• March 8, 2004 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San FranciscoThomas Cervantez has joined Davis Wright Tremaine as a partner in the firm's corporate finance practice. Previously a Thelen Reid & Priest

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  • May 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Market Report: Official Approval

    China's enactment of a new Labor Contract Law two years ago was widely hailed as a great leap forward for workers. The country has long been synonymous with cheap and sometimes exploited

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  • December 12, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Which fork to use? Listen up!

    Each February, Michelle Mitchell plans a booby-trapped dinner for the 80 or so law students who may know plenty about the Rule Against Perpetuities but zilch about a fish fork. A

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  • November 28, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Video Games Can Borrow From Reality

    LOS ANGELES � In a ruling with major implications for those who wish to limit the use of their name and likeness in video games, a California appellate court has upheld the right of three vide

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  • May 1, 2009 |

    ITC Cases to Reach Settlement Agreements in 2008

    Complainants: AMS Research Corporation; CryoCor, Inc. (U.S.) (filed Fe

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  • January 31, 2008 | International Edition

    Elite U.S. Firms Struggle to Attract Senior Partner Hires in London

    Lateral partner hires among elite U.S. firms in London have slowed during the last year, according to research from Legal Week, which illustrates the uphill struggle faced by American firms

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  • July 13, 2009 | The Recorder

    10 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO

    Nestled in a loft South of Market, Britton Silberman & Cervantez evoked the casual comfort of a software company. A piano sat in the foyer amid exposed brick walls. Brent Britton, a bleached-bl

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  • January 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Justice Ready for Change, but How Much?

    Under fire for its handling of the criminal case against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens, the U.S. Department of Justice has outlined a plan to ensure that prosecutors play by the rules

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  • December 15, 2005 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    LEVI'S TRIES ON NEW GC AFTER 11 YEARSLevi Strauss & Co. has named a new general counsel after more than a decade of constancy.The company announced Tuesday that Hila

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  • July 1, 2008 | The Recorder

    Covington Takes Heller Pair

    Covington & Burling has picked up two top litigators from Heller Ehrman's insurance recovery practice. David Goodwin, who joined Heller in 1986 and helped found and lat

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