• February 22, 2005 |

    Will California's Stem Cell Initiative Reap Royalties?

    When the backers of California's stem cell initiative were seeking voter support last year, they not only promised cures for dread diseases, but also licensing revenue for the state. A stateme

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  • February 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    The $100 Million Man

    Lawyers who worked on deals for Enron Corp. were paid well, but it turns out that investigating those deals pays even better. Neal Batson, Enron's court-appointed bankruptcy examiner,

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  • September 21, 2011 | The Recorder

    For Oracle, Google Lawyers, a Trial by Fire

    U.S. District Judge William Alsup has tossed a lot of curve balls at the 42 lawyers toiling away on Oracle Corp.'s giant patent suit against Google Inc. They'll probably see a few more as the cas

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  • October 15, 2004 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    TENTATIVE RULING HITS BOFA WITH FURTHER FEESLawyers representing a class of approximately 1.3 million Californians suing Bank of America for seizing exempt social security funds

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  • April 30, 2003 | The Recorder

    Settlement With Analysts Could Fuel Litigation

    The California Department of Corporations expects a new wave of securities litigation now that regulators have reached a historic settlement with investment banks over analyst conflicts of int

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  • June 1, 2005 | The Recorder

    Ex-Football Player Romanowski Settles Suit With Teammate

    As former Oakland Raider Bill Romanowski's movie career took off last month, a chapter in his legal travails was quietly laid to rest. Romanowski, who currently plays a sadistic pr

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  • November 20, 2009 | The Recorder

    Gay Marriage Gets Boost from Ninth Circuit

    SAN FRANCISCO — Not one to be left out of a constitutional thicket, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski granted health benefits Thursday to the same-sex partners

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  • February 4, 2000 | The Recorder

    Judge Boosts Motion Picture Industry's DVD Case

    A federal judge in New York says the motion picture industry is likely to prevail in its copyright infringement claim against individuals distributing DVD decryption software over the Internet.

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  • July 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Cash Cow

    In the late 1970s scientists at the University of California figured out a way to increase milk production in dairy cows. But it wasn't until February of this year that UC was finally able to

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  • December 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    Quinn Emanuel Launches Tokyo Office

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is hoping the firm's new Tokyo office -- its first stake overseas -- will help it court new Japanese clients litigating in the United States."We ha

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