• August 27, 2003 | The Recorder

    9th Circuit Rules Some Securities Cases OK for State Court

    In a decision that could encourage attempts to litigate private securities cases before state judges, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday kicked an unfair competition suit out of f

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  • July 28, 2000 | The Recorder

    Napster Downloads a Reprieve

    With at least one techie on the two-judge panel and a reputation for tackling high-profile technology cases, it's probably not much of a surprise that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dec

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  • April 6, 2012 | The Recorder

    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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  • June 14, 2006 | National Law Journal

    What You Can Learn About Crisis Management From Enron

    Nearly five years after the Enron story broke, a Houston jury has convicted former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling of fraud and conspiracy. Now that t

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  • April 19, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Orbit

    In March, the CERN Supercollider made history. Proton beams were fired into each other by scientists hoping to find exotic particles from the first moments of the universe. Twenty-fiv

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  • November 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

    'NLJ 250' Shows Strong Law Firm Growth Continuing

    The nation's largest 250 law firms grew by 4 percent in 2006, a figure that was just shy of last year's gains but still reflected a sound legal economy.The results of the 2006 NLJ 250, Th

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  • December 1, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Team Players

    Ordinarily, the public hears Lanny Davis interpreting someone else's crisis. Instead, this fall the one-time scandal manager for former president Bill Clinton has been sweating through an imbr

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  • March 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    Calif. Supremes Toss Varian Verdict, Order New Trial

    California's anti-SLAPP statute got a boost from the state Supreme Court on Thursday when justices decided that appeals based on the landmark First Amendment law must be decided before a case

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  • February 18, 2003 | The Recorder

    Quiet End as Brobeck Shuts Its Doors

    Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison quietly trudged through its final day Friday with departing lawyers setting up shop at new firms and glum staffers simply hoping they would get paid for their u

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  • March 2, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Little-Noticed SOX Provision Gains Traction

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

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