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  • February 10, 2004 | The Recorder

    Ninth Grants Last-Minute Stay

    With an 11th-hour stay of execution for convicted murderer Kevin Cooper, the stage was set Monday for another showdown between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal

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  • December 28, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Calif. High Court Allows Punitives in Contract Case

    The California Supreme Court on Thursday gave businesses a new incentive to be honest by ruling that they could be hit with punitive damages for fraudulently breaching contracts. The 6

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  • March 24, 2003 | The Recorder

    Thelen Reid's Longtime Chairman Steps Down

    Thelen Reid & Priest's longtime Chairman Richard Gary is not seeking re-election when his term expires this month, clearing the way for the first leadership change at the firm in 11 years.

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  • June 4, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    VOLS Hours Exceed Goals

    The firms that take the Volunteers of Legal Service Pro Bono Pledge exceeded 1 million hours of pro bono service for the fourth year in a row, according to the results of our recently complet

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  • June 16, 2006 | The Recorder

    Increasing Competition in China Causes Friction for Law Firms

    To U.S. lawyers, Becky Xia's career move may not make much sense. Earlier this year, the 27-year-old Chinese immigration lawyer leapt at the chance to join Littler Global, even though -- tec

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  • December 13, 2004 | The Recorder

    New York Bonuses Causing a Stir

    New York-based firms have gotten into the holiday spirit, rushing to hand associates fat across-the-board bonuses.But Bay Area-based firms don't seem to be in any rush to match them --

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  • September 27, 2007 | The Recorder

    Managing to Survive

    Being in charge of an office full of lawyers may be about as close to thanklessness as a job gets."It's not truly a thankless job, because everybody says, 'Thank God you're doing that,

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  • May 4, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Dewey Almaty Office to Follow Moscow to Morgan Lewis

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's 13-lawyer Kazakhstan office is set to follow the firm's Moscow base to a href="http://americanlawyer.com/firms/Morga

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  • February 15, 2000 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Keeping Pace

    Recent spurts in starting salaries at New York and Silicon Valley firms are forcing some New Jersey firms to consider recalibrating their first-year associates' paychecks A few firms -- like

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  • October 6, 2000 | The Recorder

    Employers Win Big in At-Will Case

    Years of service and a spotless record do not an employment contract make, the California Supreme Court held Thursday.In handing management a win in one of the most anticipated employm

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