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  • December 4, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Go Go Bono

    Guns don't kill lawyers; billable hours do. That's why, when it comes to pro bono, associates are dodging the bullet."It's pro bono or go home-o," says one New York associate.G

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  • January 18, 2010 | National Law Journal

    SEC rethinks it all

    Business as usual was simply not an option after revelations that the Securities and Exchange Commission — despite repeated opportunities — failed to uncover Bernard Madoff's $5

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  • September 19, 2002 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    JURY CLEARS SIERRA CLUB MEMBERSA San Francisco jury Wednesday cleared the Sierra Club and two of its members of libel in a case brought by a woman who allegedly makes her living

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  • August 26, 2003 | The Recorder

    Some Securities Cases OK for State Court, Ruling Says

    In a decision that could encourage attempts to litigate private securities cases before state judges, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday kicked an unfair competition suit out of

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  • August 2, 2007 | The Recorder

    Federal Judge Tosses Mercury Securities Suit

    Time to throw another lawsuit on the pile of dismissed civil claims stemming from alleged stock option backdating by former executives at Mercury Interactive. The latest ruling came Monday,

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  • January 20, 2005 | The Recorder

    Trial Opens in Case Against McKesson CFO

    While some bench trials are derided as "slow guilty pleas," the securities fraud trial of former McKesson Corp. executive Richard Hawkins, which kicked off Wednesday, promises to be anything b

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  • January 31, 2005 | The Recorder

    Former McKesson Exec Faces Tough Defense Query

    Defense attorney Walter Brown Jr. launched his cross-examination of prosecutors' star witness in the Richard Hawkins trial with the one fact he wants U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins to keep

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  • September 4, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Fisher Emerges as Contender for Second Department BenchQueens Administrative Judge Steven W. Fisher, who is presiding over the trial of embattled Brooklyn Justice Gerald P. Gars

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  • October 2, 2009 | The Recorder

    M&A Bounce Buoys Big Firms

    Corporate lawyers at big firms are busy again after a rebound in deals activity that started in the summer and became stronger in recent weeks. Corporate lawyers in the Bay Area said the upt

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  • April 11, 2012 | The Recorder

    Data Privacy Suits Slamming App Developers

    Even the slickest mobile app can get caught in a privacy debacle. The blogosphere erupted in outrage in February after a blogger discovered San Francisco photo-sharing app Path was downloadin

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