Practice

• Africa Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust & Energy
• Antitrust & Health Care
• Antitrust & Intellectual Property
• Antitrust / Distribution, Marketing & Sales
• Antitrust Civil Investigations & Litigation
• Antitrust in the Americas
• Antitrust Mergers & Joint Ventures
• Banking & Finance
• Biotechnology
• Borrower / Workouts / Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Business and Tort Litigation (USA)
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Class Action & Multidistrict Litigation
• Climate Change
• Construction
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Corporate Governance
• Creditors Committee / Ad Hoc Committee Representations
• Cross-Border Restructuring Matters
• Diagnostics
• Distressed Company Litigation
• Distressed M&A Representations
• e-Discovery
• Emerging Technologies
• Energy
• Energy Renewables & Sustainable Development
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Financial Services
• Fund Structuring & Fund Services
• Government Regulation
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property
• Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance Programs & Employee Misconduct
• International Taxation
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Lending
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A Transactions
• Medical Devices
• Merger & Acquisition Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Outsourcing
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution & IP Counseling
• Pharma / Biotech IP
• Pharmaceuticals
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity / Real Estate Taxation
• Product Liability Litigation
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Securitization
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Tax
• Telecommunications
• Trademarks, Unfair Competition & Copyrights
• Venture Capital & Private Investment

Published Works

• Northern California, 2012
• The New Brazilian Competition Law Approved, But Subject to Significant Vetoes, 2011
• Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations for Foreign Sovereign Investors under Section 892, 2011
• Efficiencies of Brazil's Newly Approved Competition Law, 2011
• Cap-and-Trade in California Is Imminent, 2011
• Successful Defense in the Age of the Whistleblower, ABTL Report, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 2011
• CARB Releases Modified Cap-and-Trade Regulations for Final Approval, 2011
• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Proxy Access Rule, 2011
• SEC's Final Whistleblower Rules Provide Important Incentives for Effective Corporate Compliance Programs, 2011
• A Practical Guide to International Joint Ventures, California Business Law Practitioner, Vol. 26 , No. 3, 2011
• Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Proof of Loss Causation at the Class Certification Stage, 2011
• The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Expanding the Government's Ability to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in the United States, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2011
• Galleon Verdict Announced: Insider Trading Remains a Top Enforcement Priority Among Regulatory Authorities, 2011
• Supreme Court to Consider Circuit Split on Proof of Loss Causation at the Class Certification Stage, 2011
• Antitrust Alert: DOJ Allows Google Acquisition of ITA with Settlement that Reflects Antitrust Enforcement Trends, 2011
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules That a Drug’s Adverse Event Reports May be Material to Investors Even Though not "Statistically Significant", 2011
• Antitrust Alert: Foreign Documents in Files of U.S. Counsel Must Be Produced Pursuant to DOJ Grand Jury Subpoena, 2010
• SEC Proposes Rules for New Whistleblower Program, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: California Supreme Court Passes on the "Pass-On" Defense for California Antitrust Claims, 2010
• Blue-Sky Guy, Faces of Deal Lawyers, The Deal, 2010
• Climate Change Regulation Via the Clean Air Act: EPA's New Greenhouse Gas Rule for Facilities, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: California Challenges Minimum Resale Price Maintenance as Per Se Illegal, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: Federal Court Provides New Guidance on Secret Payments Under California Unfair Practices Act, 2010
• SEC Issues Guidance on Disclosures Related to Climate Change, 2010
• IP Expenses - Do They Really Belong With the Overhead?, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: California Supreme Court Expands Class Actions under Unfair Competition Law, 2009
• The Megan's Law Web Site: California Employers Beware, 2009
• Brinker, Brinkley, and Beyond: Surveying California's Wage-Hour Field of Battle, 2009
• California Expands Medical Privacy Laws with New Standards, Oversight, and Administrative Penalties, 2008
• The House Doesn’t Always Win in Vegas: California FTB’s Statutory Immunity Denied in Nevada Court, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2008
• California Expands Security Breach Notification Law to Include Medical and Health Insurance Information, 2008
• California's Global Warming Solutions Act: Creating a Haze of Uncertainty for Business, 2008
• Union Access to Private Property: California Supreme Court Rules Shopping Malls Cannot Prohibit Union Protesters from Urging Boycott of Stores, 2008
• ALERT: California Supreme Court Rejects the Narrow-Restraint Exception and Invalidates Noncompete Agreement, 2008
