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  • June 4, 2007 | Legal Times

    How the West (and the Rest) Could Be Won

    Amid a crowded political field, GOP presidential candidates try to lure Bush Pioneers and Rangers. Plus all of the latest news and notes...� a href="http://www.la

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  • August 19, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Coudert Breakup Voted After Merger Talks Fail

    Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm. "After exploring variou

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  • February 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Telecom Tie-Ups Yield Work for Several Firms

    A flurry of deal activity in the telecommunications market at the start of 2012-including the $1.1 billion all-cash offer that the Vodafone Group confirmed Monday it is considering making f

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  • September 22, 2008 | The Recorder

    If Merger Fails, Gems Remain in Thelen's Ranks

    Thelen is said to still be in merger discussions with Nixon Peabody. But if a merger hunt comes to naught — or if lawyers don't stick around to find out — there would appear to

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  • February 13, 2013 | The Recorder

    After 20 Years on Bench, Illston Taking Senior Status

    The Northern District of California, already down three judges, is about to have another vacancy.U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco plans to take senior status on July

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  • December 3, 2001 | The Recorder

    The Crackdown on IP Crime

    In July 1999, then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. was in San Jose to tell a new breed of crooks that the jig was up.From here on out, Holder said, the Justice Department

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  • August 12, 2013 | The Recorder

    On Top of Bleak Earnings, Amyris Faces Derivative Suit

    PALO ALTO — Emeryville-based Amyris Inc. has been slapped with a shareholder derivative suit, alleging executives misled investors about the progress of a key product to inflate th

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  • December 10, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Nothing Personal

    It's not personal. This is the current mantra of law firms with regards to their staff members, associates, and partners. "Sorry, first-year associate, you won't be starting

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  • April 22, 2004 | Special To Law.Com

    Low Visibility

    It's no secret that law firms are caste systems. In the early '80s, I worked my way through law school as a temp secretary at 18 of San Francisco's biggest firms, and quickly learned an import

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  • August 10, 2007 | Lawfirminc.

    Survey Says Librarians Like Their Jobs but Are Displeased With Vendors

    Refer to it as the library, and Sarah Nichols will quickly correct you, with just a bit of an edge in her voice. "We call it the Information Resource Center, or IRC," says Nichols, the global direc

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