• April 28, 2009 | The Recorder

    Firms Find Stability?

    SAN FRANCISCO — With the first quarter of 2009 under their belts, California's top 25 firms are feeling more stable, but remain uncertain about the year ahead, and a sense of fragility

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  • March 25, 2009 | National Law Journal

    More Incoming Associates Put on Hold

    Up until a few weeks ago, third-year law student Elijah Watkins assumed he would show up for his law firm job starting in the fall after graduation — just as class after class of newly mi

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  • January 19, 2007 | The Recorder

    Indian Tribes Bet on Big Firms

    When the Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico decided to go ahead with a huge $245 million casino, resort and infrastructure development last year, they turned to the capital markets for financing instead

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  • December 14, 2007 | The Recorder

    EBay IP Guru's Next Step

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

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  • July 28, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    EVENT The Law Offices of Michael Steven Sherman, in conjunction with National Technical Consultants Inc., are hosting a continuning

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  • March 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

    City can void union contracts

    SAN FRANCISCO — In the first ruling of its kind, a bankruptcy judge held that the city of Vallejo, Calif., has the authority to void its existing union contracts in its effort to re

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  • October 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Former Holland & Knight Partner Owes Firm $351,000

    A former Holland & Knight partner who has waged a years-long court battle against the firm over what he says was his unfair dismissal from the partnership in 2002 received a further setba

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  • August 2, 2011 | National Law Journal

    BigLaw Firm Wants Ex-Client Sanctioned in Ugly Fee Litigation

    O'Melveny & Myers has moved for sanctions against MGA Entertainment Inc., complaining that its former client failed to turn over a large portion of discovery in a fees disput

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  • September 12, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Going after asbestos settlements

    In Washington's first look at the issue in five years, congressional Republicans are exploring proposals that could have a substantial impact on asbestos litigation. Unlike during previous d

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  • December 2, 2011 | The Recorder

    Wage Suits Get a New Poster Boy

    SAN FRANCISCO — Owners of a local chain of vegan raw food restaurants say disgruntled former employees have ruined them with meritless wage-and-hour suits, forcing them to close their pop

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