Law Practice
Increase in Death Penalty Cases Drives ABA to Recruit Attorneys
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Two years ago, the American Bar Association began an intense drive to recruit lawyers nationwide to represent po...
Evolution in the law holds a significant promise of freedom and equality, not only for transgendered people, but for everyone,...
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Baker & Hostetler: LITIGATOR QUITS UNCLE SAM FOR HOMETOWN L.A. HAVEN
By Staff Writer
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...
The University of San Diego School of Law has honored a Baker & McKenzie attorney with its Distinguished Alumni Award. The...
Impeachment with deposition testimony is an important part of trial work, fraught with great possibilities for scoring points....
Corporate America learned long ago that attracting consumers takes more than a good product. It's image that sells. These days...
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Wilson Sonsini: QANTUMSHIFT COOLS DOWN WITH $5 MILLION BUY OF ICE
By Staff Writers
QuantumShift Inc. has agreed to acquire ICE Wireless for $5 million. Novato's QuantumShift offers Web-based software and suppo...
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Sedgwick Detert: FIRM ADDS PAIR OF JOBS IN HOME OFFICE MANAGEMENT
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold recently acknowledged that it was getting too big for its operations when i...
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Milberg Weiss: DAVIS HOLDS UP PAYMENTS TO FIRMS FOR ARBITRATION
By Staff Writer
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...
SAN FRANCISCO - While the magic carpet ride may have ended long ago for the '60s rock band Steppenwolf, at least one of its me...
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Wilson Sonsini: ARTISAN AGREES TO ACQUIRE SILICON LIBRARY BUSINESS
By Staff Writers
Artisan Components Inc. has agreed to acquire the Silicon Library Business from Synopsys Inc. for $24.6 million. Sunnyvale's A...
San Francisco's Gordon & Rees has recruited its fifth employment attorney this year. Jennifer Sarkozy Branch joins the fir...
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Morrison & Foerster: DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES FILES $75 MILLION PUBLIC OFFERING
By Staff Writers
Dynavax Technologies Inc. has filed an initial public offering valued at $75 million. Berkeley's Dynavax Technologies is a bio...
Latham & Watkins partner Michael Hertz has put the San Francisco Bar Association's volunteer legal services program online...
The Defense Research Institute has elected Theresa Marchlewski, a partner at Santa Monica's Haight Brown & Bonesteel, to i...
Justice can only be achieved through a public forum and the prospect of significant punishment. ...
Carr & Ferrell, a technology firm based in Palo Alto, has added Randy Gard as a partner to its intellectual property group...
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Latham & Watkins: SAFEWAY CHECKS OUT WITH GENUARDI'S FAMILY MARKETS
By Staff Writers
Supermarket chain Safeway Inc. will buy Genuardi's Family Markets for an undisclosed amount. Pleasanton's Safeway operates gro...
While the mantra for selecting real estate is "location, location, location," the mantra for real estate titan Fred Sands' sel...
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Gibson Dunn: WELLPOINT HEALTH WILL GET CERULEAN FOR $700 MILLION
By Staff Writers
Thousand Oaks' WellPoint Health Networks has agreed to buy Cerulean Companies Inc. of Atlanta for $700 million in cash. WellPo...
Jon Gallo specializes in estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, including technology entrepreneurs and sports and ent...
San Francisco's Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has received the "Deal of the Year" award for its transactional work that he...
All around the country, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against localities for the offense of maintaining "at-large"...
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Skadden Arps: TWO REAL ESTATE BROKERS JOIN FORCES IN SOUTHLAND
By Staff Writers
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has acquired Fred Sands Realtors of Los Angeles for an undisclosed amount. Operations of...
In Pavicich, the court converted a mere pleading hurdle to the filing of a civil-conspiracy claim against an attorney and clie...
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Davis Polk: PRIVATE EQUITY FORCES UNITE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR BUYOUT
By Staff Writers
Francisco Partners and Citicorp Venture Capital have joined forces to buy 80 percent of American Microsystems Inc. for $525 mi...
SAN FRANCISCO - An Arizona statute that criminalizes "experimentation" with fetal tissue from abortions is unconstitutionally ...
The Orange County Women Lawyer's Association has sworn in Michelle Lents, name partner at Lents & Foley in Irvine, as its ...
Three decades ago, much of Orange County was farmland covered with strawberry patches and orange and lemon groves. Today, it's...
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Jeffer Mangels: SECURITIES STAR RETURNS TO PRACTICE FROM STARTUP
By Staff Writer
After wrapping up a short term as general counsel to Torrance Web startup eStable Inc., Edward Swanson is once again plying hi...