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  • March 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San FranciscoOn March 16, media attorney Karl Olson will receive a 2005 James Madison Freedom of Information Award for his work in First Amendment and Freedom of I

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  • April 27, 2010 | The Recorder

    Like 'Getting a Date With the Cute Girl in Class': Aglow With IPOs

    SAN FRANCISCO — Getting the call to do an IPO is "like finally getting a date with the cute girl in class," as one veteran corporate lawyer puts it. This year, Silicon V

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  • April 30, 2004 | The Recorder

    9th Circuit to Rehear Internet Jurisdiction Case

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider a ruling from last year allowing an East Coast business to be sued in California, even though it has no stores there.The jurisdict

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  • September 6, 2001 | The Recorder

    For Associates, the Paranoia Grows

    San Francisco Bay Area associates are so jittery about getting the ax that any blip in firm routine starts the rumor mill churning.Last Friday, some associates at Menlo Park, Calif.-ba

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  • September 6, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey and AMR Bankruptcies Collide in Fee Dispute

    During the final six months before its dissolution, Dewey & LeBoeuf billed $4.6 million in fees and expenses for work as special counsel to bankrupt American Airlines parent company AMR

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  • May 4, 1999 | The Recorder

    The Scopes Monkey Trial, This Ain't

    It wasn't exactly Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capone's vault. But for some two dozen business reporters from across the country crammed into a vacant San Francisco federal courtroom Friday morning, i

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  • October 20, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Meow Mix Company Acquired by The Cypress Group for $425MThe Meow Mix Co., the Secaucus-headquartered maker of Meow Mix and Alley Cat brand dry cat foods, announced last Tuesday

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  • August 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    Women Snared by Life-Science Practices

    Judith Hasko was working as a research scientist at the cardiovascular research department at Genentech when she thought of becoming a lawyer. At the time, Hasko, who has an undergraduate degr

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  • April 2, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Eastern Orientation

    Last April, David Westenberg took a ride on Space Mountain, the Disney World attraction, at the prodding of his 10-year-old son. "Following his lead, we sat in the front and did the whole arms

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  • May 5, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Option Claims End Up in Court

    So you're finally ready to take the plunge and join an Internet firm. And while chastened by Nasdaq's recent plunge, you think you've found a company whose fortunes are strong enough and whose opti

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