• January 13, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    VINSON & ELKINS FIRES BACK AT LERACHIn a court filing last week, Vinson & Elkins vehemently denied claims that the firm participated in the financial trickery and all

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  • January 27, 2003 | The Recorder

    O'Melveny & Myers Finds New Life

    The election of 2000 was a defining moment for O'Melveny & Myers. While O'Melveny litigators Warren Christopher and Ronald Klain represented Vice President Al Gore in the battle for the Wh

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  • Walgreen Co. v. City and County of San Francisco

    Publication Date: 2010-06-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-08
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Daniel M. Kolkey, Brett H. Oberst and Rebecca Justice Lazarus, for Plaintiff and Appellant
    for defendant: Dennis Herrera, City Attorney, Wayne Snodgrass and Vince Chhabria, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants and Respondents Francisco J. Silva and Long X. Do for California Medical Association and San Francisco Medical Society as Amicus on behalf of Defendants and Respondents

    Case Number: A123891

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 7207WALGREEN CO. Plaintiff and Appellant, v.CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al.,

  • February 8, 2006 | Legal Times

    Justice Alito's Green Day

    The first time he takes the bench later this month, new Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. will face a baptism -- not by fire but by water.Three cases challenging the scope of the Clean

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  • August 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Midlevel Associates Survey: Firms Improve, but Complaints Continue

    Ben Johnson III, the managing partner of Alston & Bird, tells a story about being a young partner at the firm in the early 1970s.He was sitting in on an interview between then-senior par

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  • California Correctional Peace Officers Association v. Schwarzenegger

    Publication Date: 2008-06-04
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-04
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul E. Harris III and Anne M. Giese for Plaintiff and Respondent Service Employees International Union, Local 1000.
    for defendant: Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, Steven A. Merksamer, Richard D. Martland and Kurt R. Oneto for George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: C055327

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 6779CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,v.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, as Governor, etc., et al., Defendants an

  • April 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Recruiters squeezed by tight placement prospects

    Tough times for lawyers mean tough times for legal recruiters. Law firm downsizing due to the economy has resulted in more potential candidates on the market but significantly fewer openings to fil

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  • November 10, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Filings of Note

    Registered Client Lobby/Law Firm Lobbyists Issues Abbott Laboratories Crowell & Moring Paul Davies Foreign import restricti

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  • January 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Chess Masters: O'Melveny & Myers

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  • June 1, 2004 |

    Tapping Big-Firm Talent Breaking the Marriage Barrier

    red truck flying American flags slowly circled San Francisco City Hall, passing a long line of same-sex couples waiting to get married. "Stop the Insanity"-"Shame on America"-"Marriage Is One

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