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Appeals court ruling paves way for back pay for judges

By John Severance | Friday, Apr 28, 2017 @ 11:39am

Thanks to a ruling by the California Second District Court of Appeal, present and retired California judges could receive more than $36 million in back pay.
Dentons disqualified from National Law Journal's top 500 list due to global expansion

By Michelle de Leon | Sunday, Nov 27, 2016 @ 10:50pm

LOS ANGELES -- The brisk expansion of Dentons across the globe has prompted the National Law Journal to remove the law firm from its NLJ 500 and the American Lawyer 200 list. However, Dentons came out in sixth place in The American Lawyer’s Global 100 ranking this year, rising from No. 19 in 2015.
Morrison & Foerster hires four new partners, expands private equity practice

By Tannara Yelland | Thursday, Jun 16, 2016 @ 12:08pm

SAN FRANCISCO – In the wake of a record-setting year for mergers and acquisitions in 2015 and in a year potentially set to break that record, law giant Morrison & Foerster has hired four new partners to round out its private equity team.