• May 30, 2006 | The Recorder

    Mini-Boutiques Carve a Special IP Niche

    Two years ago, Palm Inc. General Counsel Mary Doyle spent 20 hours combing the Web for patent lawyers. Her target was the smallest of IP boutiques, with no more than three to six lawyers. Today, th

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  • October 19, 2004 | The Recorder

    Latham Bonuses a Sore Spot for Some Associates

    Associates at Latham & Watkins -- at least those in Southern California -- are feeling a bit low.The firm, widely considered among California's most prestigious, received unusually

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  • October 13, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Breakdown on El Camino Real

    With its head start in the Bay Area, Shearman & Sterling was poised to take the lead among New York firms in Silicon Valley. Instead, it stumbled and is scrambling to recoverThe mo

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  • May 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey & LeBoeuf Holdouts Confront a Grim Reality

    A heightened sense of urgency gripped Dewey & LeBoeuf on Tuesday as its remaining attorneys and staff awoke to confront the grim prospect that the end is indeed near for an enterprise who

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  • June 4, 2003 | The Recorder

    Latham's Ladder

    If partners weren't clear that Latham & Watkins was in trouble, they knew it as soon as they stepped into the tacky hotel conference room near the Los Angeles International Airpo

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  • April 2, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyers: SEC pick knows mutuals

    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 agen

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  • April 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Who'd Want This Job, Anyway?

    As officials in Washington, D.C., spar over the recent firings of eight U.S. attorneys, legislators and selection committees are interviewing candidates to fill positions that could last only

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  • January 28, 2002 | Legal Times

    Brobeck Battles a Bug

    By Ashby JonesAmerican Lawyer MediaWhen Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's chief information officer, Martin Metz, left the San Francisco firm to start his own company in August 1999, Bro

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  • April 14, 2005 | Legal Times

    Troubles Mount for Burns Doane

    As partners at Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis gathered over the weekend for a three-day retreat, they were sure to be haunted by the ghosts of the disappeared. The Alexandria,

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  • August 4, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Clinton's a Surprising Tort Reformer

    When president Bill Clinton spoke to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America convention in Chicago on July 30, he got a reaction the city usually reserves for Sammy Sosa.Maybe that

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