• June 19, 2006 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOGibson, Dunn & Crutcher has added James Abrams and Neil Sekhri to its real estate practice. Both attorneys come to the firm from Farella Br

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  • February 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Court Rules in (Settled) Secrets Case

    The misappropriation of a trade secret creates just one claim for infringement, though damages can increase with each new misuse, the California Supreme Court has ruled.The court's Nov

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  • December 27, 2004 | The Recorder

    Justices Allow Punitives in Contract Case

    The state Supreme Court on Thursday gave businesses a new incentive to be honest by ruling that they could be hit with punitive damages for fraudulently breaching contracts.The 6-1 dec

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  • June 17, 1999 | The Recorder

    Endangered Species?

    For someone just coldcocked by the financial pitfalls of working for a mid-size law firm, Richard Stratton doesn't show it. Two months ago, Stratton -- along with 63 other lawyers -- was tos

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  • February 23, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    High Court Suspends Brooklyn Surrogate The Court of Appeals yesterday suspended Brooklyn Surrogate Michael H. Feinberg with pay pending a ruling on whether the judge sho

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  • July 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    O'Melveny Sues Maker of Bratz Dolls for Unpaid Legal Fees O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 millio

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  • April 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Quinn Emanuel Sharpens N.Y. Edge

    The lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges occasionally wear T-shirts and jeans to work, but they have a decidedly New York style.The Los Angeles-based law firm is geari

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  • June 6, 2011 | National Law Journal

    In fee case, frivolity is serious business

    A defendant facing frivolous and non-frivolous claims in a civil rights lawsuit may recover only the portion of his attorney's fees attributable to the frivolous claim, a unanimous Supreme

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  • May 4, 2007 | The Recorder

    Muy RICO! Is Microsoft the Mob?

    Legal Pad � the law blog that refuses to call itself a blawg! View all the latest posts on the main page or read a la carte: b

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  • November 10, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2011

    Hiring by New Jersey law firms is on a steady swing back nearly to prerecession levels, judging by the anecdotal evidence assembled in this, our annual new-associates magazine. This year's

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