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Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Palo Alto's Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati may have taken some of the wind out of the sails of this year...


Constitutional Law


DRAWING THE LINE

Jan. 22, 2001
By Columnist

Last week we witnessed a most unfortunate spectacle, which has taken the contentiousness in our political institutions to new ...


Immigration


LOS ANGELES - Services will take place in Washington, D.C., Wednesday for William F. Dwyer II, a former Beverly Hills attorney...


Intellectual Property


MIND GAMES

Jan. 20, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

Leave it to New Economy companies to try to change the rules again. This time around they've convinced the U.S. Patent and Tra...


Government


Judiciary Committee Named

Jan. 20, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - A business lawyer, a developer and a one-time social worker are among the legislators appointed to the state Asse...


Family


Domestic Violence Clinic Opens Doors

Jan. 20, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court has opened a Domestic Violence Clinic at the Inglewood Courthouse. The new clinic, wh...


Investments


Trends to Watch in 401 (k) Plans

Jan. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Twenty years since the introduction of the 401(k) plan, employers and their workers are at a crossroads. This column will look...


The quest for the "killer" mobile application has sent wireless Web providers into a tailspin, trying to one-up one another in...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Northop Dangles Stock to Get Litton Deal

Jan. 20, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. said this week that it is considering amending a merger agreement with Litton Indust...


Law Practice


Stanford Hosts Event On Balance of Power

Jan. 20, 2001
By Jill Boekenoogen

Constitutional law scholars, lawyers and government officials will gather in February to discuss the implications of the recen...


Litigation


The American Way

Jan. 20, 2001
By Columnist

You've spent your legal career practicing in state court. If you're not complacent, you're at least comfortable. You know what...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Two dozen members of the Crissy Field Dog Group convened Wednesday night to plot how they would unleash their ...


Constitutional Law


Another Suit Filed Over Fee Award

Jan. 20, 2001
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - The chairman of the state Board of Equalization filed his own suit Thursday to challenge an $88.5 million fee awa...


Criminal


Lawyer Seeks Judge's Recusal in AG Hearing

Jan. 20, 2001
By John Roemer

VALLEJO - A defense lawyer at a death row habeas hearing Thursday moved to disqualify Solano County Superior Court Judge Frank...


Also on Jan. 2, environmental partner Kevin Haroff moved his Morrison & Foerster practice over to the San Francisco offic...


Intellectual Property


Estoppel Signs

Jan. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Under the doctrine of equivalents, a product or process that does not literally infringe a patent claim may nonetheless be fou...


Tax


Audit Overhaul

Jan. 20, 2001
By Columnist

Historically, Internal Revenue Service examiners were assigned to audit taxpayers in many different industries. On one day, an...


Corporate


When Two Is Better Than One

Jan. 20, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

Although breaking up can be heart-wrenching, it can also be liberating and even quite lucrative - if you're a corporation. Spi...


Technology & Science


Dot-Com Plunge Pulls Down Tech Magazines

Jan. 20, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

With all the talk of defunct dot-coms and initial public offering riches turned sour, it was only matter of time before those ...


Law Practice


First impressions count, and how you decorate can make a difference in how clients perceive your practice. Office decor can ma...


Intellectual Property


Accept or Reject

Jan. 20, 2001
By Columnist

It is essential for practitioners who draft license agreements that involve intellectual property to be familiar with Section ...


Criminal


Justices Approve Inconsistent Verdicts

Jan. 20, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo wrote 66 years ago: "It is impossible in the nature of things for ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Chocolate-Colored Marbles Lead to Suit

Jan. 20, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - Chocolate might be hard to resist, but Deborah Hardaway says she found it hard, period. The 43-year-old Newport Co...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Seventy-one members of a bicycle protest group who were arrested and strip-searched during the Democratic Nation...


Education


School District Sues Special-Needs Student

Jan. 20, 2001
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

SANTA ANA - An Orange County school district has sued one of its special-needs students, alleging it should not have to pay fo...


Family


County Starts Foster-Care Mentoring

Jan. 20, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - Private citizens stepping forward to help foster children "find their voice" is the goal of a county mentorship ...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Michael Emmick, who as former deputy to Kenneth W. Starr was the first federal prosecutor to question Monica Lew...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - Electric power wholesalers have conspired to create artificial shortages in the vast California market, illega...


Environmental


Environmental Change

Jan. 20, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Not everybody, Felicia Marcus recently noted proudly, owns a Federal Highway Administration snow globe. But sh...


Government


Missouri Judge Strikes Back at AG Nominee

Jan. 20, 2001
By Daniel Shaw

WASHINGTON - Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie White testified Thursday that attorney general-designate John Ashcroft had di...