• January 20, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Setting an Example

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has a harsh message for in-house lawyers: Fulfill your gatekeeper duties, or suffer the consequences. John Isselmann Jr. learned this lesson last fall wh

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  • February 14, 2002 | The Recorder

    Orrick OKs Lock-Step Salary Hike

    Associates at San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will get a lock-step salary increase retroactive to Jan. 1.Orrick Herrington sent a memo to associates Wednesday info

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  • January 31, 2006 | The Recorder

    All Over the Map

    LOS ANGELES � The legal world may be getting flatter, but when it comes to associate salaries, the playing field still isn't level.As firms across the country lift associate salaries,

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  • May 16, 2002 | The Recorder

    San Francisco Judge Nominated for U.S. Attorney Post

    San Francisco Superior Court Judge Kevin Ryan will be nominated as Northern California's top federal prosecutor, the White House announced Tuesday.There's been speculation that R

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  • February 27, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Large Firms Still Grapple With Advertising Issues

    As lucrative as financial restructuring is for law firms these days, not many lawyers would think to joke about it to potential clients.Bingham Dana sees things differently. The

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  • January 13, 2006 | Alm

    Attorneys' Bonuses Increase With Profits

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's recent pr

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  • February 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    Mofo Attorneys Turn $660M Acquisition in 12 Days

    It turned out to be an unforgettable Valentine's Day for the crew of lawyers who inked a $660 million deal for Credence Systems Corp. to acquire NPTest Holdings Corp.NPTest gave Creden

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  • May 14, 2002 | The Recorder

    Summer Slide in California

    Just like revenues, profits and hours-based bonuses, summer a te classes are much smaller this year than last at most San Francisco Bay Area firms.While the bulk of summer a

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  • August 27, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Ivory Towers Fire at Corporations Over Patents

    Margaret Cronin Fisk Special to American Lawyer Media NEW YORK-In one of the latest trends in intellectual property litigation, universities across the United States are

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  • September 22, 2011 | The Recorder

    19 Hours of Settlement Talks for Oracle, Google CEOs

    SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle and Google's billionaire CEOs have spent nearly 20 hours this week holed up in a federal courthouse with their lawyers and other top company executives for court-or

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