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  • January 26, 2007 | The Recorder

    Immunity Brings New Conflict in Brocade

    San Francisco's best-known white-collar defendant says he needs the cooperation of prosecutors to defend himself against charges of securities fraud. The government, unsurprisingly, does

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  • February 16, 2007 | The Recorder

    Bankruptcy boutique's lawyers depart for larger firms

    If it's tough to be tiny, it's even tougher to be small and specializing in insolvency. San Francisco bankruptcy boutique McNutt & Litteneker began shedding attorneys in the summer of

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  • October 3, 2002 | The Recorder

    How They Feel

    What a difference a job makes when unemployment starts to soar. That's the prevailing theory proffered to explain L.A.-based Irell & Manella's meteoric rise in esteem among its

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  • January 26, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Mayer Brown leaders face rocky times

    Mayer Brown has lost at least 15 partners since August, including the co-head of its global restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency group, as the firm prepares to report a double-digit perce

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  • June 10, 2008 |

    Employer Liability: The Joints Are Jumpin'

    Plaintiffs counsel have become increasing adept at crafting new theories of employer liability in wage-and-hour class actions. One current trend is to attack companies for alleged

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  • March 26, 2009 | The Recorder

    China's Legal Labors

    SAN FRANCISCO — Think of a place where employees are fired without an ounce of risk to the company. A place where a boss who is looking to cut costs can just skip that Social Security tax

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  • March 1, 2008 |

    Using the U.S. Computer Fraud Statute in Trade Secret Cases

    For decades, employers have asserted a variety of state law claims against former employees who purloined important company information, including claims for breach of contract, trade secret misapp

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  • May 9, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    LATERALS Dewey Ballantine (New York): J. Anthony Terrell, Catherine C. Hood and Michael F. Fitzpatrick Jr., formerly of Thelen Reid & Priest, have joined the corporate de

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  • February 21, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW ARRIVALS BRACEWELL & GIULIANI (Houston): Jeleen Guttenberg joins the firm's employee benefits, Employee Retirement Income S

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  • June 12, 2002 | The Recorder

    The Hottest IP Property? Brobeck Team

    On the legal stage, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's intellectual property partners have become as sought after as box office draws Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts.

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