• February 10, 2003 | The Recorder

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    JERSEY FIRM HOPES CALIFORNIA IS GARDEN STATEIra Rosenberg doesn't waste much time.He moved to the Bay Area in September, and by October had hired four local lawyers and

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  • May 2, 2000 | The Recorder

    Silicon Valley Firms Asked To Pony Up for Pro Bono

    Silicon Valley firms get a bad rap for their poor record on pro bono.Now they're getting a chance to do something about it.A group of attorneys and legal services agencies have launched a cam

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  • January 31, 2005 | The Recorder

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    FROM DISTANT GUAM COMES CROSS-OCEAN PARTNERSHIPThey met at a beauty contest in Guam nine years ago.Kathleen Fisher, then a partner at Morrison & Foerster, persuaded

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  • January 2, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Pro bono as crisis management

    The legal profession had cause for pride, but not complacency, in its dedication to pro bono service in 2005. The pride comes from attorneys like those we honor with our 2005 Pro

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  • March 9, 2012 | The Recorder

    White Wants a Makeover for Indigent Defense Panel

    SAN FRANCISCO — Ralph Baxter and Stephen Neal soon will be getting a call from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. He'll be asking their firms, and others, to represent poor drug dealers

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  • December 9, 2004 | The Recorder

    One Way to Settle a Suit: Buy Your Opponent

    The stage was set for a lengthy courtroom battle between Synopsys Inc. and Nassda Corp.But a few weeks before the trial was to begin, the players came up with a new script that put an

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  • April 1, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    The Perfect Storm

    It's the start of a new decade, and deal work is in the dumpster. In Washington, President Bush is sending troops abroad, while Wall Street struggles to cope with a recession and a stagn

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  • April 21, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    E-Vanity Of E-Vanities

    Leaving Reality Behind: etoy vs eToys.com Other Battles to Control Cyberspaceby Adam Wishard and Regula Bochsler; HarperCollins; 344 pagesIn September 1999 onlin

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  • May 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    At Dewey, More Partners Scatter, Leaders Scramble, and Holdouts Confront a Grim Reality

    A heightened sense of urgency gripped Dewey & LeBoeuf Tuesday as its remaining attorneys and staff awoke to confront the grim prosp

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  • May 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Cisco / NDS Cisco Systems, Inc., is back to making big acquisitions. The Internet networking company announced on March 15 that it had agreed to acquire NDS

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