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  • January 13, 2012 | The Recorder

    Jury Mostly Backs Employees Who Broke Away from Bike Company

    In August, a jury returned a $310 million verdict in litigation over the Bratz doll. A month later, an L.A. hedge fund manager won $60 million in his still-unfinished feud with the hedge fund he le

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  • February 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Law of the Jungle

    After epitomizing the practice of patent law for decades, all that remains of the venerable Los Angeles boutique firm of Lyon & Lyon, which closed down last summer, are the bare bones of a

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  • June 13, 2008 | Legal Times

    Will Obama's Camp Have Room for Lawyers Who Backed Clinton?

    Hillary Clinton's lawyer fan base is now fertile ground for Barack Obama. But just how far the Clintonites will be able to wriggle into Obama's inner circle -- and possible administration -- is an ope

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  • December 10, 1999 | The Recorder

    CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

    As thousands of people descended on Seattle to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization, unsuspecting lawyers found themselves in the thick of the tear gas and turtle power. For lawyers and s

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  • September 11, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Nonlawyers Running Firms

    There's a new breed of law firm manager in town -- a nonlawyer with executive decision-making power.Increasingly, firms -- from large-market leaders to small boutiques -- are elevating

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  • November 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Branch Offices

    A Adams and Reese: New Orleans (85); Houston (42); Jackson, Miss. (30); Nashville, Tenn. (30); Baton Rouge, La. (18);

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  • October 14, 2013 | International

    Lawyers Still See Obstacles to Foreign M&A in Japan

    Following last month's $1.67 billion acquisition of Panasonic Corp.'s health care unit by KKR & Co., some are wondering if Japan Inc. is starting to cast off a longtime aversion

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  • October 7, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Import Ban Looms for Samsung in Apple Patent Fight

    Samsung Electronics Co. is hoping the White House will veto an order that would bar the company from importing some of its smartphones and tablets. But observers say the company and its lawy

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  • June 15, 2006 | The Recorder

    Bingham Poaches Pillsbury IP Talent

    Bingham McCutchen has poached Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner William Abrams, who until recently headed the firm's IP litigation team. Abrams had been with Pillsbury for seven years

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  • May 17, 1999 | The Recorder

    FTC Drops Employment Law Bomb

    An opinion by the Federal Trade Commission is threatening to turn employment investigation laws upside down. Using a 1996 consumer protection statute, the FTC says lawyers who investigate wo

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