• April 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    A Case of Overkill?

    After someone electronically lifted embarrassing e-mails from Diebold Inc. and posted them online, the company responded with a tactic that other companies are increasingly using to prevent In

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  • April 12, 2010 | The Recorder

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    San FranciscoTuesday, April 13The Art of Persuasion. Registration at 8:30 a.m., program 9 a.m. to noon at the Bar Association of San Francisco Conference Center

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  • February 11, 2005 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    CONSUMERS UNION WINS LAWYER FEESConsumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, has parlayed its recent anti-SLAPP victory against Sharper Image Corp. into more than $500,000 in

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  • January 12, 2010 | The Recorder

    Trademark Suit Settles with Last-Minute Drama

    Judge William Alsup punctuated a courtroom-steps settlement in a novel trademark case by asking the lawyers to rewrite the agreement on the fly and apologize to the jury pool for wasting their morning

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  • May 25, 2007 | The Recorder

    Orrick's Staffing Moves Pay Off -- Will Other Firms Follow?

    When Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced it would move scores of support staff to a small industrial town in West Virginia, lawyers inside and out were skeptical of the quality of work and

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  • March 22, 2007 | The Recorder

    Firms Predict More Work, Less Equity

    Although law firm leaders at a recent conference publicly pooh-poohed predictions that industry profitability would stumble, in a new survey they say increasing expenses will cut into their bottom

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  • December 9, 2004 | Legal Times

    Court Allows Some Consumer Confusion in Trademark Ruling

    WASHINGTON -- Ruling in a closely watched intellectual property case, the Supreme Court gave both sides something to celebrate in disputes involving alleged consumer confusion over trademarks.

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  • April 30, 1999 | The Recorder

    Why Y2K Veto May Be Empty Threat

    This week's threatened veto of federal legislation limiting Y2K liability may have been music to the ears of trial lawyers hoping to cash in on the much-touted computer bug, but a victory party may

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  • April 3, 2006 | Legaltech News

    Video Can Be Risky Business

    In the courtroom, a picture is still worth a thousand words, but video can be priceless. Often, "what" was said is not nearly as important as "how" it was said. Video can illuminate the nuan

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  • October 20, 2006 | The Recorder

    Hunting for Headhunters

    When he was an associate in the L.A. office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, David Derrico says he got headhunter calls almost every day. One day, he got five before lunch. "I was always

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