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  • January 11, 2010 | The Recorder

    Walker at Work: What to Expect

    SAN FRANCISCO — As an epic civil rights trial kicks off today in San Francisco, the ultimate constitutionality of same-sex marriage is perhaps the least important decision Chief Judge Vau

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  • April 5, 2000 | Alm

    Will Microsoft Ever Learn?

    Despite the incessant speculation that the government is demanding a breakup of Microsoft Corp., The National Law Journal has learned that the government last week put a remedy on the table that w

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  • October 29, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Overcoming Bar Exam Stress

    The bar examination: It is a rite of passage, a common experience that binds lawyers together across many states and practice areas and across private and public sectors. And yet, so many law

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  • April 24, 2006 | The Recorder

    Calif. Appeals Court Stretches Punitives Precedent, Upholds $28M Award Against Philip Morris

    A California appellate court has defied -- or at least stretched -- precedent by upholding a $28 million punitive damages award against a major tobacco company, an amount 33 times greater than the

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  • November 5, 2002 | The Recorder

    Balance of Power

    Voters casting ballots today in tight Senate races far from California may well determine the professional fate of a select group of lawyers: President Bush's judicial nominees.But thi

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  • April 6, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Real Estate Marketplace

    MetLife sold two major Manhattan real estate holdings in separate deals last week, for a net gain of more than $2.5 billion. In the first deal, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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  • July 15, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Pay Up, You Bratz!: BigLaw Firm Sues Dollmaker More Than $10,000,000 in Fees

    &O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees related to the company's long-running legal dispute with Mattel over owners

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  • February 1, 2006 | National Law Journal

    As Salaries Rise, So Does the Debt

    Runaway costs for a legal education are threatening to trample any optimism among law school graduates created by recent associate salary increases at the nation's top law firms. Law school

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  • October 18, 1999 | The Recorder

    Last Wills

    Andrew Katzenstein, a veteran trust and estate attorney, doesn't have a problem dealing with the hand of death. What he keeps struggling with are the real-life concerns of his partners, who increa

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  • September 9, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Stroock's New Recruiting Site Turns to Humor

    And now for something completely different -- a Wall Street law firm with a sense of humor when it comes to attracting young attorneys. Consider, for example, this hot-off-the-press pitch from

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