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  • January 13, 2006 | Alm

    Summary Judgment Papers Found Accessible to Media

    Summary judgment documents filed under seal are "judicial documents" to which news organizations have a presumptive right of access under common law and the First Amendment, a federal appeals

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  • October 22, 2007 | The Recorder

    $500M Contract Suit Drags at High Court

    High-tech lawyers and their clients were relieved in February 2005 when the California Supreme Court took up a controversial case in which Genentech Inc. had been hit with a $500 million jury

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  • November 29, 1999 | The Recorder

    Labor Law Alchemy: Turning Silicon Into Gold

    For decades, the practices of most labor and employment lawyers have evolved glacially, if at all. Sure, spikes in claim areas such as sex discrimination and ADA create fissures in the corporate fl

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  • August 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Video Copyright Owners Must Police the Internet

    It's the video millennium. Every modern mobile phone is a video camera and a video player. Video displays are everywhere, from taxicabs to endcaps. Webcams perch like pigeons on every major tourist

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  • November 1, 2007 | The Recorder

    Judge Puts New Patent Rules on Hold

    Patent lawyers started breathing again Wednesday, as the specter of new patent rules was chased away � at least for a little while � by a Virginia court. U.S. District Judg

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  • March 13, 2006 | The Recorder

    U.S. Firms Standing By For Korea

    As a boy, Justin Chang remembers his attorney father advising Korean-based companies. Long before Hyundai and Samsung were household names here, Korean executives would visit Chang's home near

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  • September 13, 2007 | The Recorder

    Entertainment Coverage Practice Makes Insurance Law Glamorous

    Legs are among the most insured things in Hollywood. Model and "Project Runway" star Heidi Klum has insured her left one, which bears a small scar, for $1 million, and her right one for $1.2 mi

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  • August 29, 2007 | The Recorder

    Yes, They Charge More: They're Experts

    Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that a select group of New York lawyers had pushed hourly billing rates past the $1,000 mark. Some of the experts tapped in high-stakes pat

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  • January 22, 2004 | The Recorder

    Roger Rabbit Rumble Revived

    Who sucker-punched Mickey Mouse? Roger Rabbit, that's who.Well, actually it was Roger's creator, Gary Wolf, whose 1981 book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" became a huge hit seven years l

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  • December 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Firms retain interest in expanding to Korea

    The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il threatens instability in the region just when many U.S. law firms are expressing interest in opening offices in South Korea. Meanwhile, immigratio

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