• November 1, 2001 | The Recorder

    Dead Pooling

    Two years ago, Silicon Valley lawyers feared that nixing the "pooling of interest" accounting rule could doom most technology company deals.But now that the rule has been officia

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  • April 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Protecting its images

    Name and title: Karen Cottle, senior vice president, legal; general counsel; and corporate secretary Age: 54 Software colossus: Founded in 1982, Adob

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  • March 5, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    KEKER BOWS OUT OF BROBECK BREACH CASEBrobeck, Phleger & Harrison and former partners Debra Pole and William Fitzgerald can no longer rely on Keker & Van Nest to defend t

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  • August 11, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Calif. high court kicks moribund noncompete clauses closer to the grave

    The moribund noncompete clause in California labor contracts got another step closer to the grave, under a state Supreme Court decision Thursday. California now has the most

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  • July 31, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    AmLaw Layoffs: Fading Away

    On a Monday morning in early March, two associates sat in an East Coast office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius discussing a firmwide e-mail from Chairman Francis Milone. It warned that because of th

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  • December 12, 2011 | National Law Journal

    The decline continues

    The headcount among Washington firms continued to decline, but not as sharply as it did last year — the biggest recorded drop in 25 years. According to the Legal Times 150, our annual r

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  • December 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Law Firm Fees Defy Gravity

    Despite the rancid economy of 2008, attorney billing rates continued their escalation trend, with nearly 71% of law firms reporting an increase in the amount that they charged clients com

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  • September 12, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Mergers & Acquisitions

    Ventiv Acquires inChord Ventiv Health, a health-care sales, planning, staffing and data management consultant in Somerset, announced on Sept. 7 that it planned to pay $185 milli

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  • June 21, 2004 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY Joi Chaney, 25, has joined the American Constitution Society as ate director for student chapters. Most recently, Chaney was an

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  • August 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Fading Away

    On a Monday morning in early March, two associates sat in an East Coast office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius discussing a firmwide e-mail from chairman Francis Mil

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