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June 16, 2003 | Law.com

Luce Forward Lawyers Expected to Leave for Duane Morris Posts

After doubling the size of the firm between 1998 and 2001 by establishing beachheads in cities like Miami, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, London and San Francisco, Duane Morris took some time off to digest and grow its new offices organically. But firm chairman Sheldon Bonovitz appears ready to get back in the acquisition business, as Duane Morris is expected to announce soon the addition of 16 lawyers from San Diego-based Luce Forward Hamilton Scripps.
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February 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

Duane Morris Defeats Claim of Malpractice

A Philadelphia jury Wednesday cleared Duane Morris of a claim of legal malpractice for its representation of a former client in settlement negotiations, according to attorneys in the case. Joseph K. Adlerstein sued Duane Morris in 2004 after he failed to receive $1.6 million of a $1.8 million settlement with his former company, SpectruMedix. He claimed the firm committed legal malpractice by failing to ensure the settlement agreement included some form of security in the event SpectruMedix didn't pay up.
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July 27, 2007 | The Recorder

Duane Morris Sees Some Success

About 18 months after swallowing San Francisco's Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, S.F. partner Joseph Burton says the Philadelphia firm is seeing strong revenue and hopes for rising profits.
7 minute read
February 07, 2005 | Law.com

Duane Morris Settles Malpractice Suit

Duane Morris has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle a legal malpractice suit by a former corporate executive who claimed the firm hid a serious conflict of interest from him and that he was forced into bankruptcy, where he had to sell his home and his stock interests in the company that had fired him. A Hofstra University law professor, in an expert report prepared for trial, characterized the law firm's defense as "a particularly repugnant form of confession and avoidance."
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August 02, 2007 | Law.com

Duane Morris Sees Some Success After Merger

When Duane Morris acquired Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft in 2006, it anticipated gaining an attractive insurance coverage litigation practice, despite its low rates and a few too many lawyers. But firm officials say that with the right dose of pre-emptive staff cuts and gradual rate hikes, the combination is already on the road to success. "I think it's gone very well," says Joseph Burton, who led Duane Morris' small San Francisco office prior to the merger. "I think better than we could have anticipated."
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October 05, 2005 | Law.com

Duane Morris to Acquire San Francisco's Hancock Rothert

Philadelphia-based Duane Morris is set to acquire Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, a 75-lawyer San Francisco firm best known for its insurance coverage practice. According to partners at Duane Morris, a vote at that firm was scheduled to take place Thursday, with an official announcement expected soon afterward. One Duane Morris lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "Duane Morris has never acquired a full firm, ever. This is the first one in 100 years."
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February 15, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Duane Morris Prevails in Suit Charging It Failed To Provide Settlement Security

A Philadelphia jury on Wednesday cleared Duane Morris of a claim of legal malpractice for its representation of a former client in settlement negotiations, according to attorneys in the case.
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February 14, 2008 | Law.com

Duane Morris Defeats Claim of Malpractice

A Philadelphia jury yesterday cleared Duane Morris of a claim of legal malpractice for its representation of a former client in settlement negotiations, according to attorneys in the case.
6 minute read
November 29, 2001 | Law.com

Jury Selection Starts Today in Malpractice Trial Against Duane Morris

A Philadelphia jury will have to wend its way through a complex series of financial transactions to determine whether the law firm Duane, Morris & Heckscher betrayed one client to benefit another in an acquisition deal, and owes more than $400 million in damages. Jury selection is set to start today in the suit, filed in 1999.
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January 04, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Duane Morris Opens Office in Silicon Valley, Focusing on IP

Duane Morris has opened a new office in Palo Alto, Calif., making for the firm's fifth office in the state. The new location will focus, at the start, on intellectual property litigation. To that end, the firm hired K&L Gates partner Karineh Khachatourian and associate Patrick S. Salceda.
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