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  • July 18, 2005 | The Recorder

    The Waiver Dilemma

    Although corporations have long relied on internal investigations by outside counsel to discover the scope of -- and assess responsibility for -- financial fraud, accounting irregularities and

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  • June 29, 2009 | The Recorder

    FIVE YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO

    A Santa Clara County judge overturned the rape convictions of two men because of prosecutors' failure to disclose investigatory notes to defense attorneys, among other reasons. Superior Court Judge

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  • August 8, 2005 | The Recorder

    Santa Clara Inmates Have Place to Turn

    Inmates released from Santa Clara County jails are known to pass along a valuable piece of property to those they leave behind: the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley's business card.Inm

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  • May 5, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Unbillable Hours: A True Story

    by Ian Graham, Kaplan, New York, N.Y. 320 pages, $24.95 Less than a year into his career as an L.A.-based litigation associate at Latham & Watkins, Ian Graham in 2002 was already a dissa

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  • July 22, 2008 | The Recorder

    Gov Fills 30 Bench Openings — Just 54 to Go

    SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed 30 trial court judges on Monday, easing a growing number of jurist vacancies that had grown to 84 in June, according to the Ju

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  • September 9, 2010 | The Recorder

    HP Faces Uphill Fight to Stop Hurd From Taking Oracle Position

    SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard's legal team will have a hard time persuading a state court judge to stop former CEO Mark Hurd from becoming co-president ofa class="linelink" target="new" h

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  • October 22, 2002 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO PG&E ATTORNEYS FEES The United States trustee overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has challenged millions of dollars

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  • November 18, 2002 | The Recorder

    Power Struggle

    After 18 months of intermittent hearings, $64 million in professional fees and some 11,000 documents on the docket, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is abou

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  • August 8, 2008 | The Recorder

    Court Brightens Rule Against Non-Compete Pacts

    SACRAMENTO — In a ruling long-awaited by the employment law sector, the state Supreme Court on Thursday effectively rejected the use of most non-competition agreements in Calif

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  • November 3, 2008 | The Recorder

    Weighing Attorney-Client Arbitration

    SAN FRANCISCO — La Jolla physician Richard Schatz wants his $170,000 fee dispute with Los Angeles' Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis to go before a jury. But the l

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