• September 23, 2004 |

    Spending Wisely on Technology

    Law firms are starting to spend on technology again, focusing on projects that will help the enterprise run more smoothly and efficiently. Not that many years ago, before the economic downturn

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  • May 2, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Firm ads boast a bolder look

    When Marvin Spivak wanted an advertising campaign that would set his intellectual property litigation team apart from the competition, he decided to make a bold move. Bold, that is, in t

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  • October 25, 2004 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    LAWYERS SOUGHT TO MAKE ELECTION DAY GO SMOOTHERWanted: a few good multilingual attorneys to save the presidential election from fraud or error.Several hundred Bay Area l

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  • February 1, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Enron Mess Gives a Boost to MDP Foes

    The controversy over Arthur Andersen's handling of Enron Corp.'s books may not only stain the accounting giant's reputation but also could be a fatal blow to an often talked-about marriage of the a

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  • January 17, 2006 | The Recorder

    Keker Matches Associate Salary Hikes

    Days after two big L.A. firms hiked base salaries for associates, San Francisco's Keker & Van Nest announced it was matching the raise.Keker partner Christopher Kearney said last week that t

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  • December 19, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Business Is More His Calling Than Law

    IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Francis X. Frantz, Alltel Corp., Little Rock, Ark.TITLE: Executive vice president of external affairs, general counsel and secretaryAGE:

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  • June 27, 2000 | The Recorder

    Privacy Patrol

    Already bedeviled by legislators and consumer advocates about their privacy policies, Internet companies now have a new foe to contend with: the class action bar. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes &

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  • August 15, 2003 | The Recorder

    Zapped by Outage, Firms Scramble to Cope

    One of the problems with going global is that when disaster occurs in some far-flung locale, every corner of the law firm is affected.Take Thursday's massive blackout on the East Coast

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  • October 1, 2009 | National Law Journal

    DOJ: Proposed Settlement Reached in State Secrets Suit in D.C.

    A tentative settlement has been reached in a long-running suit that alleges a former intelligence agent and a State Department official unlawfully eavesdropped on a DEA agent, potentially bringing

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  • February 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Cherry-Picking Talent

    Norman Cruz was stuck at a big firm with no place to grow.After nine years as a real estate associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the 36-year-old Boalt Hall School of La

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