• October 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    New Clerk Tapped for Third Department Michael J. Novack will retire as clerk of the Appellate Division, Third Department, on Nov. 23, and Deputy Clerk Robert D. Mayberge

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  • March 6, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    SEC,DOJsee their cooperation backfire

    By David Z. Seide, Special to Legal Times The aggressive expansion of white-collar prosecutions to areas regulated by civil enforcement agencies sometimes leads to unintended results -

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  • October 20, 2008 | The Recorder

    IP Case Tests Boundaries of Privilege

    SAN FRANCISCO — If a company's sole business is licensing and litigating patents, plus it's run by lawyers, what isn't protected by privilege? That's the

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  • October 1, 2007 |

    IP People on the Move

    Fish & Richardson has planted its flag in Munich, opening its first international office with two partners and three associates from German IP firm Berdehle, Pagenberg, Dost, Altenberg, Geissle

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  • September 11, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Yale Group Ranks Family-Friendly Firms

    Just as law students are finishing up interviews and considering their job prospects, Yale Law Women took its latest look at firms’ policies. Releasing the results of its third annual survey

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  • June 9, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Study Shows Clinton Edge in N.Y. Fundraising

    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had a lopsided lead in raising money in New York's legal community for her presidential run, according to a compilation of the latest available federal reports prepa

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  • April 21, 2006 | Legal Times

    Business lobby lines up against reform

    By Joe Crea, Legal Times With business lobbyists already scrambling to head off reforms that would make foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies more difficult, the recently announced $

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  • May 7, 2007 | Legal Times

    Keeping Score

    General StoreDickstein Shapiro nabbed Patricia Madrid, former attorney general of New Mexico, as an exclusive consultant to the firm's growing state attorneys gener

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  • August 26, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Two Veteran Lawyers Say Now Is the Time for Fixed Fees

    In these troubled economic times, fixed fees for particular legal matters have appeal both for law firms and their corporate clients. We -- a former general counsel of a major company and a current

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  • March 30, 2009 | The Recorder

    Job Securities

    SAN FRANCISCO — While so many firms are making the news for layoffs, a number of plaintiff firms with securities class action practices are hiring associates. Thanks to an influx o

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