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  • January 10, 2007 | The Recorder

    Firms Surf M&A, Litigation Wave

    The rising tide of M&A deals lifted law firms' bottom lines in 2006, swelling revenue for some firms and keeping others afloat."Put a 'B' for billion in the M&A column," said M

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  • November 22, 2006 | The Recorder

    Bankruptcy Lawyers Adjust to Drought

    An improving economy isn't good news for everyone. With fewer businesses going broke, the pace of traditional work for bankruptcy lawyers has slowed considerably -- for now.Industry experts

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  • May 2, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Bingham swallows Alschuler Grossman

    LOS ANGELES � Bingham McCutchen has acquired the roughly 40 la from Santa Monica, Calif.-based Alschuler Grossman. With the combination, Bingham McCutchen now has 1,000 la

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  • January 29, 2009 | The Recorder

    200 lose jobs at Morrison & Foerster

    SAN FRANCISCO — The bad news continues for Bay Area associates and legal staffers. San Francisco giant Morrison & Foerster cut 53 lawyers and 148 staff

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  • August 30, 2011 | The Recorder

    Lateral Partner Movement Achieves Liftoff in Northern California

    Gumption is back at many big firms. 2011 began with a bang in lateral partner movement in Northern California: In the first half of the year, 158 partners left their firms for another law fi

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  • August 26, 2011 | The Recorder

    Lateral Liftoff

    Gumption is back at many big firms. 2011 began with a bang in lateral partner movement in Northern California: In the first half of the year, 158 partners left their firms for another law fi

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  • April 16, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    Cooley Fends Off Class Cert Bid by Facebook Advertisers, with a Little Help from Dukes

    As far as we know, U.S. Supreme Court opinions don't have their own Facebook profiles. If they did, we're guessing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg might want to add the court's a href="http

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  • July 16, 2012 | The Recorder

    Managing Expectations in a Post-Facebook World

    SAN FRANCISCO — Every time the phone rings, Peter Buckland tells himself it could be the next Mark Zuckerberg. These days, Silicon Valley startup lawyers like Wilmer Cutler Picker

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  • August 20, 2002 | The Recorder

    The Top 10

    Diversify, diversify, diversify.That's the lesson from the California 40, The Recorder's rundown of the 40 top-grossing California firms in 2001.Law firms whose pr

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  • December 18, 2003 | The Recorder

    Death Drop

    When it comes to death sentences, the Alameda County district attorney's office had a rough year.Prosecutors pursued five capital cases but only got the death penalty in one. One

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