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Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Two years ago, the American Bar Association began an intense drive to recruit lawyers nationwide to represent po...


Civil Rights


Gender Neutral

Jan. 3, 2001
By Columnist

Evolution in the law holds a significant promise of freedom and equality, not only for transgendered people, but for everyone,...


After more than a decade of working in the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, Marc Greenberg found a partner spot in the l...


Firm Watch


The University of San Diego School of Law has honored a Baker & McKenzie attorney with its Distinguished Alumni Award. The...


Litigation


Impeachment with deposition testimony is an important part of trial work, fraught with great possibilities for scoring points....


Law Practice


The Hard Sell

Jan. 3, 2001
By Staff Writer

Corporate America learned long ago that attracting consumers takes more than a good product. It's image that sells. These days...


Transactions


QuantumShift Inc. has agreed to acquire ICE Wireless for $5 million. Novato's QuantumShift offers Web-based software and suppo...


San Francisco's Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold recently acknowledged that it was getting too big for its operations when i...


Gov. Gray Davis is holding up $88.5 million in legal fees JAMS says the state owes to five law firms. On Nov. 30, the JAMS arb...


Appellate Practice


Court Puts Band Back on Resume

Jan. 3, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - While the magic carpet ride may have ended long ago for the '60s rock band Steppenwolf, at least one of its me...


Artisan Components Inc. has agreed to acquire the Silicon Library Business from Synopsys Inc. for $24.6 million. Sunnyvale's A...


Firm Watch


San Francisco's Gordon & Rees has recruited its fifth employment attorney this year. Jennifer Sarkozy Branch joins the fir...


Dynavax Technologies Inc. has filed an initial public offering valued at $75 million. Berkeley's Dynavax Technologies is a bio...


Firm Watch


Latham & Watkins partner Michael Hertz has put the San Francisco Bar Association's volunteer legal services program online...


Firm Watch


The Defense Research Institute has elected Theresa Marchlewski, a partner at Santa Monica's Haight Brown & Bonesteel, to i...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Unjust Justice

Jan. 3, 2001
By Columnist

Justice can only be achieved through a public forum and the prospect of significant punishment. ...


Firm Watch


Carr & Ferrell, a technology firm based in Palo Alto, has added Randy Gard as a partner to its intellectual property group...


Supermarket chain Safeway Inc. will buy Genuardi's Family Markets for an undisclosed amount. Pleasanton's Safeway operates gro...


Transactions


To Do the Deal, He Had to Pass the Test

Jan. 3, 2001
By Staff Writer

While the mantra for selecting real estate is "location, location, location," the mantra for real estate titan Fred Sands' sel...


Transactions


Thousand Oaks' WellPoint Health Networks has agreed to buy Cerulean Companies Inc. of Atlanta for $700 million in cash. WellPo...


Firm Watch


Helping the Newly Rich Cope With Wealth

Jan. 3, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Jon Gallo specializes in estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, including technology entrepreneurs and sports and ent...


Firm Watch


San Francisco's Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has received the "Deal of the Year" award for its transactional work that he...


Public Interest


All around the country, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against localities for the offense of maintaining "at-large"...


Transactions


Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has acquired Fred Sands Realtors of Los Angeles for an undisclosed amount. Operations of...


Litigation


Ironclad Defense

Jan. 3, 2001
By Columnist

In Pavicich, the court converted a mere pleading hurdle to the filing of a civil-conspiracy claim against an attorney and clie...


Transactions


Francisco Partners and Citicorp Venture Capital have joined forces to buy 80 percent of American Microsystems Inc. for $525 mi...


Constitutional Law


9th Circuit Allows Fetal Tissue Use

Jan. 3, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - An Arizona statute that criminalizes "experimentation" with fetal tissue from abortions is unconstitutionally ...


Firm Watch


The Orange County Women Lawyer's Association has sworn in Michelle Lents, name partner at Lents & Foley in Irvine, as its ...


Law Practice


Legal Explorer

Jan. 3, 2001
By Tamara Scott

Three decades ago, much of Orange County was farmland covered with strawberry patches and orange and lemon groves. Today, it's...


After wrapping up a short term as general counsel to Torrance Web startup eStable Inc., Edward Swanson is once again plying hi...