• September 27, 1999 | The Recorder

    Next, They'll Cut Billables ... Nah

    Try this on for size -- there's rumor of a sleeping room at a Los Angeles law firm where hard-working associates can find beds on which to spend the night, as well as a shower and freshly starched

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  • August 20, 2002 | The Recorder

    Council Responds to Arbitration-Rule Suit

    The state's Judicial Council went to San Francisco federal court Monday seeking the dismissal of a suit challenging California's new ethics standards for arbitrators.The motion, filed

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  • December 1, 2003 | Alm

    Punitive Damages Take Big Hit in Calif.

    A state appeals court stunned California plaintiffs lawyers last week by issuing a bombshell ruling that completely alters the long-established process judges and juries use to determine punit

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  • July 15, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People In The News

    New Associate Todd D. Kantorczyk has joined the environmental law firm of Manko Gold Katcher & Fox as an associate. Kantorczyk focuses his practice on litigati

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  • May 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Judge's Rejection of Class Certification Brings Hope for Trend

    A federal judge has blasted plaintiffs and counsel, breaking with the long-standing reticence of judges to reject class certification based on allegedly improper solicitation of clients, and raisin

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  • March 9, 2010 | The Recorder

    Orrick Team Cracks Chip World's Dr. Qu

    For 10 years, semiconductor companies took their medicine from Dr. Qu. In case after case, Tessera Inc. relied on Jianman Qu's expert testimony and computer model to prove patent infringement again

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  • April 29, 1999 | The Recorder

    Separating the Online Wheat From the Chaff

    The Internet has dusted off more than a few has-beens. Remember K-Tel International? It scored big in the 1970s hawking nostalgia records to the parents of TV-addicted 10-year-olds, but coul

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  • September 30, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    2010 A-Z Summer Associate Rankings

    Purchase the electronic version of the a style="COLOR: blue" tar

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  • May 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Pardon the Presumption

    Acting in a case at the intersection of patent and antitrust law, the U.S. Supreme Court on March 1 issued a ruling that makes it harder for upstart companies and generic manufacturers to chal

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  • July 30, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Bridging the Divide

    When New York hedge fund manager Robert Knapp was looking for a lawyer to sue the directors he thought were mismanaging one of his fund's holdings, he immediately turned to the white-shoe firm

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