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  • August 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Hedge Funds Go Hollywood

    Hedge funds have gone Hollywood.Chasing high returns, money managers are plunking down hundreds of millions of dollars to finance films like "Superman Returns" and "Nanny McPhee."

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  • February 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Money Matters

    Contractual fee-shifting clauses are usually intended to discourage litigation and encourage settlement. In many instances, these clauses have that effect.However, these same clauses c

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  • October 20, 2003 | The Recorder

    Texas Partner Fires Back in Brobeck Fight

    The squabbling among former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison partners has intensified, as five from San Diego are demanding that their one-time colleagues fork over $14.5 million to cover "inju

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  • January 17, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    Do Blawgs Burn as Brightly as Surveys Suggest?

    You've probably driven by a refinery and seen flames burning atop many a tower. Does that remind you of your law firm?Hold on -- this is not about a stench. Refineries start production with

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  • November 26, 2003 | The Recorder

    Winner Pays All

    LOS ANGELES -- It's a familiar situation: Your litigation opponent is completely unreasonable. He is out for blood, demands his day in court and does not care how much it costs. Both sides kno

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  • January 12, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Summary Judgment Papers Found Accessible by 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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  • March 28, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Hourly Rates Still Climbing

    Leigh Jones [email protected] NEW YORK-Law firms showed healthy increases in billing rates last year, with the vast majority of those participating in The National Law Journal's an

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  • October 29, 2012 | International

    British Firms Ponder Korea Without Koreans

    Last year, when the European Union beat the United States in ratifying a free trade agreement with South Korea, the betting was that British firms, ever eager to plant their flags, would be

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  • June 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    Dickstein Shapiro Boosts L.A. Presence With Lawyers From Thelen Reid

    Dickstein Shapiro, based in Washington, D.C., has brought on four attorneys from Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner's shrinking Los Angeles office, which has seen more than a dozen departures

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  • November 15, 2005 | The Recorder

    Stoel Rives Seeks Fresh Start in S.F.

    Sandi Nichols knows a thing or two about hanging in there when the going gets tough.In the space of a few months earlier this year, the managing partner of Stoel Rives' small San Franc

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