• April 20, 2007 | The Recorder

    Nonpracticing Department Heads Leave Lawyers Free to Succeed

    Colleen Davies heads Reed Smith's 750-lawyer litigation department and maintains a busy practice, so she doesn't have time to make sure each practice group leader has an up-to-the-minute accou

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  • February 1, 2008 | International Edition

    U.S. Firms Struggle to Find U.K. Laterals

    LONDON — Lateral partner hires among elite U.S. firms in London have slowed during the last year, according to research from Recorder affiliate Legal Week, which illustrates

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  • January 2, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New Partners Drinker Biddle & Reath (Philadelphia): Debra M. Patalkis joins the securities and corporate governance litigation practice group as partner in the firm's Wash

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  • June 20, 2011 | National Law Journal

    AG seeking pro bono help

    Faced with an ever-growing caseload and the city's belt-tightening budget, District of Columbia Attorney General Irvin Nathan is looking for help. In the neighborhood and victim servic

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  • April 15, 2009 | The Recorder

    Two Emerge for Federal Bench

    SAN FRANCISCO — After weeks of vetting, Sen. Dianne Feinstein has recommended that the White House elevate two federal magistrates to Article Three status, say several sources with knowle

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  • October 14, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group has signed a lease for 74,000 square feet at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 7,000 more square feet than it now occupies at three Manhattan locations. The p

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  • July 10, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    STOEL RIVES ADDS FIVE NEW PARTNERSIn a continued drive to grow in California, Portland-based Stoel Rives has added four attorneys to its San Francisco office and one in Sacramen

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  • June 4, 2008 | The Recorder

    Brocade to Pay $160 Million In Backdating Suit

    Though Brocade Communications agreed on Monday to fork over a record $160 million to settle a civil backdating class action, Larry Sonsini isn't quite in the clear. The com

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  • December 15, 2006 | The Recorder

    Capital Accounts

    SACRAMENTO � If state politicos are looking for something to be thankful for this holiday season, they might want to consider someone: Scott Hallabrin, the a href="http://www.a

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  • August 30, 2013 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOFormer securities litigation partner Dorothy Fernandez has rejoined Morrison & Foerster as a pro bono counsel in San Francisco. Fernand

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