• July 22, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Judges Refuse To Allow Students To Discharge Debt

    Student loan debt is tough to dodge: Unlike other forms of debt, it typically can’t be discharged in bankruptcy. Some judges within the past year seemed to take a softer sta

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  • November 15, 2005 | Special To Law.Com

    Piecing Together EDD's In-House vs. Outsource Puzzle

    Return

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  • February 21, 2012 | The Recorder

    Reluctant Facebook Plaintiff Ordered to Testify

    SAN FRANCISCO — Despite her efforts to avoid it, Seattle seamstress Angel Fraley will have to testify in a lawsuit accusing Facebook Inc. of violating her privacy. On Tuesday U.S

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  • July 1, 2002 | The Recorder

    Profit Plunge

    Through the late 1990s, driven by double-digit growth at Silicon Valley tech firms, Bay Area law firms led the nation in terms of profit growth. In 2001, the region's fortunes took an abrupt

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  • April 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Protecting its images

    Name and title: Karen Cottle, senior vice president, legal; general counsel; and corporate secretary Age: 54 Software colossus: Founded in 1982, Adob

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  • September 20, 2004 | National Law Journal

    In Brief

    Fish & Neave flirts with Ropes & Gray Fish & Neave has sat on the porch and held hands with Ropes & Gray, but it has not yet decided to go to the altar. Tha

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  • January 27, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Firm Sanctioned $6,000 Over 'Spiteful' Lawsuit A Manhattan judge has slapped the personal injury firm of Morelli Ratner with $6,000 in sanctions for bringing a "spi

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  • July 17, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Solid Growth for Allen & Overy and Linklaters

    Note: Conversions of British pounds to U.S. dollars were performed at the Fed’s average rate for 2007 of $2.002 to the pound.

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  • November 28, 2006 |

    Open-Source Software Consulting Firm Draws $13M

    Open-source software consulting and integration firm Optaros Inc. announced the closing of a $13 million Series B round to double the size of the company while expanding nationally and internationa

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  • March 5, 2003 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    KEKER BOWS OUT OF BROBECK BREACH CASEBrobeck, Phleger & Harrison and former partners Debra Pole and William Fitzgerald can no longer rely on Keker & Van Nest to defend t

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