• October 6, 2009 | The Recorder

    Associate Salaries: The War is Over

    It goes without saying that the associate salary wars are over. Firms have responded to a drop in business and a glut of talent with salary freezes, salary cuts or even a whol

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  • March 13, 2006 | The Recorder

    U.S. Firms Standing By For Korea

    As a boy, Justin Chang remembers his attorney father advising Korean-based companies. Long before Hyundai and Samsung were household names here, Korean executives would visit Chang's home near

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  • December 17, 2004 | The Recorder

    Last-Minute Gifts

    We gave prominent California judges and lawyers a mission: Find a book that would make a good holiday present for a lawyer.They didn't let us down.The Shield of Achi

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  • September 15, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Federal Circuit Wary of Overruling 'Cybor' Precedent

    Scott Graham writes for The Recorder, an American Lawyer affiliate.Everybody arguing a potentially momentous patent case Friday — each of the parties and amicus

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  • April 30, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lessons of the Am Law 100

    On the surface, at least, it's the same happy story. New records galore: Gross revenue up 11.4 percent, profits per partner up 13.4 percent, revenue per lawyer up 7.3 percent, which is to say,

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  • March 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Passman Discusses Yahoo Deal, Hackers

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

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  • December 21, 2009 | The Recorder

    Will Law Firm Changes Affect Hiring and Retention of Associates?

    Over the course of the past two years, aggregate demand by companies for legal services has declined. Companies, too, are pushing back on paying ever higher hourly rates for attorney services, part

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  • September 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    The Leader Board

    These are the Global 100 firms with the largest number of lawyers outside their home countries. RPL and PPP statistics are for each firm's most recent fiscal year. The "CAG

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  • August 24, 2007 | Special To Law.Com

    How Much Will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

    Female law students entering the recruiting season now have another weapon for their interviewing arsenal: a list of the 50 U.S. firms deemed most woman friendly. The inaugural 2007 Best Law

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  • November 28, 2007 | The Recorder

    Defense Verdict for JDS in Securities Case

    Who knew jurors in the Northern District could be so corporate-friendly?The first securities class action to go to verdict here since 2002 ended with a defense verdict Tuesday � just l

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