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  • September 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    Real Estate Deals Are Feeling the Credit Pinch

    The documents were signed on the more than $100 million deal for a large East Coast office building complex. The courier was hurrying them to the escrow agent. And then the lender got cold feet.

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  • April 8, 2005 | The Recorder

    Playing Hard to Get

    Ask law firm leaders or consultants for a Northern California merger wish list and some of the same names pop up. Hildebrandt International consultant Blane Prescott includes Keker

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  • December 13, 2001 | The Recorder

    Judge Silences Ravings Of Angry Ex-Employees

    A Santa Clara Superior Court judge said late Tuesday he would muzzle two research scientists who have posted more than 13,000 Internet messages insulting their former employer and b

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  • March 27, 2007 | The Recorder

    Pillsbury Ejected From Bankruptcy Case

    A judge kicked Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman off a bankruptcy case for a conflict that may end up costing the firm its $4 million in fees. Citing a "complete breakdown of creditor confide

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  • December 3, 2007 |

    Diversity, for Better or Worse

    One of the most interesting (and, from my perspective, unexpected) developments in the legal profession recently has been the enormous focus on diversity. Within the past few years, established and

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  • August 23, 2000 | The Recorder

    Let the Finger-Pointing Begin

    Mark Rudy has never seen so many angry employees.Some 40 dot-com workers who've been laid off in the past four months have tried to hire Rudy, a partner at San Francisco's Rudy, Exelro

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  • August 8, 2001 | The Recorder

    Partner Finds High Drama in World of Aircraft Deals

    When United Airlines wants to buy a new jumbo jet, where does it go shopping?It may dial up a manufacturer like Boeing to place an order. But usually it turns to a finance company to p

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  • February 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Whistleblower Suits

    Two-and-a-half years after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a little noticed provision on whistleblowering is gaining traction. Within the sweeping corporate governance measures

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  • January 31, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Biggest Losers

    Biggest Losers

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  • March 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Microsoft Deputy GC Discusses Yahoo Deal, Chinese Hackers

    In Washington, D.C., and the world, the range of issues that interest Microsoft is huge. Pamela Passman, Microsoft's deputy general counsel global corporate affairs, watches over many of them.

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