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  • November 30, 2010 | The Recorder

    Privacy Class Actions Lag Behind the Online World

    Plaintiffs attorney Scott Kamber is a privacy watchdog for consumers in the online world. Over the years, he's filed many class actions against companies over various security breaches of online in

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  • May 27, 2004 | The Recorder

    Secret Service

    After pulling a merger or launching an IPO, transactional lawyers often get to brag.But there's one kind of work that's usually hush-hush: inking outsourcing agreements.Given t

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  • November 7, 2012 | National Law Journal

    California's Three Strikes Reform Vote a Victory for Stanford Clinic

    Stanford Law School students and faculty celebrated on election night, after years of hard work paid off when California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, which reforms the state

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  • December 7, 2009 | The Recorder

    Wilson Sonsini's Jackpot Pursuit

    SAN FRANCISCO — When John Roos left Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in August to become U.S. ambassador to Japan, he was forced to leave behind his stake in the law firm's famed inve

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  • May 30, 2002 | The Recorder

    Yahoo Sues Its Insurer Over Nazi Case Fees

    The best defense sometimes requires a good offense.At least that's what Internet portal Yahoo Inc. is arguing in a suit against its insurer. Yahoo -- which became tangled

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  • November 7, 2001 | The Recorder

    Time to Pay Up

    At law firms across the nation, the calls are going out. Some lawyers adopt a pleading tone on the phone. Others pin their hopes on a sense of camaraderie, presenting it as a person

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  • April 2, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey, Gibson Dunn Advise as Dell Keeps Its Head in Cloud Computing by Snapping Up Wyse

    In a move aimed at further beefing up its offerings to business customers, computer maker Dell, Inc. announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire cloud computing company Wyse Technology

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  • June 23, 2003 | The Recorder

    Rising From the West

    If partners weren't clear that Latham & Watkins was in trouble, they knew it as soon as they stepped into the tacky hotel conference room near the Los Angeles International Airp

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  • June 27, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Crash Landing

    Now that the new economy has sputtered to a halt, the big question facing San Francisco-area law firms is whether their record growth in profits and revenues will do the same.For

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  • February 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Slip Sliding Away

    The head count among Washington law firms continued to decline last year, but not as sharply as it did in 2010, when the D.C. legal market suffered its biggest recorded drop in 25 years. Acco

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