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  • December 17, 1999 | The Recorder

    VALLEY LIVIN'

    Valley's Hot, But Live There? Yuck. Silicon Valley may be white hot for technology deals, but it's a cold sell for new legal recruits who just can't see themselves living in the 'burbs. That -- along

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  • January 29, 2007 | The Recorder

    Immunity Issues Tie Brocade Cases Into Knots

    San Francisco's best-known white-collar defendant says he needs the cooperation of prosecutors to defend himself against charges of securities fraud. The government, unsurprisingly, doesn't see

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  • February 28, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Little-Noticed SOX Provision Gains Traction

    Two-and-a-half years after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a little noticed provision on whistleblowing is gaining traction.Within the sweeping corporate governance measures int

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  • July 22, 2013 | National Law Journal

    VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

    BUSINESS LAW S&P Lawsuit Proceeds A federal judge in Santa Ana, Calif., on July 16 refused to toss a Justice Department lawsuit accusing St

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  • October 12, 2009 |

    A Word for the White House

    Dear Mr. President: As the economy struggles and unemployment rates remain sky high, I ask you to withdraw your support for the Paycheck Fairness Act, which is pending on Capitol Hill.

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  • August 15, 2001 | The Recorder

    Cooley Godward Rated Best Law Firm to Work for

    Cooley Godward gets to claim bragging rights again.For the second year in a row, Vault Inc. has ranked it as the best law firm in the country to work for.Based on a survey of 9

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  • February 25, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Pro Bono Work for Animal Rights Skyrockets

    When Bruce Wagman of Schiff Hardin told management at one of his first law jobs that he wanted to do pro bono work in the area of animal law,

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  • October 31, 2005 | The Recorder

    Complexity Slows Milberg-Lerach Probe

    After the dozens of news stories, flurries of grand jury activity and periodic inquiries by the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office, there's one enduring mystery in the ongoing attempt to prose

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  • March 7, 2007 | The Recorder

    Trustee Wants Pillsbury to Repay $4 Million

    An alleged conflict of interest could cost Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman its role in a long-running bankruptcy case -- and more than $4 million in fees. A San Jose, Calif., bankruptcy ju

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  • November 5, 2009 | The Recorder

    SEC Throws Weight at Hedge Funds

    SAN FRANCISCO — The government has been sniffing around hedge funds for years and now, like a dog that's found where the bone is buried, it has started digging. Last month, author

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