• ALERT: California Appellate Court Holds that Meal Periods Must be Made Available to Employees; California Labor Commissioner Follows Suit, 2008
• California Court Vacates $56.7 Million UUT Assessment Against Non-Utility, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2008
• Floodgates Reopen: Injunction Halting California's Unclaimed Property Program Lifted, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2007
• California Court Creates Class-Arbitration Waiver Test, New York Law Journal, Arbitration, 2007
• Changes to California Rules Relating to Equity Compensation Plans, 2007
• Don't Fall Into an Employment Tax Liability Trap: A Survey of California Law, California Labor & Employment Law Review, 2007
• In An Unprecedented Move, Federal Court Shuts Down California's Unclaimed Property Program, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2007
• California Law on Judicial Estoppel, 2007
• Court Finds California LLC Fee Unconstitutional.... Again, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• California Liability Claims Impact Unclaimed Property, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• Go Crazy Folks...But Not Too Crazy: California Court Ponders Remedy For Macy's Victory Over San Francisco, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• The California Supreme Court Addresses UDITPA "Gross Receipts" and Alternative Apportionment in Microsoft and General Motors, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• California Supreme Court Buttresses “At Will” Defense to Employment Claims, 2006
• California Statute of Limitations Extended By Final Federal Determination, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• California Appellate Court Finds Return of Principal on Short-Term Investments Is “Gross Receipts,” But Excludes From the Taxpayer’s Sales Factor, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• California Refund Opportunities for LLCs, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2006
• 2006 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2006
• Enough Already -- California FTB Launches Yet Another Tax Initiative -- "California Tax Shelter Resolution Initiative" 2006, State Tax Return Newsletter, 2006
• California High Court Weighs in on Class Action Waivers, New York Law Journal, 2005
• California's Arbitrator Conflict of Interest Disclosure Standards not Preempted by Federal Arbitration Act and Arbitration Award Vacated for Non-Compliance, ABA Hot Tip, 2005
• An isoform specific allele of Drosophila N-Cadherin Disrupts a Late Step of R7 targeting, coauthor, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(36):12944-9, 2005
• If At First You Don't Succeed…Extend The Amnesty Period: California Use Tax Amnesty Extended Through 2007, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2005
• Dot.Com's Return Policy Creates Nexus: California Appellate Court Affirms SBE's Decision In Borders Online, 2005
• California Franchise Tax Board Defines Personal Services For Purposes of Apportionment, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2005
• California Appellate Court Holds That The Franchise Tax Board May Exclude Returned Principal From Taxpayers’ Gross Receipts, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2005
• Title Company's Policy Of Transferring Dormant Funds To Income Results in Damage Award In California False Claims Action, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2005
• 2005 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2005
• California Offers Amnesty — Don’t Do Me Any Favors! Jones Day State Tax Return, 2005
• California Offers Amnesty — Don’t Do Me Any Favors!, 2005
• California Compliance: A new state law says pharma companies must establish internal compliance programs, Pharmaceutical Executive, January 2005), 2005
• California Tinkers with its “Sue Your Boss” Law, 2004
• The California Supreme Court Declines to Hold Back the Tide of Overtime Class Actions, 2004
• 2004 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2004
• California Senate Bill 2 (2003), 2004
• Does California Make a Good Neighbor for State Farm? Or are California Courts Misapplying the Supreme Court's Punitive Damages Analysis?, 2004
• California First State to Require Online Privacy Policies, 2004
• California's New Aggressive Anti-Spam Law -- A Trap for Corporate Marketing Departments?, 2003
• California Raises the Bar on Data Security and Privacy, 2003
• California Employment Agreements in Jeopardy: Mandatory Arbitration Agreement Presumed Unconscionable, 2003
• Labor & Employment: 2003 California Employment Law Amendments, 2003
• California's New Plant Shutdown/Mass Layoff Law, 2002
• 2002 Amendments to California Employment Laws, 2002
• Immunomodulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with ordered peptides based on MHC-TCR binding motifs, coauthor, J Immunol. 167(5):2688-93, 2001
• Vaccination to protect from and reverse Th1 autoimmune disease via deviation to the Th2 Pathway, coauthor, Immunity 15(1):15-22, 2001
• Suppressive immunization with DNA encoding a self-peptide prevents autoimmune disease: modulation of T cell costimulation, coauthor, J Immunol. 162(6):3336-41, 1999

Representative Cases

• A. Schulman, Inc. executes merger agreement with ICO for $191.4 million , (2010)
• ABB acquires Kuhlman Electric from The Carlyle Group , (2009)
• Abbott invests in AuraSense Therapeutics , (2012)
• ACCESS Co. issues $30 million of Common Stock to NTT DoCoMo, H&Q Asia Pacific, Motorola, Sony, et al.
