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  • October 3, 2002 | The Recorder

    City Attorney 'Not Happy' With Oakland Civil Settlement Costs

    Oakland City Attorney John Russo has released a midterm report card that reveals the city burned through nearly $550,000 so far on outside attorneys for the "Riders" police misconduct scandal.

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  • Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2012-08-13
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Jack Londen, Sean Gates, Hailly T.N. Korman; ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Mark D. Rosenbaum, David Sapp, Brooks M. Allen; Public Counsel Law Center, Catherine E. Lhamon, Maureen Carroll, Laura Faer and Hernan Vera, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Holguin, Garfield, Martinez & Quiñonez, Jesús E. Quiñonez; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Jeffrey B. Demain, Eileen B. Goldsmith, Danielle E. Leonard, and P. Casey Pitts, for Defendant and Appellant. California Department of Education, Amy Bisson Holloway and Edmundo Aguilar for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. David R. Holmquist, Alexander A. Molina, Marcos F. Hernandez, Aram Kouyoumdjian; Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Mary L. Dowell and Meredith G. Karasch, for Defendant and Respondent Los Angeles Unified School District. Kirkland & Ellis, Diana M. Torres and Elisa L. Miller, for Defendant and Respondent Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Horvitz & Levy, Robert H. Wright, Jeremy B. Rosen and Josephine K. Mason for Senator Bob Huff, Senator Gloria Romero (Ret.), Democrats for Education Reform, Communities for Teaching Excellence, Families in Schools, Lanai Road Education Action Committee, Reverend Eric P. Lee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference — Los Angeles, Rabbi Ron Stern, Members of the Public Education Advocacy Group of Stephen S. Wise Temple, Adam Kuppersmith, Karen Sykes-Orpe, Matthew J. Orique, and Lindi Williams as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents. Peter B. Morrison, George C. Fatheree III and Winston P. Hsiao for Certain Individual Members of United Teachers Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.
    Case Number: No. B230817

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9196 SHARAIL REED et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES,

  • August 31, 2009 | The Recorder

    5 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO

    Whether he was auctioning off lead counsel status in securities fraud class actions or sentencing a mail thief to public shame, Judge Vaughn Walker cut a curious line in the Northern District. Lawy

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  • January 10, 2007 | The Recorder

    Firms Surf M&A, Litigation Wave

    The rising tide of M&A deals lifted law firms' bottom lines in 2006, swelling revenue for some firms and keeping others afloat."Put a 'B' for billion in the M&A column," said M

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  • August 2, 2005 | The Recorder

    Wilson Gets Chang for Return Engagement

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has lured former partner Carmen Chang back into the fold with two attractive offers � the firm's China practice and sitting on the firm's policy committee.

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  • November 20, 2003 | The Recorder

    Partner Ranks Bulge, Except in Valley

    Things may be looking up for associates poised to grab a rung on the partnership ladder -- at least for those based outside Silicon Valley.Latham & Watkins announced Wednesday that

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  • June 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    The Upright Parcel Service

    When Norman Brothers, Jr., joined United Parcel Service, Inc., as its chief litigation counsel 11 years ago, he began as every new company manager does. He got up in the morning, donned the ubiquit

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  • November 3, 2008 | The Recorder

    Weighing Attorney-Client Arbitration

    SAN FRANCISCO — La Jolla physician Richard Schatz wants his $170,000 fee dispute with Los Angeles' Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis to go before a jury. But the l

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  • May 2, 2002 | The Minority Law Journal

    Measuring Up (and Down)

    The good news first: Last year the percentage of minority attorneys at the nation's largest firms finally broke into the double digits -- 10.1 percent, up from 9.7 percent in 2000. The n

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  • July 1, 2004 | Legaltech News

    Checks and More Checks

    Like most major law firms, managing professional liability issues at Pillsbury Winthrop is a challenge. We are an international law firm with more than 600 lawyers located in 13 U.S. offices and four

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