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  • May 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Clarification: 5/28/2013, 11:47 a.m. EDT. The original version of this story described David Bournazian's previous employment as a White House lawyer. He worked

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  • June 23, 2003 | The Recorder

    PG&E, CPUC Craft Agreement on Bankruptcy

    Nearly four months after being ordered into judicially supervised settlement talks, state regulators and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. have resolved their differences and have agreed to a pla

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  • April 28, 2003 | The Recorder

    The Cisco Switch

    One big question for technology lawyers in the wake of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's demise appears to have been answered: The firm's biggest client, Cisco Systems Inc., is taking its corp

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  • January 13, 2004 | The Recorder

    Judicial Profile: Mark Simons

    COURT: First District Court of AppealAPPOINTED: 2001, by Gov. Gray DavisDATE OF BIRTH: Jan. 3, 1946LAW SCHOOL: University of Chicago Law Sch

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  • July 13, 2004 |

    Chip Rivals Kiss, Make Up

    In a surprise twist to a contentious legal fight, Synopsys Inc. and Monolithic System Technology Inc. said Friday that the chip industry rivals had ended litigation over their failed $400 mill

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  • December 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Anatomy of an Acquittal

    The Lemus case spans two distinct eras of city history: the apex of New York's homicide rate in early 1990s, when some 2,000 murders a year occurred, versus an overall crime rate today appr

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  • September 23, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    $9.5 Million Facebook Settlement Will Set Up Online Privacy Foundation

    We're not going to lie, we've seen some pretty bad movies in our day. It's the risk you take when you want to indulge in the occasional mindless flick in which things blow up and heroes do cool stu

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  • June 16, 2000 | The Recorder

    Women Making Progress, but Not Enough

    Congratulations to Donna Petkanics on her promotion to Palo Alto, Calif.-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's managing director of operations.Petkanics' step up the ladder stre

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  • December 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Inadmissible

    ON CERTS, SOTOMAYOR IS LEADING DISSENTER In her second term on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor is dusting off a little-used tradition as

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  • May 12, 2006 | The Recorder

    Six Days, Six Lawyers, $24 Billion

    Golden West Financial Corp. General Counsel Michael Roster used to tell outside lawyers in speeches that there were certain firms he would call in to do a major transaction, or ("God forbid") a maj

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