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Corporate


Deals

Aug. 3, 2005
By Jennifer Hammn

Paris-based media and entertainment industry partner Thomson has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based PRN Corp., an operator ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Who Owns Pictures of the Past?

Aug. 3, 2005
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - A nasty, only-in-Berkeley spat over the use of two historic photos in a hardware store window display has evo...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Aug. 2

Aug. 3, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

MULTIFAMILY MOORPARK - Following a $2 million renovation, the 370-unit Fountains at Moorpark have traded hands for $65.6 mill...


Focus Column - Securities Law - By William F. Sullivan, Jay C. Gandhi and Edward Han - On Feb. 2, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...


Administrative/Regulatory


Letter to the Editor - The letter to the editor "Law Protects Women But Victimizes Many Men" (July 13 Daily Journal) contains ...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - If Judge John G. Roberts is confirmed for a seat on the Supreme Court, will he join t...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Christopher M. Mason and Stephen E. Paffrath - At the end of June, the California Supreme Court issued its d...


Administrative/Regulatory


LOS ANGELES - Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown has retained his financial edge in what remains a three-man race for attorney general...


Judges and Judiciary


Panel Tosses Conviction in Burglary at Jurist's

Aug. 3, 2005
By Dennis Opatrny

SAN FRANCISCO - The state Court of Appeal on Monday reversed the conviction of a man accused of burglarizing the home of Presi...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Kelly Crabb has represented major figures in the entertainment industry, played a significant role in three Olym...


Litigation


Ruling Denies Lien on Kids' Awards

Aug. 3, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Medi-Cal cannot recover its costs from a patient's survivors who win a wrongful-death award that does not cover ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Eight jurors who awarded Rampart scandal victim Javier F. Ovando $6.5 million in a malpractice case against his...


Law Practice


Lawyers Donate Full Workweek, Study Says

Aug. 3, 2005
By Kenneth Davis

LOS ANGELES - Two-thirds of lawyers give a full workweek of free legal aid per year, according to a new survey by the America...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's longtime plans to expand into China faltered when rainmaker Carmen Chan...


Administrative/Regulatory


New Mayor Aide

Aug. 3, 2005
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Howrey partner Maurice M. Suh on Monday was named deputy mayor for homeland security and public safety as Mayor...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Trade-Secrets Plea

Aug. 3, 2005
By Craiq Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO - The former information technology director at a Silicon Valley company pleaded guilty Monday to one count of ...


SAN FRANCISCO - California's Unruh Civil Rights Act shields same-sex couples registered as domestic partners, the state Suprem...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Once the bright lights have dimmed and the tour buses have rolled to a stop, the battle of the bands, it seems, ...


Firm Watch


With Honors

Aug. 2, 2005
By Maggie Guerin

Michael Mallow, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, received in July the Presi...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Aug. 1

Aug. 2, 2005
By Julie Leupoldn

RETAIL LOS ANGELES - NAI Capital negotiated a $2.34 million sale of a 6,795-square-foot strip center at the corner of South N...


Criminal


Attorney Serra Gets 10 Months in Prison

Aug. 2, 2005
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Sounding like a Greek chorus, the leading lights of the Bay Area's criminal defense bar pleaded with the judg...


Administrative/Regulatory


Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Michael Paul Thomas - Early this year, a judge accused a San Francisco law firm of "pla...


Firm Watch


Former Partner Returns to Gibson Dunn

Aug. 2, 2005
By Amy Spees

PALO ALTO - Shirley Buccieri, a former general counsel of Transamerica Corp., has rejoined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Palo...


Firm Watch


Shernoff Opens Two More Southland Offices

Aug. 2, 2005
By Drew Combs

LOS ANGELES - William Shernoff's desk has yet to arrive, and art works lean against the walls of his office waiting to be hun...


Firm Watch


Benefits Expert Moves to Pillsbury

Aug. 2, 2005
By Amy Spees

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has tapped benefits expert Christine Richardson as a partner in the firm's Sa...


Law Practice


Jury Will Decide Actual Innocence

Aug. 2, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that a convicted criminal defendant granted a new trial and later acquitted has...


Law Practice


Jurist Says Protesters Will Get Compensation

Aug. 2, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of battling over pepper spray, it appears that plaintiffs' attorneys representing North Coa...


Litigation


Pepper-Spray Plaintiffs Lawyers to Get Fees

Aug. 2, 2005
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of battling over pepper spray, it appears that plaintiffs attorneys representing North Coas...


Government


LOS ANGELES - Rocky Delgadillo on Friday named two veteran attorneys with government experience to top posts in the Los Angel...


Administrative/Regulatory


SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu, who was first out of the gate in the campaign t...