• January 31, 2007 | The Recorder

    Calif. Firms Not Matching N.Y. Associates' Pay

    More California-based firms are opting for a segmented associate salary scale, hiking pay to a $160,000 base in their New York offices but implementing a $145,000 scale in California. The sa

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  • December 20, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    The Best and Worst of 2000

    It was another fun-filled year for the Texas legal community. TV aired a new courtroom drama: "Don't Count Me Out," shot on location in Florida courtrooms and the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices

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  • December 6, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Veterans Lose Health Insurance Battle

    Despite what military recruiters may have told them, a pair of 20-year armed forces veterans were not entitled to free medical care for life, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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  • December 17, 2001 | The Recorder

    Intel Strikes Out with Patent Cases

    The world's largest computer chipmaker struck out twice last week on a pair of patent cases that could have meant big trouble for their competitors. Intel Corp. claimed in separa

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  • July 9, 2007 | The Recorder

    Control-Alt-Litigate

    The first part of 2007 was a busy period for Microsoft's four-lawyer patent litigation team.In February, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in AT&T v. Microsoft

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  • June 14, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Post-Sept. 11: More Bucks, Bodies and Bureaucracy

    The French have a saying -- the more things change, the more they stay the same. I would have printed the adage in its original tongue, but I wouldn't want to be accused by our president of being a

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  • March 14, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Last of Its Kind In what may be the last of the big medical-malpractice verdicts in Texas, a Dallas County jury on March 4 tagged an oncology clinic and a nurse with $606 millio

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  • June 13, 2002 | Alm

    Judge Tells Deadlocked Andersen Jury to Continue Deliberations

    After seven days of deliberations, jurors in Arthur Andersen's obstruction of justice trial announced late on Wednesday they were deadlocked, but U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon of Houston

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  • January 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Brobeck Slims Staff as Merger Talk Continues

    Continuing to slim down, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has axed office administrators in Austin, Texas, and Irvine; a third administrator in the Dallas office has voluntarily resigned.

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  • April 10, 2007 | Alm

    Microsoft: Looking for Another Patent Litigator

    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 sof

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