• December 7, 1999 | Legal Times

    Defense In Hsia Case Cries Foul

    With a trial set for next month, lawyers for a key figure in the campaign finance scandal are asking a judge to throw out the government's case against their client because of alleged prosecutorial

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  • August 30, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dilworth Brings in Lawyers For White Collar Practice

    David M. Laigaie left Miller Alfano & Raspanti in 2005 with the "express task" of creating a white collar practice at Dilworth Paxson.A year later, the firm has gathered seven part

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  • O'Connor v. Featherston

    Publication Date: 2003-03-10
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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    Judge Baer O’CONNOR v. FEATHERSTON — Defendants, via the State Attorney General, move for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint. For the following reasons, t

  • July 9, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Morgan Lewis to Launch Dubai Office

    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is set to open an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the hire of three partners from Vinson & Elkins. The new location, which is awaiting prop

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  • December 4, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Pennie Edmonds Loses Palo Alto Office to Morgan Lewis

    In what will be its second major California acquisition in the past 10 months, Morgan Lewis & Bockius has acquired the entire Palo Alto, Calif., office of New York intellectual property bo

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  • October 31, 2002 | Legal Times

    Behind the Numbers

    The Legal Times 100 was compiled by the staff of Legal Times after polling more than 200 area law offices, including firms with home offices or branches in the District of Columbia and

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  • August 14, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Two bids for cert, one survives

    LOS ANGELES-Two federal judges issued split decisions last month on whether to certify class actions alleging fraud against insurance companies that sold long-term deferred-annuity retirement

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  • Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Johanna R. Shargel; Morrison & Foerster, Karen J. Kubin; Hunton & Williams, Laura M. Franze, M. Brett Burns and Susan J. Sandidge for Petitioners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred W. Alvarez and Michael D. Schlemmer for TechNet as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Yi-Chin Ho, Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz and Andrew L. Satenberg for Chinese Daily News, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. William B. Sailer; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Rishi Sharma for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Kirsten R. Galler, David S. Han, Blaine H. Evanson; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Law Office of Robin L. Unander and Robin L. Unander for California Automotive Business Coalition as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Lawrence Foust; Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt and Christine T. Hoeffner for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Lena K. Sims, Matthew S. Dente, Richard R. Rahm and Allan G. King for the National Retail Federation, National Council of Chain Restaurants, Contain-A-Way, Inc., USA Waste of California, Inc., California Building Industry Association, California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors, Western Growers Association, American Staffing Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association and National Association of Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., and the California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Julie A. Dunne and Guylyn R. Cummins for Employers Group, California Retailers Association, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, National Council of Chain Restaurants and National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robert R. Roginson for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Jackson Lewis, Robert M. Pattison, Joel P. Kelly, JoAnna L. Brooks and Timothy C. Travelstead for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, Southern California Chapter and Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Cox, Castle & Nicholson, John S. Miller, Jr., and Dwayne P. McKenzie for the Associated General Contractors of California, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Lee Burdick and John Morris for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Greenberg Traurig, Gregory F. Hurley and Stacey Hertler for National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
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    Case Number: No. S166350

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3976 BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Res

  • June 20, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Buchanan Ingersoll to Pay Adelphia Investors $12 Mil

    After a decade of litigation, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is finally closing the book on a shareholder class action targeting the firm for the advice it gave Adelphia Communications Corp

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  • June 4, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Ways to Make Technology Your Servant, Not Your Master

    Do you remember life before email? Do you remember the practice of law before BlackBerrys? No doubt about it — email, BlackBerrys, smartphones and texting all make our lives and prac

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