Microsoft Corporation improperly put patented Web browser technology into its Internet Explorer, helping the computer giant to win critical market share from rival Netscape Navigator, according to a verdict handed down today by a federal jury in Chicago. In the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, the 12-member jury found […]

Alistair Duffield is a new partner in the Singapore Office of Holman Fenwick + Willan. Alistair has been based in Singapore for more than 12 years and has worked on Asian transactions since 1985. He joins the firm from the Singapore office of White & Case LLP where he was a Partner for 7 years.

Media Contact: Andrew Blum, Public Relations Manager, (212) 728-4519, ablum@chadbourne.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP WELCOMES LITIGATION COUNSEL PAMELA J. MARPLE TO WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE New Counsel Brings Additional White Collar and Government Experience as Firm Continues to Grow New York, NY – July 22, 2003 – The international law firm of Chadbourne

Landmark decision – Australian copyright law confirmed to combat software piracy Melbourne, Friday 31 July, 2003: Blake Dawson Waldron represented Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) in its successful appeal to the Full Federal Court in the SCE v Stevens case. The Full Court delivered judgment on 30 July 2003, unanimously allowing SCE’s appeal on the principal

Rapidly-growing international law firm, Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, has added a partner and two associates to its Los Angeles offices, effective today. The three previously worked in the Los Angeles office of Cleveland-based Arter & Hadden LLP, which has recently dissolved. Roxanne M. Wilson joins Reed Smith’s product liability practice group, specializing in complex consumer

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP announced today that prominent corporate/commercial lawyer Denis Boudreault will be joining its Montréal office. “We’re delighted to welcome Denis to the Blakes’ partnership,” said Jim Christie, the Firm’s Chairman. “Blakes continues to attract top legal talent and hiring Denis further strengthens our growing corporate/commercial practice in Montréal.” Denis Boudreault specializes

Blake, Cassels & Graydon announced today that competition lawyer Brian Facey will join the Firm’s Competition and Trade Group in Toronto. “We are delighted that Brian has decided to join Blakes,” said Jim Christie, the Firm’s Chairman. “He is one of this country’s rising stars in the field of competition law, and will bring significant

LexisNexis(TM), today introduced LexisNexis(TM) CourtLink(R) Strategic Profiles. This application helps client development professionals take a more strategic approach to identifying opportunities and risk in the marketplace for more effective client development. Strategic Profiles also helps litigators argue cases more effectively. It is being shown at the annual American Association of Legal Librarians conference here. Law

Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that securities litigator Clifford C. Hyatt, 45, has joined the Firm as counsel, resident in Los Angeles. Mr. Hyatt comes to Chadbourne from Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, where he was special counsel in the corporate governance advisory group, specializing in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and in the white collar

Baker & McKenzie’s Hong Kong office advised Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited on the sale of its entire interests in five shopping malls in Hong Kong to Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (“Fortune REIT”), a Singapore real estate investment trust. The aggregate acquisition value of the properties sold by Cheung Kong was approximately HK$3.1 billion. Fortune