• Acme-Cleveland defends hostile takeover by Danaher , (2009)
• Adams Street invests in Actelis Networks , (2011)
• Adams Street invests in LogRhythm , (2011)
• Adams Street invests in YouSendIt
• Adaptive Digital raises capital in Series B round , (2010)
• Adobe Systems defends software antitrust class action , (2011)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Systems obtains summary judgment , (2009)
• Aerojet-General Corp sells in-space propulsion business to American Pacific Corporation
• Aerojet-General Corporation sells certain assets and liabilities acquired from Atlantic Research Corporation
• Aetna secures antitrust approval of Prodigy Health Group transaction
• Affymetrix negotiates commercial agreements in Japan , (2009)
• American Greetings Corporation resolves federal securities class action , (2009)
• Amtran Technology prevails in patent infringement action against Funai
• Amyris Biotechnologies develops patent portfolio for renewable biofuels , (2009)
• Applied Micro Circuits sells its 3ware storage adapter solutions business to LSI , (2009)
• Apposite Capital invests in Ambrx , (2009)
• Aradigm successfully defends against claim by Eli Lilly to inventorship of patents involving inhaled insulin technology , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier acquires California Ice for $190 million , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier defends federal antitrust class action litigation involving packaged ice industry , (2009)
• AstraZeneca prosecutes worldwide patent portfolio licensed from Nektar Therapeutics
• Atmel acquires ADD Semiconductor , (2011)
• Audit committee of a software company conducts internal investigation , (2009)
• Audit Committee of major electronics manufacturer conducts internal investigation
• Audit Committee of Silicon Valley public company conducts investigation into potential irregularities in revenue recognition at non-U.S. locations
• Avanex and its directors and officers defend securities action
• Banner Health resolves antitrust litigation brought by Phoenix cardiologists , (2009)
• BD Diagnostics establishes patent portfolio for molecular diagnostic sepsis tests , (2009)
• Belkin prevails in ITC investigation regarding computer switches , (2009)
• Bell Microproducts acquired by Avnet for $594 million , (2010)
• BioMarin acquires LEAD Therapeutics , (2010)
• Bio-Rad Labs builds patent portfolio for genetic tests for human hemachromatosis , (2009)
• BioSphere purchases assets from RJ Medical, Inc. , (2009)
• Blue Chip Venture, Hummer Winblad Venture, and Sequoia Capital invest in MarketWire , (2009)
• Bookham settles action seeking to enjoin acquisition of Avanex Corporation , (2010)
• BridgeScale invests in BuzzLogic
• Bridgestone/Firestone settles California action seeking statewide recall of certain Firestone tires , (2009)
• Brocade Communications and McDATA Corporation successfully defend parallel actions arising out of termination of provider agreement , (2010)
• Buckeye Egg Farm defends against consumer class action based on egg-carton packaging
• Burrill & Company invest in xDX , (2009)
• Canaccord Genuity underwrites follow-on public offering of Common Stock by GenMark Diagnostics
• Cascades completes a Rule 144A & Regulation S offering of $450 million of Senior Notes with back-end exchange offer , (2009)
• Celgene negotiates drug discovery and license agreement with PTC Therapeutics , (2009)
• Celgene subsidiary develops patent portfolio for stem cell and biofabric products , (2009)
• Celtic Pharma Development UK acquires Xenova , (2009)
• Centre for High Performance Development completes sale of company
• Chevron Corporation favorably settles patent infringement claims brought by RAKTL
• Chevron Corporation intervenes in shareholder litigation challenging Unocal merger , (2009)
• Chevron Corporation obtains dismissal in shareholder derivative action, and successfully defends dismissal of appeal , (2009)
• Chi Mei defends against patent infringement suit involving its LCD manufacturing technology , (2009)
• CipherTrust settles favorably in trademark dispute relating to e-mail gateways , (2009)
• Cisco Systems acquires Allegro Systems
• Cisco Systems acquires Andiamo Systems
• Cisco Systems acquires AuroraNetics
• Cisco Systems acquires Hammerhead Networks
• Client is successful in seeking to obtain legal and physical custody of her minor biological uncles
• Client's request for a renewal of a restraining order is successful , (2009)
• Commercial Intertech Corporation defends takeover attempts by United Dominion , (2009)
• Conservation organization receives assistance with its effort to preserve and protect forest lands and other open space , (2009)
• Crimson Asia Capital purchases stock of Bravo Technology
• Crystal Internet invests in Informative, Inc.
