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  • March 12, 2008 | The Recorder

    Howrey Tells Clients It's Getting Off the Troll Road

    The debate over patent trolls is dividing the IP bar.In one of the most overt examples of choosing sides, litigation firm Howrey provocatively proclaims in a new brochure for clients that i

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  • March 2, 2004 | The Recorder

    Deja Vu on M&A

    If you went to sleep in 2000 and woke up today, you'd find virtually the same frenzied mergers and acquisition market of four years ago."Your initial reaction might be that very little

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  • October 9, 2007 | The Recorder

    Blemished by Backdating

    Blemished by Backdating Other Silicon Valley companies with backdating issues, and their corporate/securities counsel during the

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  • October 27, 2008 | National Law Journal

    With '01 in mind, law firms alter layoff strategy

    Clifford Chance's latest round of attorney layoffs unfolded according to a carefully choreographed sequence of events. Almost. Law firm leaders spent a mo

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  • February 14, 2001 | The Recorder

    Thinning the Herd

    Corporate associates can forget about looking for greener pastures.With a drop-off in public offerings, venture capital funding, and a decline in associate attrition, the San Francisco

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  • November 1, 2007 | The Recorder

    Silicon Scene

    MONEY TALKS IN TWO ALL-CASH DEALS FOR THELEN, COOLEY Cash is king � especially during a credit crunch. With credit markets uncertain, companies working up mergers or acquisition

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  • September 12, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey and Orrick in merger talks

    New York's Dewey Ballantine and San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are discussing a possible merger, the leaders of both firms confirmed Monday. It remains unclear ho

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  • January 25, 2000 | The Recorder

    Hand in Hand

    David Madrid remembers his last day at Cooley Godward, or rather the evening of his last day. He, four other partners and a few associates had just left Cooley's Palo Alto office for the las

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  • August 6, 2008 | The Recorder

    Filings Show Firm Payed $9.5 Mil. in Brocade Case

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has paid $9.5 million to Brocade Communications Systems to release itself - as well its chairman and former Brocade board member, Larry Sonsini - from civil claims

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  • September 11, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey and Orrick in Merger Talks

    New York's Dewey Ballantine and San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are discussing a possible merger, the leaders of

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