August 2, 2005 – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP and Cooley Godward LLP are representing Protein Design Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDLI) in the company’s global alliance with Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB). The collaboration between the two companies, which involves three Phase II antibody products, has a potential value of more than $800 million, making it the largest deal in the biotechnology industry so far this year, and easily one of the largest agreements of its kind in the past five years.

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July 29, 2008 - Shawn E. McDonald has joined the Del Mar Heights office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as special counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group.  McDonald joins from the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins.

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DTI would like to congratulate Joe S. on the arrival of his new baby boy. He arrived this morning and all are doing fine. We expect to see a little less of Joe in the next couple of weeks, until which time his son is expected to start sales training.

Congratulations Again!

- The Team at DTI

We are quite proud to announce that one of our lit support analysts, Jim Sechrist, scored 100% on his IPRO eCapture Administration certification exam.  IPRO eCapture is one piece of our e-Discovery process, and is one of those ‘hard to learn, harder to master’ types of programs.  If you were wondering, I got a 93%.

Way to go, Jim!  We are dang lucky to have you!

The 2008 Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting Survey
Corporate Board Member Magazine release the results of this year’s survey in their current July/August issue.  Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is the winner and national champ for the eighth straight year.  Here’s the top 5.  Visit boardmember.com or check out the current issue for the full list:

Firm-City (Last Year’s Ranking)
1) SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM - New York(1)
2) CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE - New York(2)
3) WACHTELL LIPTON ROSEN & KATZ - New York(3)
4) DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL - New York(5)
5) SULLIVAN & CROMWELL - New York(4)

August 14, 2008

New General Construction Storm Water Permit for California – Status Update

Please join us as Foley Partner S. Wayne Rosenbaum and SCS Engineers Senior Project Professional Ralph Vasquez discuss the most recent proposed revisions to California’s General Construction Permit and how these changes will affect property owners, developers, and builders.

Foley & Lardner LLP
402 West Broadway
Suite 2100
San Diego, California 92101

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Latham & Watkins has once again been named to the “Global Elite” group of firms according to Legal Business. The “Global Elite” is a list of the world’s 18 most prestigious law firms who continue to define the pinnacle of the legal profession. Read the rest of this entry »

Companies Agree to Settle All Litigation

ESPOO AND SAN DIEGO - July 23, 2008 - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced that they have entered into a new agreement covering various standards including GSM , EDGE, CDMA , WCDMA , HSDPA , OFDM , WiMAX , LTE and other technologies. The agreement will result in settlement of all litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by Nokia of its complaint to the European Commission.

Under the terms of the new 15-year agreement, Nokia has been granted a license under all Qualcomm’s patents for use in Nokia mobile devices and Nokia Siemens Networks infrastructure equipment. Further, Nokia has agreed not to use any of its patents directly against Qualcomm, enabling Qualcomm to integrate Nokia’s technology into Qualcomm’s chipsets. The financial structure of the settlement includes an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Qualcomm. Nokia has agreed to assign ownership of a number of patents to Qualcomm, including patents declared as essential to WCDMA, GSM and OFDMA . The specific terms are confidential.

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Luce Forward is holding an Insurance Litigation Seminar targeting in-house counsel working in the insurance industry. The firm’s nationally-recognized insurance attorneys will lead each of the seminar sessions which are designed to deliver updates on recent legal changes and initiatives.

September 11, 2008 - 7:00 am to 7:00 pm

Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213.612.1573

Please visit Luce Forward on the web for more details

Fish & Richardson P. C. will show off the artwork of eighteen winners from the city of San Diego Water Department’s annual “water conservation poster contest.” The artwork will be on display in their Carmel Valley office through July 31.