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A judge denied a request last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for confidential discovery files related to ...

Shearman & Sterling LLP represented San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital in the $890 million sale of its...

With about five months left in his term, Don du Bain is moving to the San Francisco district attorney's office next week. It's...

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