• November 18, 1999 | The Recorder

    Love Me Tender

    As if the deal pace isn't frenzied enough, lawyers are now closing company sales even quicker. Flush with cash, technology companies have seized upon the tender offer as the quickest way to buy a

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  • October 22, 2001 | The Recorder

    The Legal Challenges of Canning Spam

    They've been sued, outlawed and blacklisted. But spammers continue to thrive.Part of the reason, attorneys and consumer advocates say, is that efforts to block unsolicited bulk e-mail

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  • June 9, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Privacy Unveiled

    This Month's Book Review:THE UNWANTED GAZE: THE DESTRUCTION OF PRIVACY IN AMERICABy Jeffrey Rosen(Random House, New York;222 pages; $24.95)Privac

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  • May 16, 2013 | The Recorder

    Fenwick Sets Course for China

    Fenwick & West has hired a corporate partner to lay the groundwork for an office in China -- the firm's first overseas.With the help of Eva Wang from Covington & Burling, Fenwi

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  • October 2, 2001 | Alm

    Almost Heaven: Orrick Relocates Tech Operations to West Virginia

    West Virginia ranks among the poorest states in the country. And to a lot of bicoastal lawyers, the very mention of the place evokes thoughts of banjoes, coal mines and country roads. It seems

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  • August 28, 2007 |

    Playing Games

    Peter Wong is the general counsel at LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., the Emeryville-based company that designs and manufactures educational toys and games for young children. Wong, who became GC in

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  • September 17, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    The Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year

    Here are the largest personal injury awards reported by the Law Journal from September 10, 2007 through September 8, 2008 ranked in order of their value as of date of verdict or settle

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  • People v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2012-06-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-06-18
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell and Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorneys General, Carlos A. Martinez, Marcia A. Fay, Steven T. Oetting and Meredith S. White, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Mark J. Shusted, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Dallas Sacher for Sixth District Appellate Program as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. S181963

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6697 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES LEE BROWN III, Defendant and Appe

  • March 12, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    New York Firms Sit Out 'Salary War'

    Call it the salary war that was not.When San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison announced in January that it had boosted its first-year associate salary to $135,000, an in

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  • February 11, 2000 | Legal Times

    Managing the Madness

    Don't you feel sorry for managing partners at the District's top firms? Two months ago, they thought they had quieted associate demands when they raised starting pay above $100,000 - a figure that

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