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  • July 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Patent Previews

    A pending patent dispute between DVD rental rivals Netflix Inc. and Blockbuster Inc. does more than pit two big-name competitors against each other. It also highlights the ongoing debate over

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  • June 5, 2001 | The Recorder

    Bank Shot

    Stanley Stroup is the quiet, Midwestern banking lawyer who displaced San Francisco Bay Area legal community darling Guy Rounsaville when his bank, Norwest Corp., merged with Wells Fargo three

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  • December 7, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Morrison & Foerster Chair Plans Move to New York

    In a sign of the legal profession's growing convergence on New York, the chairman of Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco's largest law firm, has announced plans to relocate to Manhattan.

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  • October 15, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Phil Spector's Prosecutor Joining Munger Tolles

    Truc T. Do, a deputy district attorney who helped secure a murder conviction against music producer Phil Spector

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  • November 16, 2009 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San Francisco Ropes & Gray has promoted Lucas Rachuba to partner. Rachuba, a member of the tax and benefits departme

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  • December 9, 2003 |

    First Data Case to Shape Industry

    The Department of Justice and First Data Corp. will square off next week in a case that will decide not only the fate of the company's $7 billion purchase of Concord EFS Inc., but also the str

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  • January 6, 2010 | The Recorder

    Trademark Suit Settles With Last-Minute Drama

    SAN FRANCISCO — Judge William Alsup punctuated a courtroom-steps settlement in a novel trademark case by asking the lawyers to rewrite the agreement on the fly and apologize to the jury p

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  • September 8, 2010 | The Recorder

    Malissia Clinton

    TITLE: Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary COMPANY: The Aerospace Corp. AGE: 41 JOINED COMPANY: /st

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  • November 2, 2001 | The Recorder

    Ruling Reheats Fracas Over California Overtime Law

    California's Industrial Welfare Commission dove into one of the most heated debates in labor law last week when it said companies can require workers to take time off without fear that those e

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  • December 14, 2005 | The Recorder

    Law Firms Pressured to Serve China on the Cheap

    China has become a buyer's market for legal services. Earlier this year, lawyers there were trading tales about a Western law firm that had agreed to handle an IPO for $100,000 -- about a tent

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