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June 16, 2003 | The Recorder

Brobeck's shedding its debt load; Pillsbury & Levinson lawyers and staffers climb for a cause; local attorney helping Spike Lee in battle with Viacom.

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October 11, 2013 | The Recorder

For Morgan Lewis' Chair, a California Connection

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March 25, 2004 | Law.com

Death Row Inmate's Age May Save Him at High Court

At age 17, Anzel Keon Jones, a high school sophomore, played football, ran track, partied on weekends -- and murdered a woman and sexually assaulted her mother. Jones doesn't deny his actions. "I did it," he says. Now, nine years later, Jones and his lawyer hope the U.S. Supreme Court will decide in Donald P. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Centers v. Christopher Simmons -- a Missouri case -- that executing those who committed crimes while under the age of 18 is unconstitutional.

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November 27, 2012 | The Recorder

Obama Appointees Issue Measured Protest to Vote Clearing Way for Execution

Paul Watford was one of three Obama appointees who dissented from an en banc denial in an Arizona inmate's abandonment claim but didn't sign on to a more scathing opinion by the liberal bloc of the court.

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July 23, 2003 | Law.com

GCs Making More Money Than Ever

As corporate scandals and the Sarbanes-Oxley reform law have increased GCs' visibility and duties, Fortune 500 companies have been reminded that their chief legal officers are crucial to their businesses. And they're putting their money where their mouths are: Most of the GCs on Corporate Counsel's compensation survey are making more in salary and bonus than ever before.

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June 20, 2012 | The Recorder

Association of Irritated Residents v. California Air Resources Board

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August 24, 2012 | The Recorder

Brown Has Top Adviser Vetted for Appeal Court Seat

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