Keller Dismisses Senator's Claim That Minority Motorists Targeted
By Martin Bergn
A federal judge Tuesday threw out a civil rights lawsuit by state Sen. Kevin Murray against the city of Beverly Hills that cl...
Fisher Confirmed But Bench Battle Turns Into Brawl
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed associate attorney general and former Los Angeles attorney Raymond C. Fishe...
Former Lawyer, Radio Anchor John Swaney Dies
By Liz Valsamis
A memorial service will be held Thursday for John Swaney, a former attorney and news radio anchor known for his melodious voi...
Mautino Steps Down as Presiding Judges Chairman
By Denise Levin
After three years as head of the Los Angeles Municipal Court Presiding Judges Association, Judge Philip K. Mautino is retirin...
Chief Justice Cautions Bar Of Status Quo
By Jean Guccione
In his annual address to the State Bar, Chief Justice Ronald M. George warned bar leaders against "returning to the status qu...
Cities' Gun Suits to Remain in State Court
By Lauren Bartlett
The gun industry lost a round Monday in its battle with several local cities, including Los Angeles, when a U.S. District jud...
Veil of Gloom Lifts at State Bar Meeting
By Don De Benedictis
The State Bar of California held its annual meeting last week in Long Beach, and the big news was that there wasn't any. The ...
Law Targeting Crips, Bloods Turned on Rampart Officers
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Crips, Bloods, Tiny Rascals and LAPD officers. At first glance, it might seem ludicrous to include members of the...
O'Melveny Bides Its Time To Lure Gore's Chief of Staff
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - This time Ron Klain didn't get away. The 38-year-old Klain, long-heralded as one of the young stars of the Clint...
Board Appoints Lawyer to Head Troubled DFCS
By Cheryl Romo
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved the hiring of a popular - and reportedly tough - former child ...
Law Cracking Down on Cops Is Held Illegal
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A law preventing peace officers from carrying firearms after they are convicted of battery has been found unconst...
Supervisors to Hear Courthouse Costs
By Daniel Jennings
Supervisors to Hear Courthouse Costs RIVERSIDE - The Riverside County Board of Supervisors should learn how much the construc...
With Deal in the Bag, He Packed His Bags
By Josh Grossberg
When a deal was close on a recent multibillion-dollar transaction, Ronald S. Beard packed his bags and headed off on vacation...
Mere Joinder of Plan Does Not Support Removal
By Columnist
^^Employee Benefits Law^^ By Charles P. Teixeira For the time being in California, only state courts can make initial determi...
Voluminous System
By Columnist
Most merger or acquisition transactions have significant tax implications. The transaction may be structured as a taxable sale...
Attorney: Press Accounts Wrong
By Daniel Jennings
Attorney: Press Accounts Wrong RIVERSIDE - The attorney for the grandfather arrested after his granddaughter was discovered c...
Size Matters
By Garry Abrams
By Garry Abrams The mania for merging entertainment and media entities in this decade has spun off at least two kinds of lega...
Urbane Renewal
By Josh Grossberg
By Josh Grossberg JAMS/Endispute, a national leader in for-profit alternative dispute resolution, just got a little bit small...
Deals: Hilton and Promus Hotels Combine to Go Big Time -- Amid the Cloudscape Informix Finds Deal
By Jason Song & Katherine Gaidos
Gibson Dunn HILTON AND PROMUS HOTELS COMBINE TO GO BIG TIME In a deal valued at $4 billion, Hilton Hotels will acquire Promus...
Tricky Transactions
By Columnist
By John F. McLean The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. Section 18a, requires the parties to me...
Calamitous Conference
"I keep six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew; Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who."
All in the Family
By Jeffrey Anderson
All in the Family John McNicholas has woven family, faith and law together. He practices with two of his sons and one of his ...
Easing the Burden
By Columnist
The net operating losses of a target company are often its most valuable possessions. But the acquiring company must structur...
Time Out
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By Paul Kiesel Two pieces of advice I'm afraid I should have listened to but didn't are don't read in the dark or you'll need...
Firm Watch: Three Attorneys Added to S.F. Office -- Nine Attorneys Added at L.A. Headquarters -- Two-Attorney Boutique Brought into the Fold -- Eleven Elected to Partnership -- Corporate, Tax Pro Added in L.A. -- Communications Pros Join Seattle Stalwart
By Pearl Piatt, Leslie Gordon & J. Byrd
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason and justice tell me I ought to do. Edmund Burke Musick P...
Turning the Page
By Elizabeth Freudenthal
By Elizabeth Freudenthal More than 25 years ago, young John Osborn, still reeling from the rigors of Harvard Law School and a...
Making Sure
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^^Construction Law^^ Making Sure Obligations Under Construction Payment Bonds The scope of potential liability is important n...
Rise of Women 'Didn't Happen by Accident'
By Leslie Gordon
After a recent series of managerial appointments at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison , four out of the firm's five California ...
Bench Recused for Bribery Trial
By Michael Harris
Bench Recused For Bribery Trial A Los Angeles Municipal Court judge has recused the entire Municipal Court bench from hearing...
Rest Assured
By Columnist
By Alan J. Barton Each acquisition involves a purchase and sale contract in which the purchaser of the target company obtains...