• April 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Legal Business Falls With Plunge in IPOs

    A dire market for initial public offerings this year has triggered an abrupt halt in work for corporate lawyers who regularly handle issues associated with those financings.

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  • May 12, 2006 | The Recorder

    Six Days, Six Lawyers, $24 Billion

    Golden West Financial Corp. General Counsel Michael Roster used to tell outside lawyers in speeches that there were certain firms he would call in to do a major transaction, or ("God forbid") a maj

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  • People v. Lexington National Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2010-11-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-11-08
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Patrick D. Moran and Shirley S. N. Sun, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Shahbaz Law Group and Jacob A. Shahbaz for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B221639

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 14106THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LEXINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendan

  • July 25, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    A Law Degree Is Still Worth A Million, Earnings Study Shows

    At a time when many are questioning whether a law degree is worth the hefty investment of money and time, two professors have put a dollar value on it: The lifetime earnings of law gr

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  • May 10, 2012 | Law.com Corporate

    Leaders remain at Dewey as nearly 30 more partners stream out the doors

    As partners at Dewey & LeBoeuf stream toward the exits, the question is no longer, "Who's departing?" Rather, it's become a

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  • October 30, 2002 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    SANTA CLARA WILL REQUIRE PRO BONO Under a resolution adopted by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, firms that want to continue doing legal work for the coun

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  • September 28, 2005 | The Recorder

    Headhunting Heats Up in China Market

    Earlier this year, New York-based recruiter Henry Lipschutz persuaded Kurt Berney, a prized partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, to join O'Melveny & Myers' China practice.

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  • September 20, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pushing Legal Research Beyond Google

    When it comes to sleuthing for information there are no hard and fast rules for paralegals, except maybe this one: Don't ignore the Internet.The courts may notice if you do.Last year,

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  • November 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

    9th Circuit Sustains Restrictions on Legal Aid Organizations

    A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 last week that rules that bar legal aid organizations financed by the Legal Services Corp., or LSC, from participating in class actions and collecting attorney fee

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  • September 25, 2000 |

    When Adam Called Marty

    This past spring, Marty Metz took a call from Adam Bendell. The two men are members of the close-knit community of legal technologists, so the call was not surprising, but the content was. Ben

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