• November 20, 2003 | The Recorder

    A Place To Go When The Deal Terms Are Just Too Confusing

    As a young associate, Richard Climan was often baffled as he listened to seasoned dealmakers toss around terms like "dead hand," "bear-hug" and "Revlon duty.""Sometimes I tended to suf

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  • November 21, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    The Firm Reports

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  • August 17, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    How lawyers and inventors can click

    IN MANY WAYS, inventor patent lawyers are opposites. The inventor is a dreamer-a creative, visionary person. The lawyer must be practical, and is all too aware of the need to follow rule

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  • September 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    The 2005 A-List: Think 'Balance'

    To be counted among the nation's elite, law firms need more than sheer size or money. They need the right mix of revenues, pro bono performance, satisfied associates and workplace diversity.

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  • 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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