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  • March 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Andale!

    A Mexican law that took effect last month has not only revolutionized the country's legal system — it's also generating work for U.S. and Mexican lawyers on both sides of the aisl

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  • December 19, 2006 | The Recorder

    Latham plans two offices in Spain

    Few U.S. law firms have sallied forth into the Spanish legal market, but Latham & Watkins is changing that. Promising that the firm isn't tilting at windmills, Latham announced M

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  • March 29, 2010 | The Recorder

    Kay Sues State Bar Over Discipline Case

    SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco lawyer Philip Kay isn't going down without a fight. Facing a possible three-year suspension from practicing law, Kay responded recently by filing a 91

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  • September 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms cover themselves with 'covered bonds'

    Law firms, many eager to rejuvenate finance practices slowed by the nation's credit crunch, are touting their expertise in "covered bonds," a venerable financing tool in

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  • September 19, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Record with Walter Bardenwerper

    Walter Bardenwerper is vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Watson Wyatt, a global human capital and finan

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  • June 27, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Reputation and recruitment

    Recruiting the country's top talent can be competitive enough among even the most esteemed of law firms looking to fill entry-level and lateral slots. But for firms that find themselves

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  • July 27, 2010 | The Recorder

    Sexual Harassment Trial Pits Paralegal Against Oakland Lawyer

    SAN FRANCISCO — In April 2006, Oakland lawyer Thomas Ostly was chatting via instant messages with a paralegal in his office. "How do you record these i.m.s?" she asked hi

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  • November 14, 2011 | International

    What Will Be the Legal Fallout for Olympus?

    CORRECTION: 11/15/2011, 12:13 p.m. The original version of this story stated that the former head of Japanese Internet portal Livedoor received a suspended sentence. I

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  • February 17, 2009 | The Recorder

    Pot Lawyers Walk Fine Line

    Joshua Hedlund will soon be sentenced for his connections to an indoor marijuana farm in Berkeley, Calif., where police found more than 5,000 plants. Years before

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  • November 15, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS. . . The following have joined the Dallas office of Baker & McKenzie in the oil and gas practice: Barry F. Cannady and William V. "Vince" Murchison, partners; and Mar

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