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  • October 1, 2001 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Firms Say No to Layoffs

    Even as Silicon Valley firms lay off associates because of a decline in high-tech business, lawyers at a number of large Texas firms vociferously insist they have no plans to do the same.

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  • December 10, 1999 | The Recorder

    A Delicate Dance With the SEC

    Disclosing that a company may have broken a federal securities law is not something most lawyers want to write into initial public offering documents. But under increasing pressure from vent

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  • January 28, 2000 | The Recorder

    The Palo Alto Paradox

    The making of About.com into a publicly traded bonanza worth $1.2 billion had going for it what most Silicon Valley companies have -- backing from a plugged-in technology angel, experienced Interne

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  • March 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Witness for the Prosecution

    Unless Fortune re­ verses, 59-year-old Joseph Collins, a former Mayer Brown partner, will be spending seven years in federal prison. He was convicted in January

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  • June 9, 2005 | The Recorder

    Brobeck Fight Turns to Venue Choice

    A public sparring match is set to take place between Tower Snow Jr., the former chairman of now-defunct Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, and Ronald Greenspan, the firm's bankruptcy trustee.

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  • September 11, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Pondering Palo Alto

    Q: We are an Am Law 100 firm with a modestly strong technology and intellectual property practice, but we've never opened an office in a high-tech center. Now we're considering moving i

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  • Jason Scott Hearst v. Progressive Foam Technologies, Inc.; Bill Larman

    Publication Date: 2011-06-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-06-08
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Wollman, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 10-1253

    Submitted: January 11, 2011Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.On May 1, 2007, Progressive Foam Technologies (PFT) fired Jason Hearst for job abandonment. Hearst-who had been

  • August 1, 2012 | Legaltech News

    iSpy 2012

    Veteran attendees of LegalTech and other legal technology conferences inevitably end up discussing the nuanced

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  • October 9, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Strong Showing for Drexel in Inaugural Bar Exam

    With jobs on the line and intense employment competition in the entry-level legal market, law schools were paying extra close attention to their bar pass rates this year. And for Drexel Univ

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  • December 7, 2009 | The Recorder

    An Inside View of Wilson Sonsini's Fabled Investment Fund

    When John Roos left Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in August to become U.S. ambassador to Japan, he was forced t

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