• CYBIRD invests in ringtone licensing , (2009)
• Dell obtains dismissal of securities litigation , (2009)
• Dendreon completes $47.36 million of Common Stocks and Warrants in registered direct offering , (2009)
• Dendreon issues $75 million of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes in a Rule 144A offering , (2009)
• Deutsche Asset Management invests in Sensory Networks
• Deutsche Bank and others underwrite public offering of $72 million of Common Stock by International DisplayWorks, Inc. , (2009)
• Deutsche Telekom subsidiary purchases stock in private placement by BodyTel Europe , (2011)
• Deutsche Telekom subsidiary purchases stock in private placement by Lantiq Topco , (2010)
• Deutsche Telekom subsidiary purchases stock in private placement by Netbiscuits GmbH , (2011)
• Diebold defends actions arising out of crimes committed at ATM machines , (2009)
• Doll Capital invests in Apexone Microelectronics
• Dollar Thrifty Automotive defends antitrust litigation related to California rental car pricing , (2009)
• DT Capital invests in China Biologic , (2009)
• DynaTrek seeks counseling to incorporate and protect IP of U.S. subsidiary
• Edelbrock Corporation resolves shareholder class action , (2009)
• Edelbrock Corp's going-private acquisition by an entity controlled by O. Victor Edelbrock, Jr.
• EDF Energies Nouvelles invests in Nanosolar , (2009)
• EDS resolves consolidated securities fraud action and ERISA class action , (2009)
• Educational Testing Service acquires Edusoft , (2012)
• Electronic Scripting Products places shares , (2009)
• Embrace assisted in its efforts to manufacture and sell low-cost incubator for use in developing countries , (2011)
• EMCORE issues $100 million of Common Stocks and Warrants in a PIPE private placement , (2009)
• ERICO Holding Corp acquires Thomas & Betts Corp
• E-Tek Dynamics sells company to JDS Uniphase for $15 billion
• ETS negotiates master distribution agreement
• ETS negotiates technology development and license agreement , (2011)
• ETS negotiates technology development and license agreement , (2011)
• European technology company acquires 3 Northern California based companies, ranging from $7 million to $40 million, with operations in India and Asia
• Evenflo sells its feeding business to Kimberly-Clark de México , (2012)
• Excite@Home sells IP assets to ITouch
• Explosion Entertainment sells Strikeforce brand to Zuffa , (2011)
• Extreme Networks defends against patent infringement claims relating to power-over-ethernet technology , (2009)
• Federated Department Stores' $17 billion acquisition of May Department Stores is largest U.S. retail deal to date , (2009)
• Federated Department Stores defends adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court , (2009)
• Feiya Technology acquires Silicon Motion
• Five9 raises capital in Series B-2 round
• Francisco Partners acquires GE Global eXchange Services for $800 million , (2009)
• Francisco Partners portfolio company acquires Celarix
• Freescale defends against patent infringement claim over amplifier technology , (2011)
• Fuji Medical Systems favorably settles medical x-ray film antitrust class action , (2009)
• GenCorp acquires Atlantic Research propulsion business , (2009)
• GenCorp completes a Rule 144A offering for $150 million of Senior Subordinated Notes
• GenCorp completes a Rule 144A offering of $100 million of Contingent Convertible Subordinated Notes
• GenCorp issues $125 million of Convertible Subordinated Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
• GenCorp obtains dismissal of securities class action
• GenCorp sells Aerojet-General Electronic and Information Systems , (2009)
• Genencor defends against patent infringement claims brought by Novozymes over enzymes used in ethanol fuel production , (2009)
• Genentech builds global patent portfolio for therapeutic antibodies , (2010)
• GeoSynFuels strikes joint venture with Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, establishes Agrius BioForms, LLC , (2009)
• Gliatech successfully resolves securities class action litigation
• Goldman Sachs completes IPO for $54 million of Common Stock by Monolithic Power Systems
• Goodman Holdings invests in Symetrix
• Gund Investment purchases Ophthonix stock , (2009)
• GXS Corp acquires G International
• GXS issues 235 million of Senior Subordinated Reset Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
• Habitat for Humanity in California gets help in the construction of four homes , (2007)
• Hana Biosciences maintains patent portfolio for small molecule chemotherapeutic clinical candidate Talvesta™ , (2009)
• Hands-On Mobile Korea acquired by Electronic Arts
• Hands-On Mobile places shares with eFund , (2009)
• Hands-On Mobile sells Thumbspeed to Oz
• Harman International Industries acquires MARGI Systems
• Harmoic Communications issues stock in a private placement to Sequoia Capital , (2009)
• Harmonic Communications issues $11.5 million of equity shares in a private placement to Dentsu Inc.
