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  • February 28, 2005 | The Recorder

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    GORILLAS, EMPLOYEES AND BREASTS, OH MY!Since going solo in August, Stephen Sommers has toiled in anonymity on a heavy load of employment, personal injury and bankruptcy work, ho

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  • March 20, 2007 | The Recorder

    32-Year-Old MoFo Attorney Makes Partner

    She's done research for biotech companies. She's worked in house at a company that developed therapies to fight cancer. Last week she made partner at Morrison & Foerster. And Laura Spieg

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  • February 2, 2009 | The Recorder

    Another San Francisco Firm Makes Cuts

    The bad news continues for San Francisco Bay Area associates and legal staffers. San Francisco giant Morrison & Foerster cut 53 lawyers and 148 staff last week, ad

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  • January 5, 2007 | The Recorder

    Fenwick Redefines Color of Money With Diversity Goals

    Law firms always talk about the importance of diversity, but at Fenwick & West in Mountain View, Calif., success or failure on that front can actually be felt in partners' wallets.The te

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  • September 8, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Legal sector loses only 100 jobs in August

    While the U.S. economy shed 216,000 jobs in August, the legal sector lost only 100 jobs during the month, according to U.S. Labor Department statistics. The numbers are seasonally adjusted.

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  • May 24, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    Reality Check For Dot-Commers

    In March, Spencer Gusick had offers from three dot-coms: a startup with solid financial backing, a more developed enterprise about to go public, and another already on the market and growing.

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  • June 23, 2006 | The Recorder

    Pro Bono, Prolonged

    LOS ANGELES � In 2002, Nadia Costa, then a second-year land use associate at Bingham McCutchen, drove two hours to the women's prison at Chowchilla for what she thought would be a simple and q

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  • December 19, 2007 | The Recorder

    EBay IP Guru Takes Next Step, Moves to Video-Sharing Co. Vuze

    Jay Monahan has been blazing trails in the Wild West that is Internet intellectual property law. After eight eventful years as the top intellectual property lawyer at eBay, his new horiz

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  • December 13, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Thermo Fisher Picks up Dionex Corporation for $2.1 Billion

    Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the Waltham, Mass.-based manufacturer of laboratory and diagnostic equipment, a target="_blank" href="http://ir.thermofisher.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=89145&p=irol-ne

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  • October 27, 2003 | Legal Times

    Business Beyond the District

    In Northern Virginia, a few firms beat the doldrums with a focus on full service, while others continued to retrench; and in Maryland, firms again demonstrated their hallmark stabil

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