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  • August 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Allen & Overy Bolsters Leveraged Finance Practice Allen & Overy has recruited two partners from the New York office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. Mark S. Wojciechowsk

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  • August 16, 2001 | The Recorder

    How Low Can They Go?

    Stephen Neal, the chairman and CEO of Cooley Godward, has a big problem, and his options aren't pretty.His Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm has too many lawyers and not enough work to keep

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  • February 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    The List: New Partners in California 2007

    Peter AckermanDuane MorrisBoston University School of Law, 1984Simon AdamsReed SmithLondon's College of Law, 1996Aaron AgenbroadJones D

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  • January 3, 2011 | The Recorder

    Cooley Wraps up 2010 with $720M Rovi Deal

    SAN FRANCISCO — Cooley wrapped up the final weeks of 2010 with five major deals, the most recent of which was Rovi Corp.'s $720 million merger with Novato-based video streaming company

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  • August 28, 2007 | The Recorder

    The devil's in the billing details

    Older attorneys remember the days when clients would get a bill with just a dollar amount and two simple words: "services rendered." "They don't put up with anything close to that anym

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  • September 19, 2008 | The Recorder

    Trial of McAfee former GC begins, delay in disclosing critical e-mails explained

    Two critical e-mails in a stock option prosecution against McAfee's former general counsel weren't turned over s

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  • June 14, 2007 | The Recorder

    Cooley Helps Drug Maker in $420M Sale

    Biotech giant Amgen Inc.'s $420 million purchase of local drug maker Ilypsa Inc. demonstrates a trend of large life-sciences companies deciding to buy up companies outright, instead of investi

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  • September 9, 2002 | The Recorder

    Bittersweet Payday

    After an era of fizzle and pop, associate salaries in 2002 have been flatter than a can of soda left on a desktop overnight.For the second year in a row, most of the Bay Area's t

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  • August 5, 2008 | The Recorder

    Wilson Sonsini Paid Brocade $9.5M

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has paid $9.5 million to Brocade Communications Systems to release itself — as well its chairman and former Brocade board member, Larry Son

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  • September 11, 2008 | The Recorder

    Silicon Scene

    It hasn’t been a great year for biotech deals. But the chance to partner with Medivation Inc. to develop an Alzheimer’s drug drew intense interest from

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