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  • February 15, 2013 | The Recorder

    Revenue Growth Modest at Many Firms, But Profits Surge

    Add a little bit of revenue. Subtract partners. Control costs. That math helped a number of California law firms boost their profitability in 2012 despite shaky demand for legal servic

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  • People v. Barrett

    Publication Date: 2012-07-30
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Dorian Jung, Seth K. Schalit and Lisa H. Ashley Ott, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jean Matulis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Deborah A. Dorfman and Sujatha Jagadeesh Branch for Disability Rights California, ARC of California, Capitol People First, Professor Robert Jacobs, Professor Michael Perlin and Olivia Raynor as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. S180612

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 8538 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTINE BARRETT, Defendant and Appel

  • In re Marriage Cases

    Publication Date: 2008-05-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sterling E. Norris for Judicial Watch, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants State of California and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Kuna-Jacob as Amicus Curiae.
    Case Number: S147999

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 5820In re MARRIAGE CASES. [Six?consolidated appeals.]No. S147999In the Supreme Court of CaliforniaC

  • August 15, 2011 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    CRACK RULES RETROACTIVE A federal appeals court has ruled that the new, more lenient sentencing rules for crack cocaine must be applied retroactively so that every

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  • January 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    The Free-Agent Attorney

    Curt Flood never practiced law, but in a way, his story was a harbinger for the modern large-firm partner.More than 35 years ago, Flood, then an outfielder for the St. Louis Card

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  • July 23, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Change or Die: Reflections on Richard Susskind's 'The End of Lawyers?'

    Yes, things are bad out there. But this isn't just about the current economy, stupid. It's about the long-term survival of the Am Law 100 law firm as we know it. No matter how much we would like to

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  • January 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    Defections destroyed Dewey/Orrick merger

    Calling off an engagement is always messy. Two weeks after New York's Dewey Ballantine and San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe broke off talks that would have led to one of th

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  • October 20, 2003 | The Recorder

    The Mating Game

    California's Biggest Law Firm Mergersa class="li

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  • September 27, 2005 | The Recorder

    Headhunting heats up in China market

    Earlier this year, New York-based recruiter Henry Lipschutz persuaded Kurt Berney, a prized partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, to join O'Melveny & Myers' China practice.

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  • July 28, 2006 | The Recorder

    Federal Judge Attacks Rambus' Legal Tactics in Patent Cases

    Less than a week after a San Jose, Calif., federal judge slashed Rambus' $306 million award in its patent infringement case against Hynix Semiconductor Inc., another federal judge in Virginia piled

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