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  • February 25, 2005 | The Recorder

    The Tort System and Plaintiff Bar, Caricature Free

    Risks, Reputations and RewardsContingency Fee Legal Practice in the United StatesBy Herbert KritzerStanford University Press/$45bookjacket: risksreputations.jpg

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  • September 20, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Corporate Governance Survey Shows Board Directors Earning More

    An annual survey conducted by Shearman & Sterling tracking corporate governance practices among the nation's top public companies has found that while the independence of most directors co

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  • March 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    IP Boutique Darby & Darby Set to Dissolve

    Darby & Darby, a century-old New York intellectual property boutique, said Friday that it would begin the process of dissolving. The decision follows a series of departures, as partners

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  • January 8, 2007 | National Law Journal

    The Art of Negotiating a City's Skyline

    Attorney Thomas Murphy may take on the Federal Aviation Administration as part of his client's quest to build the country's tallest building in Chicago. He'd like to revamp FAA regulatio

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  • January 28, 2005 | Special To Law.Com

    Managing Open Source in Era of 'SCO v. IBM'

    As litigation between The SCO Group and IBM rages on and with SCO threatening direct litigation against Linux users, businesses have become justifiably concerned over the open source software in

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  • December 8, 2006 | The Recorder

    McKenna Goes Long With Calif. Capital Office

    McKenna Long & Aldridge launched its Sacramento, Calif., office last month with big-name directors, international credentials and a swaggering pledge to take its share of California's $228 mill

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  • August 6, 2007 | Legaltech News

    Must-See Recruiting Sites Invest in Future

    It's time for the 2007 crop of summerassociates to head back toschool, and for law firms to beginscouting next year's hopefuls. Thatmakes it the perfect time to look at howeffectively large law fir

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  • October 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    Designated Drivers

    Few people wielded more power in WorldCom, Inc.'s recent rehabilitation than Richard Breeden, the court-appointed corporate monitor. Though Breeden was the first to ever hold the post � create

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  • August 5, 2009 | The Recorder

    Calif. Supreme Court Narrows Workplace Privacy

    Employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace, the California Supreme Court held Monday, but that right has limits. And it doesn't prevent employers from conducting some hidde

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  • January 8, 2001 | Law.com

    Movers & Shakers

    NEW HIRESLance A. Lanier, 30, has joined Akron, Ohio's Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs as an associate in the litigation and creditors rights and bankruptcy practice group

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