• September 9, 2011 | The Recorder

    Bar's New President Has Its Back

    There are people who think the State Bar is in need of a serious overhaul. Jon Streeter isn’t one of them. As a member of a State Bar task force this year, the Keker & Van N

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  • December 9, 2009 | The Recorder

    DLA Breaks Lockstep, Cuts Base Pay

    SAN FRANCISCO — DLA Piper is implementing a new associate compensation model that cuts salary and throws out lockstep in favor of a three-tiered, performance-based system. The firm is

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  • July 21, 2008 | National Law Journal

    IN-BRIEF

    International court urges U.S. to stop executions The International Court of Justice has again stepped into the ongoing legal dispute between Mexico a

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  • March 29, 2004 | The Recorder

    The (Way) Back Office

    For years, law firms have turned to outside vendors for services that fall under the broad category of "things we can count" -- such as reprographics, mail, messenger and food services.br

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  • November 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    C s wary of plan for policing federal bench The national committee in charge of fashioning new rules for disciplining wayward federal judges decided to withhold the c

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  • December 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Armed With a Weakened Weapon

    Six years ago TiVo Inc. was a dominant player in the still-emerging field of digital video recording. The company had introduced the first consumer DVR unit in 1999, just ahead of its th

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  • October 18, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Former Countrywide Executives Settle SEC Charges as Trial Nears

    Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive officer and chairman of Countrywide Financial Corp., once the nation's largest mortgage lender, has agreed to pay $67.5 million to settle claims by the U.S

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  • November 10, 2006 | The Recorder

    South Korea Comin' Up Fast?

    South Korea has been described as the next frontier for major U.S. law firms. Now it may be closer than ever.

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  • July 20, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Weil Defers Summer Associates

    As we recently said , the year 2012 sounds so futuristic to us that we barely conte

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  • October 31, 2008 | The Recorder

    Four attorneys to guide Thelen's demise

    Four lawyers are set to guide Thelen's wind-down. The three members of Thelen's dissolution committee are David Graybeal, Douglas Davidson and Thomas Hill. The firm has also hired as

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