• August 7, 2002 | The Recorder

    Genentech and Chiron Face Off in Patent Battle

    Biotech titans Genentech Inc. and Chiron Corp. began slugging it out in Sacramento federal court Tuesday as both sides told a jury they had invented the technology underlying Genentech's Herce

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  • May 2, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Parlez-Vous Global Marketing?

    Rapid economic growth in many countries is fueling big growth opportunities these days for U.S. firms. In good times and bad, legal services are required at nearly every step of the internatio

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  • January 29, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    MOFO NAMES NEW HEAD OF LITIGATIONMorrison & Foerster has named Lori Schechter head of the firm's 420-lawyer litigation department.Schechter succeeds James Bennett to

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  • August 8, 2002 | The Recorder

    New U.S. Attorney Puts Team in Place

    It's back to the future for the Northern District U.S. attorney's office.On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan installed three veterans -- whose prosecutorial experience averages more

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  • February 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Suit Alleges Target Denies Blind Access to Online Shopping

    Editor's note: The article incorrectly states that attorney Mazen Basrawi estimates 600,000 plaintiffs belong in the class and could seek a total of $2.4 billion. We regret any error.Through

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  • January 9, 2003 |

    Practicing in ... San Francisco

    Yes, the dot-com era is over. Yes, local law firms have laid off scores of lawyers. No, there are no tumbleweeds tumbling down San Francisco's famously hilly streets. While firms heavily depen

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  • April 21, 2010 | The Recorder

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    San FranciscoTodaySouth Asian Bar Association's Table for Six Mentorship Event. 6 p.m. at Il Fornaio, 327 Lorton Ave., Burlingame. Senior attorneys, practicing

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  • January 31, 2003 | The Recorder

    Brobeck Falls

    Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, a San Francisco legal institution that just two years ago stood at the pinnacle of the technology law firm boom, announced Thursday that it will dissolve, crus

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  • February 13, 2006 | The Recorder

    Suit Aims at Target, and the Web

    Through careful negotiations and tactical lawsuits, plaintiff attorneys have won greater access for the blind to essential 21st century technologies, such as ATMs and voting machines.N

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  • December 21, 2005 | The Recorder

    SEC Charging Decision May Augur Change

    White-collar defense lawyers had plenty of theories Tuesday about last week's unexpected decision by SEC staff attorneys to drop fraud charges on the eve of trial against four former executive

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