• October 29, 1999 | The Recorder

    Panel: You Can Judge Book by Cover

    The Beardstown Ladies were a publisher's dream come true: a group of adorable Midwestern grandmothers who started an investment club, struck gold, and decided to share their homespun investment adv

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  • October 25, 2007 | The Recorder

    In David vs. Goliath Case, Intel to Pay $250 Million to End Patent Suit

    Transmeta Corp., a struggling Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker, emerged with a transformative licensing deal Wednesday, as Intel Corp. agreed to pay it $250 million to settle a patent infringement su

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  • July 1, 2011 | Bloomberg

    JPMorgan scores victory for repeat offenders

    Read just about any article in the financial press about a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement with some accused fraudster, and you probably will see two lines bound to get a lot of

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  • February 1, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Sealing Divorce Documents Not Lawful

    A recent state appellate court ruling in the divorce of a Los Angeles billionaire has declared a California statute unconstitutional because it allows spouses to seal entire documents from public v

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  • Batt v. City and County of San Francisco

    Publication Date: 2010-04-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-04-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff and Appellant: Berding & Weil, Daniel L. Rottinghaus, Fredrick A. Hagen; Paul G. Kerkorian
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant and Respondent: Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney; Julie Van Nostern, Chief Tax Attorney, Peter J. Keith, Deputy City Attorney

    Case Number: No. A123253

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 5227ANGEL BATT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v.CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Defendan

  • December 8, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Case of First Impression Involving First Amendment

    The Texas Supreme Court heard a lively debate on Dec. 3 in a case of first impression that may determine whether satire is a protected form of speech.At issue is "Stop the Madness," a

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  • August 29, 2011 | Bloomberg

    Buffett's $7 million sacrifice is only a start

    Whenever the leadership class feels nervous, you can count on some of them to offer the less-moneyed masses a bone to demonstrate they care. Warren Buffett says his idea of "shared sacrifice"

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  • February 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Old News For Orrick

    Seven courtships, zero weddings. That's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's merger record following the collapse of negotiations with Dewey Ballantine in January. Why all the romancing but no

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  • August 30, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Top New York Lawyers Share Their War Stories

    Everyone loves a good war story, and lawyers are no exception. The New York Law Journal asked some of New York's top lawyers to share their most embarrassing, absurd, poignant or simply

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  • September 26, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Rosy Recruitment Spin Hides Thorns of Big-Firm Associates' Work

    Leigh Jones [email protected] NEW YORK-Part of today's recruiting pitch from big law firms competing for top graduates to fill their associate ranks is the promise of meaningful an

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