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  • March 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Gilead Pharmasset Gilead Sciences, Inc., agreed to pay $11 billion in cash for Pharmasset, Inc., on November 21, 2011, to acquire the target's treatments for hepatitis C, also

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  • July 31, 2008 | Law.com

    Associates Survey 2008

    Ranking The Firms: National Rank

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  • February 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    BP Asset SalesBP p.l.c. has been on a selling spree. In October the company struck a deal to sell its 50 percent stake in TNK–BP, Russia's third

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  • September 7, 2012 | The Recorder

    At the Podium: 'False Evidence' Is Put to Test

    SAN FRANCISCO — If William Richards did kill his wife, Pamela, the night of Aug. 10, 1993, he must have worked fast. Richards clocked out of work at 11:03 p.m. and his home in rural San

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  • June 14, 1999 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Jeans, Juveniles and Justice

    Bellbottom jeans and the Volkswagen Beetle may be back, but attorney Miguel A. Escalera says some phenomenon of the 1960s are simply not worthreviving. One of them, he says, is resistance to

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  • January 13, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Midsize Firms Stand Firm Against Merger Mania

    Despite last year's abundance of law firm megamergers, including the creation of 2,700-lawyer DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary effective this month, a strong contingent of midsize practices are esc

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  • June 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Debt Firms Slammed by Consumer Lawsuits

    Debt-collection lawyers are increasingly being hauled into court as defendants in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits by debt-burdened consumers who use litigation to fend off creditors

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  • December 20, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    The Dangers of Virtual Cocktail Parties

    Ellen Stiefler is a celebrity of sorts on LinkedIn. The San Diego-based intellectual property attorney is listed as the top expert in the networking site's legal community, based on the frequency a

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  • October 12, 2012 | The Recorder

    At the Podium: When Ahead, No Need to Pour It on Thick

    SAN FRANCISCO — Before starting this month's special session at UC-Davis, California Supreme Court justices presented the law students on hand some tips for oral advocacy. Don't ignore o

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  • February 27, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Assisted suicide case revives right-to-die debate

    ATLANTA AP - The case against an alleged assisted suicide ring known as the Final Exit Network has revived a long-simmering debate over the right to die. The network's president, its m

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