In the News from Cooley LLPhttp://www.cooley.comCathy Hershcopf, partner in Cooley's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice group, was quoted in an article on why filing for bankruptcy will not necessairly kill a brand's name.View the article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66047Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTBy Megan LeonhardtAuction companies Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. fired back Thursday against three proposed class actions filed by artists over resale royalties allegedly owed to them under the California Resale Royalties Act, arguing that the law is unconstitutional. In motions to...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66054Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTBy Abigail Rubenstein A California federal judge on Monday dismissed a putative class action alleging eBay Inc. schemed to raise the value of certified coins in the online auction market by restricting it to coins graded by a handful of authorized coin graders. U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte ...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66044Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTNew York-based Partner and Chair of Cooley's White Collar and Regulatory Defense practice group, William Schwartz and Partner Jonathan Bach, won Refco's lawyer's appeal. View the Reuters article here. View the Wall Street Journal article here. View the New York Times DealBook a...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66041Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTBy Amanda BransfordThe Second Circuit said Monday that a former Mayer Brown LLP partner sentenced to seven years in prison for his part in a $2.4 billion fraud scheme at Refco Inc. is entitled to a new trial because of the trial judge's mishandling of the jury. A three-judge panel vacated the South...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66046Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTBy Erin Coe A California federal judge on Thursday refused to certify a class action claiming Google Inc. charged for ads on unused and rarely visited websites through misleading contracts, finding that the plaintiffs failed to show that restitution could be calculated by methods of common proof. ...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66016Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTBy Megan Leonhardt DirecTV Inc. on Tuesday settled patent infringement claims brought by Multimedia Patent Trust, ending a case in California federal court accusing the satellite television provider and others of infringing five video compression patents. U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff signed...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66017Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTBy Keith GoldbergFew technology companies are more closely entwined with the personal information of their users than Facebook Inc., and Cooley LLP earned a spot on Law360's list of Privacy and Consumer Protection Groups of 2011 by helping the social networking giant fend off a string of class actio...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66015Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTEric Jensen, partner and chair of Cooley's Business department, and Craig Dauchy, partner and head of Cooley's Venture Capital practice group, were honored in AlwaysOn's first annual Power Players West list.The AlwaysOn Power Players West list honors the most influential people in the banking, ventu...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=65855Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTMichael Rhodes, partner and chair of Cooley's Litigation department, is interviewed for an article on the increasing importance of privacy law.View the article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66009Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Keith GoldbergZynga Inc., creator of the FarmVille and CityVille phenomena as well as other games that piggyback on Facebook Inc.'s tidal wave of popularity, became a publicly traded company Friday when it made a $1 billion initial public offering of its stock. The San Francisco-based social net...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66014Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Keith GoldbergCooley LLP is now a full-fledged international law firm after opening its first non-U.S. office, in Shanghai, the firm announced Tuesday. Cooley CEO Joe Conroy said the firm, which has its roots in Silicon Valley and has nine offices across the U.S., was looking at China and London...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66007Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Bibeka ShresthaCooley LLP partner Mike Rhodes has a record of demolishing lawsuits that accuse Facebook Inc. of stepping on users' privacy rights — one that keeps the social media giant coming back and earns him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs. Rhodes is best-known for his work for Facebook, ...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66010Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBarbara Kosacz, partner and chair of Cooley's Life Sciences practice group, was interviewed about Reata Pharmaceutical's $400 million deal with Abbott.View the article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66013Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Lisa UhlmanThe U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an American Century Cos. Inc. shareholder's challenge of the dismissal of her class action alleging the mutual fund manager is liable for investments in an online gambling operation whose stock plummeted after a government crackdown. The h...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66011Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTBy Django GoldFacebook Inc. fired back Tuesday at Timelines Inc.'s claims that the social networking giant's recently announced Timeline feature infringes its Timelines.com website, telling an Illinois federal court that the term is too generic to be protectable. In its counterclaim, Facebook said ...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=65998Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTCooley is partnering with Startup America to offer a flat-fee package to five Startup America companies each month.View the full article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66003Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTSteven Friedlander, partner in Cooley's Employment & Labor practice group, was quoted in an article on best practices for conducting social media background checks.View the full article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=65854Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTStephen Gardner and Lesse Castleberry, partners and members of Cooley's Tax practice group, were mentioned as Entergy's tax counsel on a transaction in which the company divested its electric-transmission business and merged it with ITC Holdings.View the article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=66004Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTCooley was named one of the ten busiest firms handling patent litigation according to Corporate Counsel's 2011 Patent Litigation Survey.View the article here.http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=65994Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT