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  • April 13, 2010 | The Recorder

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    A man who was injured in a bicycle accident received a $145,000 settlement. On Jan. 2, 2006, Valeriano Saucedo, then 22, hit an allegedly 1-foot wide, 6-inch-deep Berkeley pothole and was th

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  • December 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Patent Malpractice Claims Hit Firms

    The high level of liability exposure in patent work and the growing complexity of the practice area are making law firms increasingly vulnerable to malpractice lawsuits that blame attorneys for a j

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  • June 27, 2000 | National Law Journal

    A New Mom Who Helps the World

    TITLE: General counselAGE: 40ORGANIZATION: The Soros Foundations Network is made up of 32 separate foundations in 32 countries, which together represent on

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  • April 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Rejects New Trial Over Ineffective Assistance Claims

    In a decision underlining its acceptance of the standard used by New York state courts to consider the effectiveness of defense counsel, a divided federal appeals panel has refused to order a new t

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  • June 13, 2000 | Legal Times

    It's a Law Firm, Stupid

    Summer programs provide both student and law firm with a unique opportunity -- the chance to determine whether or not the two are a match as employee and employer. The last few years have seen

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  • October 24, 2007 | The Associated Press

    IBM Says It Has a New Way to Profit from Patents

    IBM Corp. says it has dreamed up a new method for profiting from its vast storehouse of patents. And by the way, the company wants to patent the idea. Beyond the circularity of the concept,

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  • May 14, 2007 | The Recorder

    How Small Firms Are Managing $160,000 Salaries

    In February, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder partners invited their associates to discuss pay increases over lunch. It was a response to the first announcements rocking Silicon Valley that som

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  • July 20, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Does Bankruptcy Void a Dot-Com's Customer Guarantees?

    In an issue of first impression, a Massachusetts bankruptcy court will decide whether Toysmart.com, a bankrupt Internet retailer, can sell its customer list despite a guarantee that such infor

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  • October 25, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Federal Judge to Weigh Dismissal of IPO Class Action

    The gargantuan class action suit charging Wall Street firms and their clients with illegally manipulating initial public offerings during the high-tech boom faces its first and possibly most criti

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  • August 23, 1999 | Legal Times

    A Tale of Three Cities

    James Montgomery had been a partner in the Austin, Texas, office ofHouston's Porter & Hedges for nearly three years when he packed his desklast month and moved across town to the local outpost

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