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Stimulus Sends Real Estate Lawyers Scrambling

The Recorder

An expanded tax break signed by the president Friday has real estate lawyers consulting with clients about closing deals fast.

Oakland Lawyer Stops Prop 36 Amendment

The Recorder

Clifford Gardner helped draft the ballot initiative that provided treatment options to most nonviolent drug offenders. And last week, he blocked a change that called for using jail time as leverage.

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Technology Kills the Subtle Art of Dealmaking

The Recorder

Going Public: Veteran MoFo partner and poker player Bruce Mann can rattle off many attorneys' negotiation "tells," and says there's something lost with modern phone and e-mail dealing.

Judge Approves $19.5M Settlement

The Recorder

Attorney General Jerry Brown's office reached a resolution with Shell Oil Co., though the company denies environmental violations.

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On the Move

The Recorder

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.

McDermott China Alliance Forges On

The American Lawyer

But rivals question the allied firm's long-term viability.

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Dreaming Big

The Recorder

LeClairRyan wants to get to 100 lawyers in California by 2013. An ambitious goal, but then, the 310-lawyer firm has more than doubled its size in the last five years, in part with mergers like the one that brought San Francisco's Peter Hart on board.

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Skype Suit Settles, Founders Buy Back In

Legal Pad

Skype founders' copyright suit to stop eBay from selling the phone-by-web service settles. Looks like they just wanted to buy back in. Crafty! Also Blogged: Supreme Court justices took questions in Berkeley last week, suffered old-age cracks, and offered lawyer jokes and re-election pitches.

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Taking a Breather

The Recorder

A sabbatical can provide benefits to not only the lawyer taking it but the law firm as well.

 

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