• Harmonic Communications places additional shares with Dentsu , (2009)
• Harry & David negotiates pre-arranged bankruptcy plan , (2011)
• Healtheon merges with WebMD for $5 billion
• Honda enforces patents related to portable power equipment engines
• Houlihan Lokey acts as financial advisor in the acquisition of CompuCom by Platinum Equity
• Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, as counsel to provider of solvency opinion in Ashland Inc.'s $2.93 billion sale
• Hudson Soft seeks advice regarding incorporation of U.S. subsidiary and various intellectual property licensing issues
• IBM defends against patent infringement claim over transconductance amplifier technology , (2011)
• ICANN develops domain name registry system under direction of U.S. Dept. of Commerce
• Idenix establishes patent portfolio related to nucleoside analog antiviral drugs , (2010)
• Ignite Innovations places shares with investor group , (2009)
• Independent director successfully defends shareholder derivative action , (2010)
• Industrial Bank of Taiwan arranges securitization to finance the expansion of Chi Mei Optoelectronics , (2009)
• Infrastructure Holdings acquires FNF Construction
• InSite Vision completes $22.2 million sale in PIPE financing
• Intersil defends against patent infringement action over amplifier technology , (2011)
• Intersil pursues breach of contract and unfair competition claims against Technology Licensing
• Intuit acquires StepUp Commerce , (2009)
• Isis Pharmaceuticals builds patent portfolio for certain clinical development compounds , (2009)
• Isuzu Motors America sells DMAX interest to GM Corp. , (2009)
• IVS invests in Voex
• Jones Day and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California host the 4th Annual Law Day event to educate high school students about our legal system
• Judgment for elder financial abuse victim is obtained , (2011)
• Juniper Networks acquires minority stake in ADVA Optical Networking
• Laidlaw defends securities class actions and contested bankruptcy proceeding , (2009)
• Laidlaw resolves action brought by former subsidiary , (2009)
• Lam Research and Novellus Systems to combine in $3.3 billion all-stock transaction , (2011)
• Lam Research issues $900 million of Convertible Senior Notes in Rule 144A offering
• LinkedIn raises $53 million in Series D round , (2009)
• LinkedIn raises capital in Series B round , (2009)
• Linkedln raises $12 million in Series C financing , (2009)
• Loewen Group defends antitrust litigation relating to an unsolicited exchange offer , (2009)
• Loewen Group resolves securities class action , (2009)
• Long Island Lighting successfully blocks takeover attempt , (2009)
• LSI Logic develops strategic alliance with StorageTek
• LSI Logic sells Japanese semiconductor manufacturing facility to ROHM Co.
• Lubrizol wins noninfringement verdict on appeal in suit brought by Exxon involving oil additives
• M2000 places shares in Series B round , (2009)
• Macy's wins jury verdict in antitrust group boycott litigation involving fine china tableware , (2009)
• Macy's defends antitrust class actions involving pricing in cosmetics and perfumes , (2009)
• MagnaChip completes IPO of $133 million of Depositary Shares on NYSE , (2011)
• Manhattan Growth Partners acquires controlling interest in Hugo Naturals , (2010)
• Marine Polymer establishes patent portfolio for biopolymeric healthcare product Syvek® , (2009)
• Mark Logic raises $12 million in Series B financing , (2009)
• Mark Logic raises $12 million in Series C financing , (2009)
• Marlin Equity Partners acquires business units from Requisite Technology , (2009)
• Mattel settles voluntary toy recall litigation , (2009)
• Maverick funds invest in Ambrx , (2009)
• Maxim Integrated defends against patent infringement claim over amplifier technology , (2011)
• MCorp Global completes IPO by Spice Communications for INR 5.2 billion of Equity Shares
• Mercury Interactive acquires Israeli Company TefenSoft , (2009)
• Mercury Interactive acquires Management Division of Vertical Solutions , (2009)
• Mercury Interactive acquires Registry Maker Systinet for $105 million , (2009)
• MeziMedia acquired by ValueClick for $352 million
• Millennium develops patent portfolio for functional genomics drug discovery program , (2009)
• Millennium Pharmaceuticals faces off in patent interference involving novel nucleic acid and polypeptide molecules , (2009)
• Millennium Pharmaceuticals favorably settles patent interference involving antibody drug patents , (2009)
• MK Capital invests in Geodelic Systems
