It's hard to tell whether Kevin Duffis' life is an example of art imitating life or life imitating art. As a boy growing up in...
SAN FRANCISCO - It looks like the San Francisco office of Baker & McKenzie will need to shop for some real estate and land...
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Pillsbury Winthrop: VODAFONE BUYS STAKE IN MEXICO'S GRUPO IUSACELL
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Britain's Vodafone Group is buying a one-third interest in Mexico's Grupo Iusacell. The cash deal is worth $973.4 million. Vod...
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NEW PARTNER MAKES SIX AT IRVINE'S MARSHACK SHULMAN
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Irvine's Marshack Shulman Hodges & Bastian has elevated associate Michael Kelly to partner. Kelly, 34, specializes in wro...
SAN FRANCISCO - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter and a 26-member contingent of leaders from law...
San Francisco's Cooper White & Cooper elected two new members - Jeffrey Wong and Keith Howard - to its management committe...
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Crosby Heafey: MEDTRONIC OBTAINS VENPRO PULMONARY PRODUCT LINE
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Medronic Inc. has acquired the Contegra Pulmonary Valved Conduit product line from VenPro Corp. The terms of the deal were no...
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Latham & Watkins: IP PARTNER HOPS OVER FROM SILICON VALLEY MOFO OFFICE
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Intellectual property lawyer Chuck Hoyng has become partner number 12 in the 50-lawyer Menlo Park outpost of Los Angeles' Lath...
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Littler Mendelson: MORE BUCHANAN LAWYERS PUT LITTLER IN NEW PHILLY OFFICE
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Three weeks after luring nine lawyers away to start its new Pittsburgh office, Littler Mendelson has its hand back in the Buc...
SAN FRANCISCO - A retired Sonoma County judge who was dropped from the assigned judges program following a sexual harassment c...
Trial lawyer Dale La Casella joined Pasadena's Richardson & Harmon on Jan. 8 as of-counsel. "We are fortunate to have Ms....
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Morrison & Foerster: FIRM'S ONLY LATIN AMERICA OUTPOST CLOSES ITS DOORS
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Even though San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster is pulling out of Argentina in the next month, its eight lawyers there can...
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Proskauer Rose: PARTNERS WELCOME BACK KENNETH KRUG AFTER 18 MONTHS WITH DIFFERENT FIRM
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After an 18-month dalliance with Santa Monica's Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif, partner Kenneth Krug returned to...
Real estate boutique Pircher Nichols & Meeks has recruited a new associate for its Los Angeles headquarters. Mark Hulbert...
Holland & Knight is the first law firm to receive the Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Service from the Points...
The California Supreme Court's recent decision in Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services authorized the use of arb...
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Buchalter Nemer: SMALL PRACTICE TROIKA SIGNS ON WITH ITS BIGGER NEIGHBOR
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Most of Los Angeles' five-lawyer Reinis & Reinis moved over to Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger, also in Los Angeles, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Intellectual property firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew announced the addition of two new associates to its ...
As the case proceeds against 15-year-old Charles Andrew Williams for the murder of two schoolmates and the wounding of 13 othe...
Brown Winfield & Canzaneri of Los Angeles brought aboard Donna R. Black as a partner on Feb. 1. Black, 53, was previously ...
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Wilson Sonsini: PALM OFFERS $264 MILLION STOCK FOR BOISE COMPANY
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Palm Inc. has agreed to acquire Extended Systems for $264 million in stock. The deal should close by July 2001. Santa Clara's...
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Arter & Hadden: LAWYERS MOVE TO LOCAL LAW FIRMS AFTER SHAKEUP
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Four lawyers at Arter & Hadden's Los Angeles office have decided leave for new gigs. The loss comes just two months after ...
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Morgan Lewis: LOS ANGELES' ADEXA BOUGHT FOR $380 MILLION IN STOCK
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Online software auctioneer FreeMarkets Inc. has agreed to buy e-commerce software company Adexa Inc. The stock deal is worth $...
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Wilson Sonsini: LABTEC TO MERGE WITH SWISS RIVAL FOR STOCK AND CASH
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Logitech International will acquire Labtec Inc. in a stock and cash deal valued at approximately $125 million. Logitech Inter...
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VENTURA TRIAL LAWYERS GIVE GRANT TO LOCAL LAW LIBRARY
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The Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association presented the Ventura County Law Library with a $1,000 contribution at the assoc...
Third-generation Long Beach attorney Cheryl Lackman Feinberg was installed as president of the Long Beach Bar Association on F...
San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop called upon veteran partner Robert Sullivan to guide longtime client, Vodafone Group, throu...
Although Sam Sheldon says he's not an emotional man, he was nearly moved to tears the day Serena Nunn was reunited with her fa...
The San Fernando Valley Bar Association's 75th Anniversary Judges' Night drew some of the biggest names in local politics. ...
While Richard Marmaro's courtroom strategy is not unique or flashy, it certainly is successful. Peers who have litigated with ...