• April 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    First Wiretapped Trader Pleads Guilty in Galleon Case The first securities trader to be wiretapped by federal authorities in an investigation that resulted in more than

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  • January 4, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Real Estate Attorneys Become Deal Makers

    Real estate attorneys, long known as "dirt lawyers," are adopting more of the deal-making skills of their corporate counterparts as they get pulled deeper into the real estate sector's surging

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  • June 28, 2013 | The Recorder

    2013 Shaping up Strong for IPOs

    PALO ALTO — If a company isn't yet profitable, operates in a fledgling industry and tries to go public in somewhat volatile capital markets, one could understand if investo

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  • July 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

    It's all academic

    With one of their own sitting in the Oval Office, it's reasonable to think that legal academics might enjoy an edge in snagging nominations for plum judicial and executive branch posts

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  • December 3, 2010 | The Recorder

    SEC Proposals Under Dodd-Frank Leave VC Firms Uneasy

    SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley lawyers are reassuring anxious venture capitalists that their worst fears have not been realized. Venture capital funds will not have to give government reg

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  • February 29, 2008 | The Recorder

    GC's Derivative Suit Settles for $7M

    Covad Communications and its ex-general counsel have finally laid to rest a sordid, six-year saga of allegations of self-dealing directors, sexual harassment and retaliatory firing.Cov

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  • August 1, 2007 | Alm

    Firm Resolves Dispute in KPMG Tax Probe

    A lawyer in Irvine, Calif., and his former firm have reached an agreement with federal agents who are seeking documents related to the criminal investigation of fraudulent tax shelters sold by

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  • July 13, 2011 | The Recorder

    Douglas Solomon Helps Guide NetSuite Through the Cloud

    NetSuite is a company that puts business software in the cloud for businesses of all sizes, including recently signed customers Qualcomm and Groupon. (For anyone living under a rock, "the clou

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  • October 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn

    As the economy stabilizes, firms are making "opportunistic" hires. Jenner & Block is betting on more insurance litigation. K&L Gates is hoping

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  • September 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    DEALS AND SUITS

    Citizens Charter One The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has expanded its presence in the United States from a New England toehold to a Midwest foothold. The Edi

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