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June 21, 1999 | Law.com

Searching for a Holy Legal Grail in Israel

Where high-tech communities flourish, law firms follow. And that means U.S. lawyers are on their way to Israel, which now ranks as the second fastest-growing high-tech region in the world.Texas. So far, however, U.S. law firms eager to exploit Israel's high-tech explosion have been held at bay by restrictive regulations governing the practice of law there. Yet that's now beginning to change.
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October 31, 2000 | Law.com

Napster Still Not Out of the Woods

Bertelsmann's decision to work with Napster is good news for the wildly popular but besieged music-sharing service. Still, its supporters might think twice before breaking out the champagne. Napster still faces the very real possibility that it will be shut down by a three-judge panel of San Francisco's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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June 21, 1999 | Law.com

Arbitration is No Simple Matter

The arbitration clause in Rafael Crespo's employment contract was just that--a clause, short and sweet. And that was its undoing. Mr. Crespo was a building supervisor until the building owners fired him in 1995. He wanted to sue them, but his bosses insisted that he was barred by a clause his union had negotiated saying that all differences over the application or performance of any part of the contract must go to binding arbitration. His attorneys responded that the simple reference to all differences
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January 24, 2005 | Law.com

A Capital Idea

Pillsbury Winthrop is poised to make its most ambitious attempt yet to crack the D.C. market by swallowing Shaw Pittman, a move that could instantly transform the firm into a top-tier Washington player. Shaw Pittman has had its problems lately, but it boasts a prized outsourcing practice -- and a prime location. As consultant Ward Bower says, "to be credible as a national firm, you need to be credible in three places -- New York, Washington and California." But first the firms have to strike a deal.
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June 10, 1999 | Law.com

Nice Guys Finish First

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February 01, 1999 | Law.com

Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

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September 13, 1999 | Law.com

L.A. Firms' Dirty Little Secret: Hourly Rates

The big firms are getting used to announcing gross revenues that have become, well, gross. They're begrudgingly willing to talk about partner draws that are moving to the million-dollar neighborhood. What the big law firms are still downright shy about are the building blocks of all that filthy lucre: billing rates. Los Angeles insiders don't want to go on the record about charging $500 for partners. Why? "When you start raising rates, you change the way lawyers view each other," says one recruiter.
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July 24, 2003 | Law.com

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April 26, 2012 | The Recorder

Oracle's Jacobs Has Fun with Former Sun CEO

MoFo partner employs sarcasm, and even a hand gesture, in key cross-exam.
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December 14, 1999 | Law.com

John E. Place, Yahoo! Inc.

John E. Place, vice president and general counsel at Yahoo Inc., says that he relies heavily on his assistants -- so much so that "they are almost co-general counsel." In January 1997, Place joined Yahoo as the company's first lawyer. At 44, he is one of Yahoo's oldest employees.
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