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  • April 6, 2007 | The Recorder

    Judge Stops Fee Pacts in Lead Paint Suit

    In what could lead to a major setback for affirmative litigation in California, a Santa Clara County judge has told several cities and counties they can't contract with private lawyers on a co

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  • June 19, 2006 | Legal Times

    On the Record with Adam Palmer

    Adam Palmer is director of the Office of Legal Counsel for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Alexan

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  • June 25, 2007 | National Law Journal

    IN BRIEF

    Survey forecasts uptick for corporate counsel Chief legal officers plan to expand their in-house staff and spend more on outside legal counsel during the next 12 months, a

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  • December 3, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Testing the Waters

    Two years into the financial crisis, Am Law 200 firms continue to grapple with their response to the new reality. That's the takeaway from The American Lawyer's annual Law Firm Leaders survey, whic

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  • January 26, 2004 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    BAXTER PRESSES THE FLESH WITH GEPHARDT IN DES MOINESRalph Baxter Jr. got some practice in door-to-door politicking last week.The chairman of Orrick, Herrington & Sut

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  • January 3, 2007 | Alm

    Senior Lawyers Still Billing After Many Years

    At age 70, Morrison & Foerster partner Melvin Goldman is still vigorously defending clients in securities cases. "The idea of peaking in your practice and then tailing off as you g

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  • August 2, 2007 | The Recorder

    Federal Judge Tosses Mercury Securities Suit

    Time to throw another lawsuit on the pile of dismissed civil claims stemming from alleged stock option backdating by former executives at Mercury Interactive. The latest ruling came Monday,

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  • December 12, 2005 | National Law Journal

    In Brief

    Bingham McCutchen to acquire Swidler Berlin Bingham McCutchen plans to acquire ailing Washington law firm Swidler Berlin by the beginning of next year, a Bingham spokesman

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  • May 2, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Slimmed-down firms are climbing out of the ditch

    Law firms with the largest offices on the West Coast were back in the black for the most part during 2010, with revenues edging up slightly or remaining flat. Many managed to boost profits pe

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  • June 14, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New partners Arnold & Porter (Washington): Clive Thorne joins the firm's London office as a partner. Thorne has extensive experience in the United Kingdom and Asia

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