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  • February 1, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    Vizcayans verdict set aside

    The taste of victory Thursday proved illusory.A jury awarded the Vizcayans, a nonprofit group that raises money for the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, $3.1 million in legal fees in its su

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  • September 18, 2009 | The Recorder

    Kearney v. Foley & Lardner, LLP

    9th Cir. 07-55566 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment in part, vacated in part, and remanded the action for further proceedings. The court held that a governmental e

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  • August 7, 2008 | The Recorder

    S.F. Makes Stronger Bid to Tax Partners

    A biannual tradition in San Francisco may be coming to an end. In every election cycle since 2002, San Francisco has tried to expand its payroll tax to include the earnings of partners,

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  • June 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

    More defendants seek to blast out of patent 'rocket docket'

    Intellectual property lawyers are reporting an upswing in motions to transfer patent infringement cases out of the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas in the wake of two U.S. Cou

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  • January 1, 2006 | Legaltech News

    Packaging Law

    Packaging law is a niche in which various U.S. firms have carved out practices. But search the Internet for packaging law, and one firm stands out: Keller & Heckman. The Washington, D.C. firm m

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  • October 13, 2008 | Legal Times

    O, Be Careful What You Broadcast

    Before your company’s marketing department crows about a patent victory or trashes a perceived patent infringer, talk with counsel. Those patent press releases can hide a hos

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  • August 28, 2006 | National Law Journal

    PATENT | PTO offers accelerated examinations

    With ever-increasing numbers of patent applications each year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is unable to hire itself out of a growing pendency crisis, in which the time it

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  • April 1, 2004 | Lawfirminc.

    Low Visibility

    It's no secret that law firms are caste systems. In the early '80s, I worked my way through law school as a temp secretary at 18 of San Francisco's biggest firms, and quickly learned an important l

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  • May 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Holy Nonequity Partners!

    Last year, as law firms struggled with the brutal realities of the recession, many managing partners took the tried-and-true approach to cutting costs--layoffs. At The

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  • April 15, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Am Law 100: A Work in Progress

    Here are preliminary, partial 2008 financial results for The Am Law 100, the highest-grossing firms in

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