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February 25, 2005 |

Housing Authority Must Pay Judgment, First District Rules

The San Francisco Housing Authority needs to look a little harder for money to pay a $12 million jury verdict, the First District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday. A San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded the sum more than three years ago to the relatives of five people who were killed in a fire at one of the agency's public housing complexes. But the housing authority has said it's paid what it can and tried to persuade the First District to overturn a lower court's orders to pay the judgment in full.
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October 25, 2007 |

Boutique's Merger With Larger Firm Wasn't What Lawyers Bargained For

Berg & Parker attorneys merged with Preston Gates & Ellis seeking stability and growth for their 13-lawyer firm. But when Preston Gates was snapped up by Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham a couple of years later, some former Berg lawyers say they found their practice unsupported and felt pressure to hike billing rates. David Franklin says his Berg rate of $350 remained unchanged for existing clients but went "north of $400" for new clients. So Franklin and several other lawyers sought out new homes.
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August 05, 2004 |

Help Wanted at Holland & Knight

Holland & Knight is on the hunt again: In a bid to become what a partner calls "truly national," the Tampa, Fla.-based firm is looking to add 100 lawyers to its 30-attorney San Francisco office, and to acquire one or more regional firms or cart off a local branch from a national firm. But consultants say finding suitable partners in California's cutthroat market may be tough, and Holland & Knight's comparatively low profits per partner could make it even harder.
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August 27, 2012 |

MOVERS

Seth Kaplan joins Berger Singerman's business, finance and tax team as partner in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
February 07, 2011 |

State has paid $15.7 million to SAAGs in FY '11

Georgia paid more than $15.7 million from July through December 2010 for outside counsel to work on cases involving infrastructure projects, intellectual property and admiralty, according to records released Friday by Attorney General Sam Olens.Based on those numbers, the state is on pace to spend about $31.5 million on special assistant attorneys general, or SAAGs, by the end of the fiscal year in June.
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September 19, 2005 |

Golden Moments

From gruff judges to phony looking plaintiffs, some prominent California litigators recall their shining moments in court.
8 minute read
March 08, 2013 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
4 minute read
January 04, 2013 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
4 minute read
IndyMac's Ex-CEO Settles for $1 Million, Denies Liability for Lender's Collapse
Publication Date: 2012-12-14
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A week after winning a $169 million jury verdict in a case against three former IndyMac executives, the FDIC reached a settlement on Friday with Michael Perry, the failed mortgage lender's ex-CEO. In the settlement, Perry denies any liability for the problems that sank the mortgage lender, but agrees to pay $1 million to the FDIC, which also intends to recover another $11 million through the director and officer insurance policies that covered Perry.

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