• June 4, 2007 | The Recorder

    SEC Scrutiny of Stock Plans Could Spell Trouble

    In January 2004, Mark Webbink, then-general counsel for software maker Red Hat Inc., entered into a plan designed to put his stock trades on autopilot. Broadcom Corp.'s general counsel

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  • July 25, 2001 | The Recorder

    Stop the Clock

    When Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison boosted salaries for its first-year associates by a hefty $10,000 in January, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest consumers of legal services decid

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  • March 4, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Partners Yearbook 2010

    Though it took a while for the recession to hit bone, New Jersey’s largest firms are feeling the hit, as shown by the sharp reduction in new partnerships in this, the 2010 New Partners Yearbo

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  • July 15, 1999 | The Recorder

    'Young, Hip, Cool and Fun'

    Nestled in a loft South of Market, the law offices of Britton Silberman & Cervantez evoke the casual comfort of a software company -- or, for that matter, a home. A piano sits in the foyer, and

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  • October 6, 2009 | The Recorder

    Founder of Virtual Law Partners Firm Dies

    Craig Johnson, the visionary Silicon Valley lawyer who founded Venture Law Group and more recently Virtual Law Partners

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  • December 7, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Are Happy Times Here Again for IPOs?

    After seeing a spike in activity earlier this year, the market for initial public offerings had quieted down by late summer amid uncertainty about the broader global economy. Now, a flurry

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  • March 30, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Tough Love

    Now that the blush is off the new economy rose, why hasn't the locus of dealmaking activity in the big tech firms moved down the hall from the IPO and VC lawyers to the M&A team? It only s

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  • March 16, 2006 | The Recorder

    TiVo against the giants

    By PETRA PASTERNAK, The Recorder TiVo Inc. has a market presence that companies 10 times its size can only dream of. The little black box that it sells gives viewers control over when

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  • August 25, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    General counsel enjoys 'diversity of practice'

    When insurance firms want to sign up Medicare customers, they can contact Connextions. The Orlando-based company provides telemarketing services for insurers, health-care providers and other

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  • August 15, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Using company documents in claims against employer

    It is increasingly common for employees pursuing claims against their employer to use their access to files and databases to gather, in blatant violation of company policy, confidential docum

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