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  • June 1, 2009 |

    Slugfest!

    In the seventies and eighties, when Japanese and Korean corporations first began to overtake their U.S. counterparts in the global electronics trade, a common refrain among American commentators wa

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  • April 25, 2011 | The Recorder

    Banks Lawyer Up for Failed Mortgage Lawsuits

    LAST SPRING, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco hit a whole mob of financial institutions with a lawsuit demanding money back for residential mortgage-backed bonds gone bad. In the summer,

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  • May 1, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Despite Court Win, TiVo Faces a Rerun

    TiVo Inc. faces the possibility of having to defend a multimillion-dollar verdict it won in a patent infringement suit against EchoStar Communications Corp. while defending the validity

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  • December 6, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    PROFILE-By George

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Stephanie Tsacoumis has visited the Georgetown University campus every Monday this past fall. She's there to teach Federal Securities Law Di

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  • January 11, 2010 | The Recorder

    5 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO

    McKesson Corp. agreed to pay $960 million to end one of the largest securities class actions ever. Investors had sued in 1999 after McKesson merged with HBO & Co., then revealed accounting irre

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  • July 18, 2012 | The Recorder

    Q&A: MoFo's Gonzalez Scores Big Win in Pro Bono Wrongful Death Case

    On Tuesday, an Alameda County jury returned a $60 million wrongful death verdict against software developer Hans Reiser was convicted in 2008 of the 2006 murder of his wife, Nina. Reiser

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  • October 16, 2008 | The Recorder

    Shearman Grabs O'Melveny Trio

    SAN FRANCISCO — Three high-profile, well-traveled M&A lawyers are leaving O'Melveny & Myers for Shearman & Sterling, according to sources familiar with the deal. b

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  • March 7, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Howrey to Vote on Dissolving This Week

    Amid a stream of departures, partners at Howrey are set to vote this week on whether to dissolve the law firm, according

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  • July 1, 2009 | The Recorder

    Untangling Stimulus Strings

    Clean-tech clients eager to compete for stimulus funds are learning fast that government money doesn't come without quite a few strings attached. A few examples: The government has free lic

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  • January 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Second Choice for Number Two

    When Paul McNulty became the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2001, the prosecutors in his Alexandria office didn't know what to expect. Though their new boss had work

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