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January 07, 2013 | The Recorder

In re Mbunda

6 minute read
June 07, 2013 | The Recorder

Western Watersheds Project v. Abbey

7 minute read
December 09, 2011 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: Justices Take Step into Fight over Election Maps

4 minute read
July 03, 2013 | The Recorder

Litigators Getting in Step With S.F.'s New Complex Judge

Replacing a popular long-serving judge, Curtis Karnow has done things a little differently.
7 minute read
March 02, 2012 | The Recorder

DOMA Challenge Raises Tricky Recusal Questions

Officials at the Ninth Circuit are taking steps to wall off a longtime court employee from colleagues working on her case.
5 minute read
December 21, 2012 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: Could Chief Justice Be the Answer for State GOP?

5 minute read
November 02, 2012 | The Recorder

Abortion Law Makes Stop at Ninth Circuit

8 minute read
November 04, 2011 | The Recorder

Class Dismissed

Bay Area plaintiff firms are already adapting their practices to a post-Concepcion, post-Dukes world.
9 minute read
September 29, 2003 | The Recorder

Rising Sun

John Croll's first day on the job as general counsel of Sun Microsystems Inc. was April Fools Day 2002. Given the circumstances, it was hard to find much to joke about. Croll immediately faced the prospect of cutting dozens of lawyers and hundreds of thousands of dollars from his budget. And just as the budget tightened and the legal department faced cutbacks, Croll and his team braced for an onslaught of work.
12 minute read
May 09, 2005 | The Recorder

High Court to Review Appeal in Death Row Case

Nearly 39 years ago, a wealthy Florida citrus grower named Charles Von Maxcy was stabbed and shot to death, gangland style. The bizarre story of the murder, and of Florida's campaign to find and convict the killer, is now before the Supreme Court for review. But the narrative of Kelley's appeal, which reads like a crime thriller, is not the only thing likely to catch the justices' eyes. Among the lawyers arrayed on Kelley's side are Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe and Kenneth Starr.
9 minute read

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