• December 29, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    The Gender Gap

    Things seem to be looking up for women in law firms. The percentage of women newly promoted to partner is on the rise, according to recent reports by the National Association of Women Lawyers

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  • August 11, 2009 | The Recorder

    Venture Capital Under Scrutiny in Treasury Dept. Proposals

    Capital Gains At the end of March, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner indicated that in the weeks to come the Treasury Department would be introducing "new rules

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  • July 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    UPDATESParham H. Williams, dean of Chapman University School of Law, announced his upcoming retirement from the position. He will continue as

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  • November 3, 2008 | Legal Times

    Why I Choose Obama

    “Our law school has a summer program in South Africa with a school called the University of the Western Cape. I visited that program this summer. And after about 10 minutes in the a

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  • April 28, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Recession Has Some Firms Rethinking Growth Strategies

    PHILADELPHIA - The largest firms in the state have long called Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — and sometimes both — home, but their focus on growth opportunities has long been out

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  • May 16, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW OFFICES MECKLER BULGER TILSON MARICK & PEARSON (Chicago): Julia Molander, Howard Garfield, Irene Yesowitch, Jason Geller, Kar

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  • July 24, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Struggling Firms Find Safety Net at Bingham

    Wall Street calls it value investing — buying something that's underpriced relative to its long-term value. The legal community could label it the Bingham McCutchen strategy. Most recentl

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  • May 14, 1999 | The Recorder

    Losing Influence

    SACRAMENTO -- For more years than he can recall, Frederick Pownall says there's been a mantra guiding big law firms that have established lobbying practices in Sacramento: They will inevitably domi

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  • September 19, 2008 | The Recorder

    Merger or no, gems remain in Thelen's ranks

    Thelen is said to still be in merger discussions with Nixon Peabody. But if a merger hunt comes to naught --

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  • August 3, 2009 | The Recorder

    Outsider Ready to Break In

    SAN FRANCISCO — Yosef Peretz, dressed in a dark suit too large for his small frame, lowered himself into the passenger seat of a sleek gray Tesla Roadster with thick orange racing stripes

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