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  • December 9, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firm Fees Defy Gravity, Annual Survey Shows

    Despite the rancid economy of 2008, attorney billing rates continued their escalation trend, with nearly 71 percent of law firms reporting an increase in the amount that they charged clients compar

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  • June 30, 1999 | The Recorder

    Silicon Valley Pioneer Folds Office

    Brown & Bain, once one of the Silicon Valley's leading intellectual property litigation firms, is closing its Palo Alto office at the end of July. The decision, which comes after years o

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  • January 26, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NOTED ELEVATIONS Hinckley, Allen & Snyder (Providence, R.I): Gerard R. Goulet has been elected managing partner of the firm. Goulet succeeds Michael P.

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  • January 9, 2003 | The Recorder

    Profit Margins Climb Even as Law Firm Grosses Tumble

    Grosses for the Bay Area's top legal players sank faster than the last Madonna movie, but box office was boffo in 2002 when it came to firm profit margins.Take-home pay actually climbe

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  • February 3, 2010 | The Recorder

    Calif. Bankruptcy Boutique Maintains High-End Practice

    High-end bankruptcy is a Big Law practice, dominated by firms at the top of the Am Law 100. Few California bankruptcy boutiques have been able to get a piece of that action. One of them, Los

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  • April 2, 2010 | The Recorder

    Eastman KO'd in Title Fight

    SACRAMENTO — Two attorney general candidates' bids to label themselves prosecutors on the June ballot were dashed by separate Sacramento judges on Thursday. John Eastman cannot acc

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  • January 31, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    How Bad Is It?

    The December collections frenzy is now a memory. If the check was really in the mail, it's arrived and been counted. Firms have paid last year's bills, written their year-end bonus checks (if

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  • February 25, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    ADDITIONAL BROBECK PARTNERS FIND HOMESThe list of former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison partners who have found new homes continued to grow Monday as Pillsbury Winthrop and Car

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  • April 8, 2010 | The Recorder

    Financing Finally Gaining Some Steam

    The capital markets are coming back. This week's batch of deals includes an IPO and two convertible debt offerings — an improbable string of deals even a year ago.

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  • February 4, 2009 | The Recorder

    Dewey Chooses Valley Over S.F. Office

    SAN FRANCISCO — Dewey & LeBoeuf said Tuesday it is transferring all of its San Francisco attorneys and their staff to its East Palo Alto office to "centralize" its Bay Area

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