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October 01, 2007 |

Hot Day in the Valley GC Market

Lots of movement among the titan tech GCs, with Apple's Donald Rosenberg, right, moving over for Oracle's Daniel Cooperman after just 10 months on the job. Valley legal watchers aren't too surprised about Rosenberg's choice.
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September 30, 2010 |

Lost In The Shuffle

The results of this year's Minority Experience Study offer more evidence that the recession is hitting some lawyers, especially African American and Asian American associates, harder than others.
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SEC Suits Against Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Execs May Turn on Subprime Loan Definition
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The SEC capped its investigation into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by charging six former executives with failing to disclose their companies' exposure in high-risk mortgages. The defendants have fired back, with one arguing that there's no standard definition for subprime loans.

February 14, 2008 |

Newsbriefs

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October 27, 2009 |

Washington Mutual Sues to Get Billions Back From FDIC

A summary judgment hearing in a federal court in Delaware was Washington Mutual Inc.'s first chance to try to claw back some of the billions of dollars in assets the holding company argues were wrongfully stripped away when the government seized and sold its banking operations to JPMorgan Chase & Co. The hydralike litigation has become a case study in how a bank holding company can create a legal headache for the government, and for companies that buy banking assets, long after its main business has disappeared.
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April 01, 2010 |

Columns

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July 18, 2006 |

Ballard Spahr Gambles on Las Vegas With New Office

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has opened an office in Las Vegas effective Monday with the addition of three new partners. While Ballard Spahr Chairman Arthur Makadon has said he wants to grow it to a 50-person office, some familiar with the Vegas market cautioned that out-of-town firms might have a difficult time expanding. Noting Nevada's "cowboy capitalism," one recruiter says Las Vegas attorneys don't want to be dictated to by large firms that are based outside the region.
6 minute read
December 01, 2009 |

Buyer Beware: Firms Look Closely at Legal Liabilities of Merger Partners

Former Gardner Carton & Douglas partner Steven L. Loren, who pleaded guilty to a criminal felony over representation of a firm client, left the firm before its 2007 merger with Drinker Biddle & Reath. But that didn't stop Drinker Biddle's name from appearing on a lawsuit filed last month against Loren, Gardner Carton and others over an alleged kickback scheme. Drinker Biddle isn't alone in facing litigation stemming from an acquisition, which is why legal liability due diligence has become part of firms' merger process.
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July 03, 2007 |

Calif. Attorneys Meet Early and Settle Often

Linda Dardarian and Elaine Feingold are in the midst of a winning streak in disability access cases -- and so are their opponents. In eight years, the plaintiffs lawyers have settled more than two dozen disputes without filing suit or bringing in a mediator. Now, after targeting Fortune 500 companies to deliver public accommodations, the two have begun testing their settle-first strategy on public agencies. But the duo faces uncertainty as they take their negotiating tactic into uncharted waters.
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