Few beyond California’ s technology
crowd recognise the name Larry Sonsini; none within its circle could fail to.
For four decades he has been lawyer, adviser and friend to many prominent
companies and investors. Some consider him the most powerful person in Silicon
Valley. Companies beg for his law firm to represent them. The 65-year-old
chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSG&R) has suddenly been
thrust into the spotlight: first, for counselling many of the technology firms
now under scrutiny for backdating stock options (and in some cases, serving on
their boards); and more recently, as outside counsel to Hewlett-Packard (HP),
for initially defending the board’s dubious investigative practices. WSG&R boasts 600 lawyers and represents around half of Silicon Valley’s public companies, including Apple Sun Microsystems and G A. the public ignorance of Larry Sonsini B. the popularity of Larry Sonsini C. the failure of California’s technology D. the public recognition of California’s technology [单项选择]
The discovery of life beyond Earth would transform not only our science but also our religions, our belief systems and our entire world-view. For in a sense, the search for extraterrestrial life is really a search for ourselves--who we are and what our place is in the grand sweep of the cosmos. [单项选择]Few beyond California’s technology crowd recognise the name Larry Sonsini; none within its circle could fail to. For four decades he has been lawyer, adviser and friend to many prominent companies and investors. Some consider him the most powerful person in Silicon Valley. Companies beg for his law firm to represent them. The 65-year-old chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich& Rosati (WSG&R) has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight, first, for counselling many of the technology firms now under scrutiny for backdating stock options (and in some cases, serving on their boards); and more recently, as outside counsel to Hewlett-Packard (HP), for initially defending the board’s dubious investigative practices.
WSG&R boasts 600 lawyers and represents around half of Silicon Valley’s public companies, including Apple, Sun Microsystems and Google. Last year it ranked first in private-equity and venture-capital deals, with nearly twice as many as its closest rival. Over the past five years A. under control B. in the danger C. on the horizon D. on the verge of. collapse 我来回答: 提交
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