• MK Capital invests in Movieclips
• Monogram Biosciences develops comprehensive viral diagnostics patent portfolio , (2009)
• Monogram Biosciences maintains patent portfolio for medicine molecular diagnostics products , (2009)
• Monolithic Power Systems and directors defend derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duty
• Monterey Gourmet Foods and its Board of Directors defend shareholder class actions involving acquisition by Pulmuone , (2010)
• Morgan Stanley and others complete IPO by Guidance Software for $66 million of Common Stock
• Morgan Stanley underwrites follow-on public offering of Common Shares by Westport Innovations , (2010)
• Morrison Knudsen resolve securities class actions and derivative actions , (2009)
• MOSAID launches patent suit against Samsung over nine patents for DRAM technology , (2009)
• MOSAID resolves patent infringement suit against Hynix Semiconductor , (2009)
• MOSAID Technologies pursues claims against Samsung and Infineon for infringement of semiconductor chip patents , (2009)
• MOSAID Technologies settles favorably in patent infringement case involving computer memory , (2009)
• Mothers' custody of Zion Ranch children restored by Texas Supreme Court , (2009)
• Motorola settles patent infringement suit with Zoltar involving self-locating cellular GPS technology , (2009)
• Motorola stands up to patent infringement claims by ITT Manufacturing Enterprises involving cell phone GPS technology , (2009)
• Mtel resolves securities action , (2009)
• NBGI Private Equity invests in Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics , (2010)
• NBGI Private Equity invests in Endoscopic Technologies , (2009)
• NBGI Private Equity makes additional investment in Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics
• NEC Solutions acquires Exinom Technologies
• Neoware acquired by Hewlett-Packard , (2009)
• Neoware completes a public offering for $75 million of Common Stock
• Neoware Systems acquires Mangrove Systems , (2009)
• Neoware Systems acquires Qualystem Technology , (2009)
• Neurotech Pharmaceuticals raises $35 million in Series B round , (2009)
• Nextel Communications resolves securities class action , (2009)
• Nextel Partners successfully resolves adversary proceeding after trial , (2009)
• Nielsen Mobile company resolves IP dispute with M:Metrics over technology related to measuring web page visitation activity , (2009)
• Ning raises $44 million in Series C round , (2009)
• Nokia defends against patent infringement claim regarding amplifier technology , (2011)
• Nordic Naturals files patent infringement suit against J.R. Carlson Laboratories , (2009)
• Notiva Corporation places Series B stock , (2009)
• NVIDIA acquires ULi Electronics , (2009)
• Oclaro completes $82.8 million public offering of Common Stock
• Odyssey Thera raises capital in Series A round , (2009)
• Okami Foods acquired by Fuji Food Products , (2011)
• ON Semiconductor files patent infringement suit following Samsung's declaratory judgment action , (2009)
• ON Semiconductor obtains favorable settlement in patent infringement claim related to semiconductor components
• Pagemill Partners acquired by Duff & Phelps
• PageOnce raises capital in Series B placement , (2010)
• PageOnce raises capital in Series C placement
• Park View Federal Savings obtains dismissal of actions , (2009)
• PC Tools acquired by Symantec
• Penton Media resolves shareholder class action , (2009)
• PepsiCo defends California vending products antitrust litigation , (2009)
• Pilot-owner resolves action seeking recovery for injuries sustained in flight incident , (2009)
• Private equity fund to attempt acquisition of distressed company , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble obtains DOJ clearance to acquire Tambrands , (2009)
• ProMedica obtains rejection of NLRB decision upholding results of SEIU election victory , (2009)
• Promethean Investment resolves breach of fiduciary duty action , (2009)
• Prometheus Energy places debt security , (2009)
• Purina Mills acquired by Land O'Lakes, Inc , (2009)
• Qimonda creditors' committee awarded complete victory in arbitration
• Quigo Technologies is acquired by AOL , (2009)
• Quigo Technologies issues Series C Stock , (2009)
• Quigo Technologies issues shares in Series B round , (2009)
• Quigo Technologies places Series B Stock to investor group , (2009)
• Quigo Technologies places Series C round to investor group , (2009)
• Raine Group invests in Jagex Limited
• RBC completes PIPE private placement of Common Stock by Overland Storage, Inc. , (2009)
• Resolution EBS places debt with investors , (2009)
