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  • September 21, 2007 | The Recorder

    Running With the Pack

    Baker & McKenzie's Shane Byrne has survived two collapsing law firms and one running of the bulls in Spain � but it's always been with a loyal group of lawyers and clients by his side.

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  • March 17, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Let's See That Again

    The frenzy of the mediacracy knows no bounds. Reporters snoop on even the president's private quarters with binoculars; portable imaging devices make candid snapshots of any act immediat

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  • May 8, 2007 | Alm

    More California Firms Hop on The $160K Salary Bandwagon

    The dominoes are falling in the latest round of associate salary increases. O'Melveny & Myers and Morrison & Foerster announced that they'll follow Orrick Herrington & Sutc

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  • April 3, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyers: SEC Nominee Knows Mutual Funds

    Luis A. Aguilar's experience in the mutual fund industry should prepare him well for a possible stint on the Securities and Exchange Commission in what could be a tumultuous time for the agency, se

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  • June 2, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas?

    Why couldn't Clarence Thomas get a job with a big-city law firm when he graduated from Yale in 1974? It's not an idle question. That "time of dashed hopes and expectations," as Thomas onc

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  • December 15, 2006 | A Practical Guide To Equal Employment Opportunity

    McAfee GC in backdating crosshairs

    Kent Roberts, the former general counsel of McAfee Inc., is the next likely casualty in the ongoing stock option backdating embarrassment. Lawyers familiar with the case said Rob

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  • November 7, 2007 | Legal Times

    Stanley GC Helps Launch Government Contractor IPO

    Can you talk about what the company does?Stanley provides information technology services and solutions to U.S. defense and federal civilian government agencies. We specialize in five

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  • January 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    General Public Larceny?

    If the SCO Group, Inc., has its way, the GNU general Public License is about to fail its first test in court. The GPL, as it's known, governs the use and modification of "open source" computer

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  • April 3, 2009 | The Recorder

    Startups Leave Lawyers Holding the Bag

    SAN FRANCISCO — When San Jose's Open Source Systems went bankrupt two years ago, it left Fenwick & West's David Bell with an unpaid bill of $125,534.16. That's something that, as th

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  • November 7, 2002 | The Recorder

    Lawyers Looking For Ways to Help Resuscitate Stock Options

    The perseverance of lawyers and technology executives trying to raise sunken stock options is almost admirable.Every time a company launches a new effort to put value back into underwa

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