• July 28, 2003 | The Recorder

    Another Out-of-Towner Struggles in S.F.

    It's been a cruel summer for some out-of-town firms, with Arter & Hadden, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly and Altheimer & Gray all going belly-up or exiting the Bay Area.And

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  • March 8, 2004 | The Recorder

    Uneasy Alliance

    Two Christian law firms that want a judge to declare San Francisco's gay and lesbian marriages illegal have so far fought the city independently in superior court.Now that the two case

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  • December 2, 2004 | The Recorder

    Juiced on BlackBerry and Treo Mobile Devices

    The cracked cradle of Alan Mendelson's BlackBerry is a tell-tale sign of itsimportance to the Latham & Watkins rainmaker.He's carried it with him all over the globe and even admits to h

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  • July 20, 2005 | The Recorder

    Two Howard Rice Partners Jump to DLA

    Talk about a bigger platform: Two partners from Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin have left for DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. Howard Rice, with a single office in San Francisco, ha

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  • August 22, 2007 | The Recorder

    Fashion Copyright Suits May Be in Style

    A fashion bill pending in Congress could dramatically increase apparel lawyers' work -- and make it a lot harder for consumers to stay in style. The Design Piracy Prohibition Act, S.B. 1957,

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  • February 27, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pay Hike at Quinn Ups Ante in Salary War

    The associate salary war rages on. Less than five months after the first salary hikes began in Southern California, a Los Angeles-based firm is again upping the ante. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart O

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  • September 17, 2007 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    LAWYER TRYING TO STAND OUT FROM WEB NETWORKING MASSES Oakland-based personal injury attorney Steven Choi knows there are already scads of

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  • January 31, 2000 | Legal Times

    Building a Virtual File Room

    Imagine a file cabinet that comes with a team of people who store, organize, and oversee all data on a given case. That image isn't too hard to conjure up because litigation support staffs are aliv

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  • April 8, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    JUDGE RULES AGAINST CLASS SEEKING $1BA San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled that California's workers' compensation insurance fund did not overcharge policy holders, handing

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  • December 2, 2009 | The Recorder

    Calif. Supreme Court Shields Information in Opinion Letters

    Bolstering attorney-client privilege, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that factual information in lawyers' opinion letters is as protected as the legal advice being given.

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