• July 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Side Bar

    The Super Chief of High Speed RailThe six-hour drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles could soon become a pleasant, 2�-hour train ride.For San Francisco attorney Joseph

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  • May 24, 2004 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    SONSINI BREAKS OUT THE CHECKBOOK OVER CONTRIBUTIONSThe rarefied status of a political patron comes with various pesky rules and regulations, as Larry Sonsini discovered in his i

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  • April 12, 2010 | The Recorder

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    Farella Braun & Martel tapped 23-year veteran Steven Lowenthal as its new chairman, succeeding William Schlinkert, who had served for nine years. Mary Greenwood, head of the alternate pu

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  • May 21, 2004 | The Recorder

    Gray Cary Loses Three to Mofo

    Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich lost three litigators, including former firm chairman Donald Rushing, to Morrison & Foerster's San Diego office this week.Going with Rushing are li

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  • September 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    Break a Leg?

    LOS ANGELES � Legs are among the most insured things in Hollywood. Model and "Project Runway" star Heidi Klum has insured her left one, which bears a small scar, for $1 million, and her right

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  • March 26, 2007 | The Recorder

    Bankruptcy Judge Kills Nvidia Gag Order

    Facing heat from the press, federal bankruptcy judge Roger Efremsky changed course Thursday regarding how confidential documents would be handled during a contentious trial.On Wednesday, th

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  • March 4, 2005 | National Law Journal

    San Diego City Attorney has Heads Spinning at City Hall

    SAN DIEGO -- Here's the joke going around San Diego's City Hall these days: "Hi. I'm Mike Aguirre. As city attorney I represent you, and I just wanted to let you know: You have the right to re

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  • March 7, 2005 | Alm

    Law Firms Mull the 'Gen Y' Equation

    Some call them slackers. Others are more diplomatic. But whatever the moniker, "Generation Y" associates are getting a bad rap for what some say is a flabby work ethic and an off-putting sense

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  • September 13, 2007 | The Recorder

    Diligent Diligence

    It used to be that an employment lawyer's primary role in connection with a corporate transaction was simply to pass along the most recent employment agreement template. That was back in the g

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  • December 31, 2002 | The Recorder

    Coastal Panel Drowned by Third District

    SACRAMENTO -- A state appeal court defanged the California Coastal Commission Monday, declaring unconstitutional its long-held power to enforce laws protecting the state's thousand-mile coast

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