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March 08, 2013 | The Recorder

Cybercommuting for Employers

Companies that permit employees to work from home must make sure they are complying with relevant California laws, explains Lisa Lawson of Pennington Lawson.
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May 02, 2013 | The Recorder

In Practice: New Chapter in Municipal Bankruptcy

Developments in Stockton's case could have major implications for other financially distressed cities, explains Gary Kaplan of Farella Braun & Martel.
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February 13, 2013 | The Recorder

Latest Inning in Bonds Criminal Case Ends With No Home Runs

The slugger's appellate counsel, Dennis Riordan, argued the government's failure to charge the obstruction of justice crime with specificity is "a dagger in the heart of this conviction."
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October 19, 2012 | The Recorder

If Prop 34 Fails, California Could See a Wave of Executions

Once the state's lethal injection protocol is sorted out, defenders may find the Ninth Circuit is no longer as willing, or able, to halt executions.
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August 07, 2002 | The Recorder

Search Functions

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December 06, 2002 | Law.com

A Footnote Most Foul

When Michael Wilkins agreed to serve as local counsel for a Michigan insurance company, he had no idea that the case would land him in deep trouble with his state supreme court. And when he submitted his client's brief, he never expected that a mildly aggressive footnote would get him clocked with a 30-day suspension. Every lawyer knows stories about thin-skinned judges -- but the Indiana Supreme Court opinion in In re Wilkinstakes judicial hubris to a new extreme.
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March 15, 2013 | The Recorder

At the Podium: With Grisly Facts, Justices Look to Make Deal

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May 07, 2012 | The Recorder

People v. Jones

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May 25, 2011 | The Recorder

Eric Schlezinger

A long-ago paralegal job at Skadden led not to Big Law, but a career as an in-house lawyer and the GC position at Dialogic Inc.
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November 17, 2004 | The Recorder

Going Organic

Five years ago, the Tech boom drew alot of attention from Am Law 100 firms eager to get a piece of the action. Some merged their way into the market. But seven other firms took a more organic strategy, sending in their vanguards and cherry-picking local grown talent. While the execution of their strategies differed, these firms all share a common result -- the offices they launched at the height of the boom have taken root.
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