• Resolution EBS places shares with InterWest Partners and CenterPoint Ventures , (2009)
• Restraining order obtained for victim of severe abuse
• Riverside acquires A&C , (2009)
• Riverside acquires Adventures in Advertising in MBO
• Riverside acquires American Hospice Management , (2009)
• Riverside acquires ATI Enterprises , (2009)
• Riverside acquires Connor Sports Flooring
• Riverside acquires Digital Technology International , (2009)
• Riverside acquires South Texas Vocational Technical Institute
• Riverside acquires United Central Industrial Supply
• Riverside completes sale of Media Source to RLJ , (2011)
• Riverside completes take private acquisition of The Dwyer Group , (2009)
• Riverside portfolio company acquires capital stock of The Horn Book , (2009)
• Riverside portfolio company acquires Niche Software Systems
• Riverside portfolio company acquires three branded publications from subsidiary of Reed Elsevier , (2010)
• Riverside portfolio company acquires Triune , (2009)
• Riverside sells United Central Industrial Supply to American Securities Capital
• Riverside sells Vitex Packaging to Kirtland Capital , (2009)
• SanDisk asserts patent over flash memory systems before the ITC , (2009)
• SanDisk Corp acquires Matrix Semiconductor for $250 million
• SanDisk fends off against patent infringement claims by Texas MP3 Technologies relating to MP3 players , (2009)
• SanDisk files declaratory judgment action against LSI regarding MP3 technology , (2010)
• SanDisk forms joint venture with Qimonda AG
• SanDisk issues $1 billion of Senior Convertible Notes in public offering , (2010)
• Santur closes Series A financing round , (2009)
• SAP acquires software security products and assets from SECUDE , (2011)
• SAP acquires Sybase for $5.8 billion , (2010)
• SAP acquires TechniData , (2010)
• SAP AG acquires Clear Standards
• SAP AG acquires Highdeal , (2009)
• SAP AG acquires MaXware , (2009)
• SAP Ag acquires the Israeli SAP sales and distribution division of Ness Technologies
• SAP AG acquires Virsa Systems
• SAP AG acquires YASU Technologies , (2009)
• SAP defends against patent infringement claim filed by DSC , (2009)
• SAP receives antitrust clearance for acquisition of OutlookSoft , (2009)
• SAP to acquire SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion , (2011)
• SAP uses cost-saving strategies to comply with overwhelming data requests seeking in excess of twenty terabytes of data , (2011)
• SAP wins antitrust approvals worldwide for acquisition of Business Objects , (2009)
• SAP's $1.3 billion jury award vacated , (2009)
• Securities Industry Association files amicus brief defending industry arbitration provisions , (2009)
• Sequoia invests in AdBrite
• Sequoia invests in Bang Networks
• Sequoia invests in Linkedin
• Sequoia invests in StrongMail Systems
• Sequoia invests in Uniscape Series C round
• Sequoia invests in Uniscape Series D round
• Sharp defends against patent infringement claim over transconductance amplifiers , (2011)
• Sherwin-Williams defends lead paint actions brought by California cities and counties , (2009)
• Sixth Annual High School Law Day hosted by Silicon Valley Office in partnership with Chief Judge James Ware of the Northern District of California
• SKM acquires Paradise Electric
• SKM provides credit facility to Builders Trade Corporation
• Smart Technology raises capital in Series D round
• Société Générale obtains step-up equity financing by Cell Therapeutics for €50 million of Equity Shares
• Softbank Asia invests in MicroDisplay
• Software company represented in investigation
• Solar Integrated Technologies completes IPO for $22 million of Common Shares , (2009)
• SolutionSet acquired by Haggin Marketing , (2009)
• Sprint Nextel and AT&T successfully defend against claims of patent infringement brought by Dicam over handheld personal security system
• StrongMail Systems raises capital , (2009)
• Sun Microsystems acquires Forte Software
• Sunesis Pharmaceuticals builds patent portfolio for small molecule oncological drugs , (2009)
• Sunesis Pharmaceuticals successfully prosecutes U.S. patent for vosaroxin
• Sunplus Technology jointly acquires Oak Technology , (2009)
• SunPower acquires PowerLight for $332 million , (2009)
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)
• SunPower acquires Tenesol for $165.4 million , (2012)
• SunPower and AU Optronics forms $1.2 billion joint venture to manufacture and sell output of solar cells , (2010)
• SunPower and Total partner to create new global leader in solar industry with $1.4 billion tender offer , (2011)
