• August 23, 2004 | The Recorder

    Ethics Bill Aimed at Kolkey Nears Governor's Desk

    SACRAMENTO -- A bill requiring the State Bar to develop rules for ex-judges who appear before their former colleagues appears on its way to becoming law. But questions still linger about wheth

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  • February 10, 2000 |

    Future SEC Interpretive Release May Impose 'Linkage Liability' on Issuers

    The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a proposal to extend securities fraud liability to issuers whose Web sites contain hyperlinks to analysts' Web sites that contain false or misl

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  • December 5, 2007 | Legal Times

    Giuliani's Grade at the Supreme Court

    Whatever voters think of Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani now, to the late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun he was a 5 out of 10. Blackmu

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  • April 27, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Hybrid Fee Structure for Prison Case

    Legal fees in a prisoner civil rights case filed shortly before Congress capped such awards in 1996 should be fixed at the more generous pre-capped rates for work done before the law's effective da

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  • November 16, 2004 | Alm

    Hispanic Lawyers Line Up Behind Nominee for AG

    President Bush's nomination last Wednesday of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as attorney general is expected to face some opposition from Democrats and liberal groups, but don't expect o

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  • July 25, 2000 |

    Moving Out

    The recent spate of heavy-hitting industry lawyers returning to private practice has surprised many within the profession.The high-tech boom has witnessed an explosion of lawyers who,

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  • January 27, 2010 | The Recorder

    Judge Put Lawyers on Long Leash in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8

    It was to be a theatrical scene in a trial filled with them: San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, a key same-sex marriage backer looking to run for mayor, gently leading San Diego Mayor Jerr

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  • January 25, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Stakes Rise for Business in High Court Term

    In just the last three months, the business community's stakes in the current U.S. Supreme Court term have skyrocketed with the addition of cases raising vital issues in a broad swath of law.

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  • October 29, 2004 |

    EU Commission in Crisis

    The European Commission will remain in office indefinitely after a clash with the European Parliament plunged the 25-nation EU into an unprecedented political crisis, casting some doubt on ant

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  • January 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

    WilmerHale Posts 7 Percent Increase in Profits Per Partner

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's profits per partner climbed by about 7 percent last year and gross revenue dipped slightly, the firm said Monday. The firm's PPP rose from $1.08 mil

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