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  • June 18, 2004 | The Recorder

    Media Weighs In on Web Libel Appeal

    California's largest newspapers have filed an amicus curiae brief in a libel case on behalf of two former employees sued by Varian Medical Systems Inc.At issue in the upcoming Californ

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  • October 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    EMC Asks Federal Circuit to Ease Transfer of Infringement Claims

    When a non-practicing entity called Oasis Research LLC sued EMC Corporation and 17 other companies for patent infringement in 2010, EMC could have quickly settled and moved on, like many of i

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  • July 17, 2006 | The Recorder

    Calif. Supreme Court Sides With State's Privacy Law

    Callers phoning California from out of state could face more than long-distance charges if they surreptitiously record their conversations.Specifically, a civil suit complete with damage

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  • April 19, 2010 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    ALL OF DOJ'S CONFLICTS Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) set off a firestorm recently when he pressed the U.S. Department of Justice about political appointees who had a

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  • December 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    Court Seems OK With This Aid to Schools

    LOS ANGELES � A defiant Justice Ming Chin seemed on the losing side Wednesday as the California Supreme Court appeared ready to let the state's more than 2,400 religiously affiliated schools r

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  • February 22, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    BINGHAM TAKES SEVEN FROM STRADLING YOCCABingham McCutchen has boosted its Southern California securities litigation practice with the addition of three partners and four associa

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  • May 31, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Wingtips take wing

    Read complete survey charts. Of about 360 firms asked for dress policy data, 235 supplied it. Memorial Day was once the time for Brahmin lawyers to take their white summer shoes out of the closet,

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  • December 28, 2004 | The Recorder

    Calif. Justices Allow Punitives in Contract Case

    The California 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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  • April 6, 2007 | The Recorder

    Judge Stops Fee Pacts in Lead Paint Suit

    In what could lead to a major setback for affirmative litigation in California, a Santa Clara County judge has told several cities and counties they can't contract with private lawyers on a conting

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  • December 18, 2001 | The Recorder

    Suit Accuses Oracle of Age Discrimination

    Oracle Corp. and its CEO Larry Ellison are back in court, this time accused of age discrimination and denying $20 million in stock options to an executive. Randy Baker was hired

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