White & Case, a leading international law firm, published a press release titled “White & Case Expands IP Practice with Five New Partners” detailing the firm’s expansion of its Intellectual Property Practice with the hiring of 5 new partners namely, Jack Lever, David Tennant, and Shamita Etienne-Cummings to the Washington, D.C. office; and Bijal Vakil and Jennifer Yokoyama to its Palo Alto office; all of whom came from McDermott Will & Emery, with thorough competency in technology transfer, patent and technology portfolio strategy analysis, and patent licensing, as well as substantial trial experience in U.S. International Trade Commission proceedings and patent litigation issues.

An article from MarketWatch titled “Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Launched By Microsoft, Angelina Jolie, Major Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments” describes how prominent global law firm White & Case took part in the formation of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) along with other major law firms, corporate legal departments, Microsoft, and actress Angelina Jolie, with an aim to provide legal counsel to unaccompanied children in the immigration process; where White & Case and other law firms committed to contribute over 13,000 pro bono hours during KIND’s 1st year of operation.

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An article from Global Finance titled “Dow Breaks The Mold For Deal Financing” describes how White & Case, the global law firm with 2,300 lawyers in 25 countries, served as legal adviser to investment bankers in debt financing for Michigan-based Dow Chemical, the world’s second largest chemical manufacturer, to acquire Philadelphia-based chemical manufacturing firm Rohm and Haas; with White & Case also advising other financial firms in relation to debt financing.

An article from The Am Law Daily titled “The Am Law Litigation Daily: October 15, 2008” describes how the international law firm White & Case acted as counsel, along with several law firms, to San Diego-based wireless and telecommunications research and development company Qualcomm on its appeal to the ITC ruling over patent infringement battle between Qualcomm and Broadcom.

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