• SunPower announces $109.6 million public offering of Class A Common Stock , (2009)
• SunPower announces public offering of Class A Common Stock , (2009)
• SunPower completes $250 million Rule 144A offering of Senior Cash Convertible Debentures , (2010)
• SunPower completes concurrent public offerings of equity and convertible debt , (2009)
• SunPower completes public offering of $225 million of Senior Convertible Debentures , (2009)
• SunPower completes public offering of Class B Common Stock , (2009)
• SunPower issues $135 million Common Stock in public offering , (2009)
• SunPower issues $200 million of Senior Convertible Debentures in public offering
• SunPower issues $206.5 million of Class A Common Stock in public offering , (2009)
• SunPower reclassifies shares into single class of Common Stock
• SupportSoft sells its enterprise business to Consona
• Sutter ends antitrust challenge to exclusive contract between California Pacific and physician group , (2009)
• Tarrant Apparel Group management defends class action seeking to enjoin going private transaction , (2010)
• Telefin Investments acquires Hotel Berlin in bankruptcy buyout
• Tenaya invests in Cotendo
• Tenaya participates as lead investor in Series B financing of Inkling Systems
• Texas Instruments acquires National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion , (2011)
• The Nature Conservancy receives assistance in trademark licenses and master services agreements
• The Riverside Co. acquires Harmon AutoGlass
• Thomas Properties issues $128 million public offering of Common Stock , (2009)
• TMC HealthCare defends antitrust claims relating to temporary nurse agencies , (2009)
• Total invests in Gevo , (2009)
• Total invests in Konarka Technologies , (2009)
• Transaction Systems Architects acquires S2 Systems , (2009)
• Trimeris builds patent portfolio for antiviral HIV treatment drug Fuzeon® , (2009)
• Trinity Biosystems maintains patent portfolio covering molecular vehicles for needleless delivery of macromolecules , (2009)
• Trinity Ventures recapitalizes SciQuest
• Tularik establishes patent portfolio for certain small molecule programs , (2009)
• Two pro bono clients obtain guardianship of their niece with the help of Jones Day Silicon Valley
• Two pro bono clients obtain legal and physical custody of their respective grandchildren
• UBS, Jefferies, Baird, Needham & Company, and Natixis underwrite $77 million IPO by Sequans Communications , (2011)
• Universal Electronics acquires Enson Assets for $125 million , (2010)
• Universal Electronics and Maxim purchase Zilog universal remote control and secure transaction businesses , (2009)
• Venture fund exits managing member , (2010)
• Venture fund exits managing member
• Victory for victim of domestic violence , (2010)
• ViewSonic defends against ITC patent infringement investigation involving monitor and TV patents , (2011)
• Virage Logic acquired by Synopsys for $315 million , (2010)
• Virage Logic acquires advanced CMOS intellectual property rights and certain engineering talent and equipment of NXP Semiconductors. , (2009)
• Virage Logic acquires ARC , (2009)
• Virage Logic completes $6.4 million exchange offer , (2009)
• Virage Logic Corp. acquires Ingot Systems , (2009)
• VirtualLogix places stock with Motorola , (2009)
• VirtualLogix raises $16 million in Series B round , (2009)
• Visa negotiates patent acquisition agreement
• Visa negotiates patent license agreement
• Visa prevails in patent infringement action brought by SmartMetric
• VMware acquires Digital Fuel Technologies
• VMware acquires Integrien and TriCipher , (2010)
• Wavecom acquires assets of Sony Ericsson's M2M communications unit , (2009)
• Wavecom agrees to be acquired by Sierra Wireless in friendly deal , (2009)
• Waypoint Ventures invests in Entegrity Solutions
• WellGen develops patent portfolio for nutrigenomics-derived nutraceutical, dietary supplement and food additive products , (2009)
• Winbond Electronics acquires the Advanced PC Business Division from National Semiconductor , (2009)
• Woodward spin out to commercialize engine supercharger technology , (2009)
• Wyeth's successful defense verdict affirmed by Seventh Circuit in product liability litigation involving antidepressant Effexor , (2009)
• Xilinx settles patent infringement dispute with Agere Systems and LSI over FPGAs , (2010)
• Zoran acquires Microtune for $166 million , (2010)
• Zoran to merge with CSR for $679 million , (2011)
• Zynga raises capital in Series C round

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