• May 12, 2004 | The Recorder

    Artistic Differences

    In "Matchstick Men," a neurotic con artist played by Nicholas Cage gets flustered when anyone curses. Movie viewers with similar sensitivities will now find it easier to avoid profanit

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  • July 16, 2010 | The Recorder

    Stephen Kim

    To many people, the Diamond name is something they grab for in the snack aisle when they need nuts for a recipe or a party. But like Land O'Lakes, Ocean Spray and Sunkist, Diamond Foods Inc. is a m

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  • July 22, 2003 | The Recorder

    Thinking Small

    Michele Ballard Miller was tired of seeing the mommy track treated like a case of the mumps.By the time she quit big-firm life in 1998, she'd become an equity partner at then-Crosby, H

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  • March 30, 2005 | The Recorder

    Thelen Reid Moves Its Seat of Power

    Thelen Reid & Priest San Francisco partner Stephen O'Neal steps into the chairman's job Friday, shifting the firm's power center from New York. "This is a big deal," said legal

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  • October 13, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Coudert Finance Co-Chair Joins DLA Piper The former co-chair of the finance practice at Coudert Brothers has joined DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary in New York. Richard M. Ornitz fo

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  • September 4, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Likely Higher Cost Voids Arbitration Pact, Federal Judge Rules

    In an apparent ruling of first impression, a federal judge in the Northern District of New York has held that an arbitration agreement is unenforceable where an employee can show a likelihood

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  • May 15, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Beware: Electronic Mail

    Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx XxxxxE-MAIL, that ubiquitous tool of modern American business, is taking on another role.It is the litigator's new smoking gun.Every month, it

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  • January 18, 2007 | Legal Times

    High Court Hears Texas Death Penalty Cases

    The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in three Texas death penalty cases that were billed as a test of wills between the high court and lower court judges who have effectively defied its deci

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  • April 28, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Ex-Heller Employees Sue Former Partners Former employees of Heller Ehrman sued at least 179 former partners on Friday, including former Chairman Matthew Lar

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  • June 20, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Arbitrators Tackle Russian Corruption in Fight Over Cell Phone Operator

    Both sides got dirty in the tussle over Russian cell phone operator OAO MegaFon. In Switzerland, industrial spies searched an arbitrator's garbage. In Bermuda, a retired British spy turned priv

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