• September 21, 2001 |

    Creditors Push for SoCal Edison Bankruptcy

    On the same day the parent company of California's Pacific Gas & Electric Co. proposed a $13.2 billion plan to emerge from Chapter 11, creditors of the state's other ailing utility moved t

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  • February 1, 2007 | Alm

    Most Calif. Firms Still Not Matching N.Y. Associates� Pay

    More California-based firms are opting for a segmented associate salary scale, hiking pay to a $160,000 base in their New York offices but implementing a $145,000 scale in California.T

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  • May 8, 2000 | The Recorder

    Poach a Brobeck Lawyer, Get a Bill

    Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has come up with a novel response to the flight of attorneys in-house: charge clients a fee for hiring away talent.Brobeck is obligating its clients to pay 25 per

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  • December 13, 2004 | The Recorder

    Paralegal Prognosis

    In many ways, Stephanie Persi's career as a paralegal is ideal.She graduated from California State University-Hayward with a degree in English. She then obtained a paralegal certificat

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  • June 19, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    SECURITY CHIEF IS CJP'S NEW MEMBERSACRAMENTO -- Coca-Cola Bottling Co.'s chief of security in Southern California is the newest member of the Commission on Judicial Performance.

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  • August 8, 2005 | The Recorder

    More Money? Please?

    It's been a long five years since Am Law 200 firms have decided to bump first-year associate salaries. So many are asking: Will the coming year be any different? "Nobody's broken out of the box,

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  • January 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    SEC Plans Update of Rule of Rule That Targets Pre-IPO Hype

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ended its investigation of Google's initial public offering without filing charges arising from an interview with Google's founders that appeare

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  • November 1, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Sherwin-Williams Found Liable For Corporate Franchise Taxes

    ALBANY � The Sherwin-Williams Co. painted itself into a corner by setting up Delaware holding companies and then seeking a New York tax break, an appellate panel said last week. The Ap

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  • November 1, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Kaye Scholer Begins Return to Offices Damaged in Fire Kaye Scholer was expected to return to its offices at 425 Park Avenue this morning. The law firm was displaced by an

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  • June 17, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Boxley Placed on Unpaid LeaveAssembly counsel J. Michael Boxley, who faces charges of first- and third-degree rape, has been placed on unpaid leave, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Sil

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