• August 25, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Law School Hunger Striker Revealed: He Is a She

    "Ethan Haines" caught the attention of the legal blogosphere in early August by announcing that he would go on a hunger strike to push law schools to release more accurate employment

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  • February 5, 2010 | The Recorder

    Shareholder Suits See Uptick as M&A Deals Flourish

    Securities defense lawyers at big firms have noticed an uptick in shareholder lawsuits over mergers and acquisitions, even those worth under $100 million, a reflection of both increased deal activi

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  • February 15, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    DAVIS POLK GRABS LATHAM IP LITIGATORDavis Polk & Wardwell has poached IP litigator Matthew Lehr from Latham & Watkins.Lehr, who is expected to start at Davis Pol

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  • March 1, 2006 |

    Q&A

    Joseph Konowiecki is general counsel at PacifiCare Health Systems, a health care company in Cypress that was recently acquired by UnitedHealth Group, which is headquartered in Minneapolis/

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  • April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Gibson Dunn Latest Target in Refco Fallout

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is the latest law firm to be named in a suit stemming from the breakdown of the commodities firm a

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  • September 6, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    District Court Opinion in MP3.com Case

    The purpose of today's session is to enable the Court to make those rulings that are appropriate at this time as a result of the three-day trial that was conducted before the Court last week.

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  • March 15, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Internet libel claim nets big bucks

    Brenda Cambron Rogers, a 67-year-old rookie lawyer, won what she believes is a record judgment in Georgia for internet libel -- $533,333.33. Gwinnett County State Court Senior Judge

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  • November 5, 2001 | The Recorder

    Beach Boy

    Michael Rhodes says he's found the "quintessential antidote" to being a lawyer. Unfortunately, this kind of pick-me-up isn't for everyone. His cure for day-to-day pressures is

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  • January 14, 2009 | The Recorder

    The Right Man for the Job?

    SAN FRANCISCO — One Wednesday, a week before Christmas, prosecutors from the Northern District U.S. attorney's office forsook their usual Tenderloin environs and headed to the Presidio. I

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  • July 7, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Hearing on price-fixing action packs a surprise

    SAN FRANCISCO — What began this week as a class certification hearing on one of five national, high-tech price-fixing cases pending here became a big score for plaintiffs aft

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