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  • March 17, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Michael McAlevey: Changing Course

    Chief Corporate and Securities CounselGeneral Electric Co.2004 Revenues: $15.3 billionLawyers in Legal Department: 1,073Michael McAlevey spent his teenage summers o

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  • February 28, 2005 | The Recorder

    Attorney Wanted: Tips on In-House Hiring

    One of the most important challenges faced by general counsel is the hiring of high quality in-house attorneys and staff.Market dynamics affect the availability of qualified candidates

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  • January 26, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Cutting the Power Supply: FERC vs. Bankruptcy Courts

    One of the most powerful weapons in a debtor's Chapter 11 arsenal is the power to reject burdensome executory contracts under �365 of the Bankruptcy Code. Upon filing a bankruptcy petition, th

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  • March 3, 2005 | The Recorder

    Federal Circuit Grants Microsoft New Patent Trial

    Microsoft Corp. has been given another chance to prove it did not infringe a University of California patent covering Web browser technology and thereby sidestep a $521 million jury verdict.

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  • January 17, 2007 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    14 NEW PARTNERS AT LEWIS, BRISBOISLewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has elevated 14 attorneys in the firm's San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, New York, Phoenix and Las

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  • December 21, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Five lessons for next time banks come begging

    The last of America's largest, systemically dangerous banks are about to repay their government rescue money. And while the public's anger at bailing them out has only grown since last year,

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  • January 17, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Duane Morris Enters Singapore Market

    Duane Morris Chairman Sheldon Bonovitz is making good on his plan to grow the 600-attorney firm to over 1,000 lawyers with offices across the globe.The latest move gives the firm a six-attor

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  • July 25, 2003 | The Recorder

    Merger Talks Come to End for Orrick, Cooley

    Cooley Godward and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have abandoned merger talks, according to sources close to both firms.One of those sources, who was familiar with Cooley Godward's

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  • July 20, 2004 | The Recorder

    Patent Success

    Intellectual property specialist Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear has been on a high-profile winning streak this year, scoring four big victories in four months.The run started in Mar

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  • September 29, 2003 | The Recorder

    Federal Circuit tweaks 'Festo' decision again

    The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that judges, not juries, are to decide whether a patent holder can use a key intellectual property protection in patent disputes.

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