• August 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Commission Staff Accuses Governor of Ethics Violation Governor David Paterson violated ethics laws by soliciting five World Series tickets last year from the New York Ya

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  • January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Ohio judge bars Calif. firm from his court An Ohio state court judge has barred Novato, Calif.-based Brayton Purcell and one of its lawyers from appearing in that court due to the

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  • March 8, 2006 | The Recorder

    Partner's Move From Wilson to Kirkland Tripped Up

    Yet another high-profile lateral partner has apparently stumbled into a conflicts problem.Bruce Vanyo, a prominent securities litigator who'd been one of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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  • March 22, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to review two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decisions that limit a licensee's ability to bring a declaratory judgment action

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  • January 19, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: January 19, 2012

    China/Hong Kong Vinson & Elkins and White & Case have advised on an $8.5 billion joint venture between state-owned oil companies based in Ch

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  • June 8, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Morgan Lewis' Molitor Joins Dechert

    In a rare bit of lateral movement between the city's two most profitable firms, an eight-attorney securitization practice group led by partner Steven Molitor will be leaving Morgan Lewis &

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    PONZI SCHEME CASE SETTLES PRE-ARGUMENTThe California Supreme Court on Wednesday decided not to review a case in which accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers stood accused of ai

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  • December 15, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    ATKINS DIET PROTECTED BY 1ST AMENDMENTNEW YORK � A Florida man who sued the company that promotes the Atkins Diet and the estate of Robert Atkins claiming the diet made his chol

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  • June 3, 2009 |

    What Went Wrong at Defunct IP Boutique Morgan & Finnegan?

    From the outside, Morgan & Finnegan's future looked bright. It was January 2004, and the venerable IP firm had just signed a 20-year lease to take over the twentieth and twenty-first flo

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  • August 30, 2010 | The Recorder

    Law Firms Trying a Different Path to China

    Morrison & Foerster is no stranger to China. Since 1983, it's opened offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Now, the firm is taking its approach to China business one step further:

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