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Law Practice

Dec. 8, 2010

Tech Industry Is a Target as Plaintiffs' Firms Continue Migration From Texas

Corporate litigation observers said several big-name plaintiffs' firms that are growing their shops in Los Angeles are hoping to become known for more than just asbestos class actions.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A common refrain repeated by some California businesses and their advocates in recent years has been "the Texans are coming." And indeed, several marquee plaintiffs' firms from Dallas and Houston have set up shop or expanded in California to snag a piece of the lucrative asbestos and environmental litigation here.


But that continued trend now appears to run deeper and its...

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