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July 15, 2014 | The Recorder

Howrey 'Jewel' Claims Sent Back to Bankruptcy Court

SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of the Northern District of California has denied bids by several firms embroiled in lingering Howrey clawback cases to

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July 8, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Venable Expands in L.A., Plus More Lateral Moves

A day after Hogan Lovells and Squire Patton Boggs started the third quarter with mergers abroad, Venable has gotten into the tie-up game by a href="http://www.venable.com/NEP/pressreleases/

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June 17, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Fish & Richardson Shifts Back-Office Functions to Minneapolis

CORRECTION: 6/18/14, 10:38 a.m. EDT. A previous version of this story misstated a date from Fish & Richardson's press release in the seventh paragraph. We regret

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June 16, 2014 | The Recorder

Judge Denies Heller Ehrman Claim on Lawyer's Profits

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy estate has no claim to profits earned from client business former partners brought with them to new la

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June 16, 2014 | National Law Journal

Verdicts & Settlements

ANTITRUST Goldman, Bain Settle The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bain Capital Partners LLC agreed on June 11 to pay $121 million to settle a long-r

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June 11, 2014 | The Recorder

Judge Rejects 'Jewel' Doctrine in Heller Case

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy estate has no claim to profits earned from client business former partners brought with them

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April 23, 2014 | Legal Times

D.C. Federal Judges Honor Law Firm Pro Bono Service

Federal judges in Washington gathered Wednesday to honor 30 law firms where at least 40 percent of all lawyers performed at least 50 hours of pro bono service last year. Twelve firms

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March 6, 2014 | The Recorder

Another Disrupter Targets Legal Industry

PALO ALTO — Clients are demanding fixed-fee services and balking at the hourly rates charged by large law firms. For Big Law, it's a problem. But a trio of entrepreneurs saw op

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In re Garcia

Publication Date: 2014-01-02
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Date Filed: 2014-01-02
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Starr Babcock, Lawrence C. Yee, Richard J. Zanassi, Rachel S. Grunberg; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert E. Palmer, Joshua A. Jessen, Drew A. Harbur; Mark A. Perry; Minami Tamaki, Donald K. Tamaki, Minette A. Kwok, Phillip M. Zackler; Kevin R. Johnson; Bill Onh Hing; Bryan Springmeyer; Kerr & Wagstaffe and James N. Wagstaffe for Respondent Committee of Bar Examiners of State Bar of California.
for defendant: Fishkin & Slatter, Jerome Fishkin, Lindsay K. Slatter, Samuel C. Bellicini; Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker and Robert Cooper for Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Sate Solicitor General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan Wolff, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Rochelle C. East, Tamar Pachter, Daniel J. Powell and Ross C. Moody, Deputy Attorneys General, for California Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.
Case Number: No. S202512

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 62 In re SERGIO C. GARCIA on Admission. No. S202512 In the Supreme Court o

December 31, 2013 | The Recorder

Calif. Law Firm Leaders Look Ahead to 2014

Since the economic downturn, California's legal market has weathered its share of troubles: layoffs, firm failures, sluggish demand, cost cutting, tepid hiring and office closures. The r

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