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January 17, 2003 |

Rock Bottom Returns

If there are any lingering questions over why the Bay Area's largest law firms saw revenues drop last year, look no farther than their idled corporate lawyers. According to Thomson Financial, firms with significant M&A practices had a hand in 375 M&A deals last year, a 53 percent plunge from the previous year's 801 deals. And firms couldn't look to IPOs -- once the calling card of any serious Silicon Valley firm -- to help bolster the bottom line: IPOs were off another 32 percent in 2002.
4 minute read
October 13, 2006 |

Bad Lawyers Should Be SEC'd

Should the SEC be going after corporate lawyers for keeping quiet when the law is hazy? If the ongoing backdating scandal teaches us anything, the answer is yes.
5 minute read
July 12, 2010 |

THE 2010 MIDSIZE HOT LIST

This year's Midsize Hot List shows the agility of law firms with 50 to 150 attorneys in ducking the recession's blows — or at least bouncing back more quickly than many big-firm competitors.
3 minute read
May 15, 2007 |

How Small Firms Are Managing $160K Salaries

In February, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder partners invited their associates to discuss pay increases over lunch. It was a response to the first announcements rocking Silicon Valley that some big firms would move salaries for first-years to $160,000.
6 minute read
July 17, 2008 |

Small-Town Mayor Runs Afoul of SEC

The mayor of Beaufort, S.C., is charged by (and settles with) San Francisco's SEC office over insider trading. So what's that cost these days, anyway?
3 minute read
February 23, 2012 |

Old Concept, New Law

Litigants challenging trust capacity may have a different burden to meet, holds court of appeal, explains John Stein of Shartsis Friese.
7 minute read
February 22, 2008 |

Privilege Issue Heats Up in High-Profile Backdating Cases

Privilege issues are heating up for former McAfee and KLA executives in two SEC fraud prosecutions for stock option backdating. On Monday former McAfee GC Kent Roberts will ask a federal judge to compel Howrey lawyers to turn over notes from their internal investigation of the company. Armed with favorable precedents from courts in Delaware and San Francisco, Roberts claims the notes will show that other McAfee executives were behind backdating. Howrey and McAfee are trying to keep the notes under wraps.
4 minute read
February 23, 2004 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
3 minute read
September 26, 2005 |

Cross-Examination: Try to Keep the Moral High Ground

When it comes to effective cross-examination, it never hurts to try channeling Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch, says Chip Rice, a litigator with Shartsis Friese. If you keep to the moral high ground, it will be hard for the witness to fight with you effectively. From the start, according to Rice, you should show the jury during cross-examination that you care more about truth than the witness does by paying attention, playing fair and insisting on straight answers.
6 minute read
November 22, 2004 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
3 minute read

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