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  • October 24, 2011 | The Recorder

    Levi Strauss Hires Williams-Sonoma's Jaffe as GC

    SAN FRANCISCO — After more than a yearlong search for a top attorney, Levi Strauss & Co. has recruited the general counsel of Williams-Sonoma Inc. Seth Jaffe rejoined the jeans

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  • December 1, 2004 | The Recorder

    City Contracts Carry Quirks, Contingencies

    Second of two partsChart: Top Outside Counsel Contractsa href=http://www.law.co

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  • February 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers moving to new firms by the group

    As the legal market undergoes a tectonic shift due to law firm megamergers, one of the reverberations is an apparent surge in the number of law firms picking off clusters of attorneys fr

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  • July 28, 2010 | The Recorder

    Classify With Care

    Independent contractor misclassification is one of the hottest employment topics of the year. In light of Internal Revenue Service estimates that misclassification of employees as independent contr

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  • August 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Dewey, LeBoeuf Agree to Merge

    Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of over 1,300 lawyers. Expected to become effective by October, subject to partner approva

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  • April 24, 2008 | The Recorder

    Alsup Rejects Easy Options Deals

    Two recent rulings have both plaintiff and defense lawyers rethinking settlements in options backdating cases. Northern District Judge William Alsup rejected a href="http:

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  • March 7, 2007 | The Recorder

    Trustee wants Pillsbury to repay $4 million

    An alleged conflict of interest could cost Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman its role in a long-running bankruptcy case -- and more than $4 million in fees. A San Jose, Calif., bankrup

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  • September 3, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Ex-KLA, Juniper GC faces suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took its latest whack at a lawyer in the ongoing stock-options backdating probes last week, filing a civil suit against Lisa Berry, the

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  • February 10, 2004 | The Recorder

    News Briefs

    UNPAID OVERTIME VERDICT IS AFFIRMEDA state court of appeal has upheld an $88 million unpaid overtime verdict against Farmers Insurance Exchange.In a 60-page unanimous op

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  • September 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Door Opens A Crack

    The credit rating agencies are not happy. The just-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act contains a few paragraphs that have roiled the executive suites at

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