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  • February 14, 2001 | The Recorder

    Thinning the Herd

    Corporate associates can forget about looking for greener pastures.With a drop-off in public offerings, venture capital funding, and a decline in associate attrition, the San Francisco

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  • April 28, 2003 | The Recorder

    The Cisco Switch

    One big question for technology lawyers in the wake of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's demise appears to have been answered: The firm's biggest client, Cisco Systems Inc., is taking its corp

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  • December 3, 2010 | Bloomberg

    BofA drags balance sheet confidence backward

    The more we learn about the mortgage industry's documentation snafus, the more troubling hints we get that the financial statements of some of our biggest banks may be less reliable than anyo

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  • November 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Every Day's a Carnival

    Name and title: Arnaldo Perez, senior vice president and general counsel Age: 45 Cruise king: Carnival Corp. is the world's leading cruise ship operator,

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  • November 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    $50 Million Settlement Reached in MetLife Suit

    MetLife agreed last week to pay $50 million to settle a class action claim that it had defrauded 8.6 million policy holders when it converted from a mutual company in 2000 to one that is publicly t

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  • April 9, 2007 |

    Inside the Microsoft War Room

    It's been a busy winter for Microsoft's four-lawyer patent litigation team. On Feb. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in AT&T v. Microsoft to determine whether the soft

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  • June 1, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Milberg Weiss Case Highlights Waiver Controversy

    As the government's demands for waiver of privilege in white-collar prosecutions have sparked the ire of attorneys worried about the sanctity of client communications, the waiver issue in the Milbe

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  • December 7, 2001 |

    Keeping It Out of Court

    Envirosource Inc., a hazardous waste recycler that relies on steel mills as customers, started the year laden with $270 million in debt, plummeting revenues and a bleak future.The prob

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  • December 1, 2000 | Alm

    Federal Circuit Renders 'Doctrine of Equivalents' Toothless for Certain Plaintiffs

    Overturning a 17-year-old precedent, a federal appeals court last week cut back on a key legal protection that inventors use against would-be patent infringers.The 8-4 vote by the full

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  • March 12, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Corporate Priorities: Cost Savings Back On Top

    When the current ADR revolution was first building up a head of steam in the 1970s and 1980s, one of the main attractions of both arbitration and mediation was the opportunity to reduce the c

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