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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.
