• February 26, 2008 | The Recorder

    Patel Wary of Piercing Privilege

    Broad notions of attorney-client privilege seemed to find a friend Monday in Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's courtroom. The San Francisco federal judge expressed strong skepticis

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  • May 8, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Gibson Dunn, Cooley Fend off Facebook Patent Challenge

    Of all the people claiming Facebook Inc. ripped off their ideas, the one that probably got closest to winning in court is Michael McKibben. In this breathless YouTube video, he claims that &#

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  • March 14, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    On Second Thought, Corporate Parter Defects After All

    SAN FRANCISCO - For Palo Alto deal attorney David Lipkin, the second time is a charm. Lipkin had been in talks with Morrison & Foerster last year and go

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  • October 18, 2001 | The Recorder

    On the Home Front

    Karen Sullivan knows in minute detail how her husband's recent activation as a military reservist will affect his civilian job. Sullivan is certainly a concerned wife. But her ex

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  • April 24, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Post-Sept. 11 Surge in Lawyers Appears To Be Tapering Off

    The post-Sept. 11 surge in interest in practicing law appears to be leveling off, recently released state bar exam results indicate. Mark Dows, executive director of Pennsylvania's Boa

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  • May 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Don't take it personally

    It's time to talk about attorney reviews. Our firm reviews in June -- something about not wanting to give bad news around the holidays. Law firms describe the review process as

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  • October 9, 2007 | The Recorder

    An Open Source of Legal Business

    Last year, business software maker Terracotta Inc. abandoned traditional sales models and dived into the complicated legal waters of open source.Selling software this way attracted "an

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  • August 23, 2000 | Legal Times

    Ground Zero

    Things have shifted dramatically for Cooley Godward's Kenneth Guernsey, a partner in the San Francisco office, since Nasdaq started showing signs of vulnerability in March.At the marke

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  • October 5, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Another 15 Law Schools Targeted Over Jobs Data

    The attorneys behind class actions against New York Law School and Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced plans on Oct. 5 to sue an 15 additional law schools for publishing what they described as

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  • December 17, 2007 | The Recorder

    Fighting Crime May Not Pay

    Joseph Russoniello may have to decide how much he wants to invest in the U.S. attorney's office. Literally.The prospective top federal prosecutor in San Francisco � and longtime Cooley

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