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A New Kind of Cybersquatting
Facebook, Twitter and Online Social Media Sites
6/12/2009
"Modern Licensing Law" A treatise covering all aspects of information and intellectual property licensing
Thomson West
2009
"Intellectual Property Licenses and Assignments Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code: A Brief Survey of the Nature of Property Rights Conferred and Implications Due to Reorganization"
Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
2007
"Managing Confidential Relationships in Intellectual Property Transactions: Use Restrictions, Residual Knowledge Clauses, and Trade Secrets"
The Review of Litigation, The University of Texas School of Law
5/1/2006
Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property
3/18/2005
"Intellectual Property Audits Can Find Property Worth Protecting"
The Iowa Lawyer
February 2003
"Missing Link(s): Protecting Public Image and Corporate Profits in Cyberspace"
38 Hous. L. Rev. 651
Summer 2001
"Chinese Intellectual Property Law and Practice"
"The United States International Trade Commission and the Federal Court System as Fora for Challenging Unfair Chinese Intellectual Property Trade Activities”
Kluwer Law International
September 1999
"Rights in Information: Conversion and Misappropriation Causes of Action in Intellectual Property Cases"
Houston Law Review
1995
“Collateral Estoppel – Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation”
Georgetown Law Journal
1972

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Fast Facts

1. Andrews Kurth LLP received high marks in the recent rankings released by the Chambers USA Guide. The firm received 4 national practice area rankings, 10 Texas practice area rankings and 2 District of Columbia practice area rankings. The guide also ranked 31 Andrews Kurth lawyers, 5 of which ranked nationally. (June 2009)

2. mergermarket ranked Andrews Kurth #6 Legal Advisor for M&A transactions in Texas by volume (21 deals) and #7 Legal Advisor for M&A transactions in Oklahoma by value ($443 million) and in its U.S. Regional M&A Roundup 2008 in the South report. (February 2009)

3. Thomson Reuters ranked Andrews Kurth #5 Underwriters Counsel ($8.11 billion; 137 issues) in its U.S. Municipals Review for Year End 2008. (February 2009)

4. Ranked among the nation’s top debt and equity legal advisors in the recently released Thomson Reuters U.S. Capital Markets Review for Year-End 2008, including a #2 ranking in U.S. IPOs as Manager Legal Advisor. (January 2009)

5. The American Lawyer magazine ranked Andrews Kurth #5 in its list of Leading World-Wide Gas and Oil M&A Legal Advisors. In 2007, Andrews Kurth engaged in 20 oil and gas merger and acquisition deals that totaled $23.46 billion. (October 2008)

6. PlacementTracker listed Andrews Kurth in its PIPE Market Issuer Counsel League Table. The firm closed 6 private placement deals totaling more than $319 million in the first three quarters of 2008. (October 2008)

7. The Executive Legal Advisor listed Andrews Kurth three times in its list of Top Ten Texas IPO's in 2007. (October 2008)

8. The American Lawyer 2009 Corporate Scorecard has ranked Andrews Kurth in several categories for securities offerings during 2008, including #2 in Municipal Bonds and #3 in IPOs. In addition, the firm was recognized for its involvement in two of the largest bankruptcies filed in 2008. (April 2009)

9. Named one of best law firms in the nation for women, 2008 and 2009 by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. 

10. Created first MLP—master limited partnerships—to help energy clients grow.

11. Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, 2008 “Most Active Law Firms” in number of deals and funds represented.

12. Counselors in project financing of second largest wind project in U.S., Sweetwater Wind Farm.

13. Andrews Kurth is the seventh largest bankruptcy law firm in the nation.

14. Helped launch Houston Urban Debate League in 2008 to encourage success of public high school students.

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