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Mergers & Acquisitions


Deals

Jan. 11, 2006
By Geneva Whitmarsh

LOS ANGELES - CancerVax, Micromet Agree to Join Forces Biotechnology companies CancerVax Corp. and Micromet AG have announced ...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Jan. 10

Jan. 11, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

OFFICE LOS ANGELES - Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP arranged $63 million in financing for the purchase of 5900 Wilshire Blvd., a ...


Education


Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - As we look back on 2005, we are reminded of the many significant changes that occurred wit...


Constitutional Law


Protected Speech

Jan. 11, 2006
By Leslie Simmons

Briefly - Protests outside the homes of Los Angeles city animal shelter officials by members of a radical animal rights group ...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Caren Deane Thomas - When I recently received an invitation to a reunion of my Yale Law School class, it sti...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Contributions - By Leonard A. Leo • Justice Robert Jackson of the Supreme Court once famously wrote, "We are not final b...


Government


Whatever Happened to 'Pay-toPlay'?

Jan. 11, 2006
By Erin Park

LOS ANGELES - Two years ago, allegations of corruption within Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn's administration started flicker...


Appellate Practice


LOS ANGELES - Sasha the dog has won a reprieve. A state appellate court on Monday ordered the Alameda County Sheriff's Departm...


Administrative/Regulatory


LOS ANGELES - Things have gotten so bad for Jack Abramoff that he tried to give me money. Abramoff is the Washington, D.C., lo...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN JOSE - After a career spent mostly in criminal defense, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Patrick Tondreau has thri...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Jan. 9

Jan. 10, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

MORENO VALLEY - ERP Operating LP purchased Broadstone Moreno Valley Ranch, a 176-unit apartment community at 15100 Moreno Beac...


Law Practice


Latino Group Lures Prosecutor

Jan. 10, 2006
By John Hanusz

LOS ANGELES - The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund has tapped a Los Angeles federal prosecutor to serve as it...


Focus Column - By Bruce Givner - Family limited partnerships fared well in the federal courts in 2005. Following is a brief su...


Education


Forum Column - By Jordan Susman - Question: What does the Armenian genocide have in common with evolution? Answer: In certain ...


Administrative/Regulatory


Forum Column - By Devallis Rutledge - President Bush has made his determination perfectly clear: "We cannot let terrorists and...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has added civil litigator Dana J. Dunwoody to its business trial practi...


Firm Watch


New Name Reflects Sullivan Wertz Promotions

Jan. 10, 2006
By Kenneth Davis

SAN DIEGO - San Diego law firm Sullivan Wertz McDade & Wallace has changed its name to Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Br...


Criminal


Cooley Urges Three-Strikes Reform

Jan. 10, 2006
By Ryan Oliver

LOS ANGELES - Concerned about nonviolent offenders receiving disproportionate sentences under the state's three-strikes law, ...


Firm Watch


SAN FRANCISCO - Celebrity divorce attorney Stacy D. Phillips has seen a lot of arguments in her 22 years of counseling high-pr...


Criminal


Missourian's Foiled Bid for Lawyer Wins Review

Jan. 10, 2006
By Brent Kendall

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a right-to-counsel dispute involving a Southern California t...


Insurance


Auto Club Worker Wins in Disability Case

Jan. 10, 2006
By Anat Rubinn

SANTA BARBARA - A Santa Barbara jury awarded a longtime Auto Club employee $1.2 million Friday in a disability discrimination ...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Attorneys marvel at the harmony Los AngelesCounty Superior Court Commissioner Gary Bounds was able to orchestrat...


Firm Watch


LOS ANGELES - Hydee R. Feldstein, a partner in Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker's corporate group, will depart the firm to...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Declares Mistrial After $1 Million Verdict for Nurses

Jan. 10, 2006
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

VICTORVILLE - Citing jury misconduct, a Superior Court judge Friday threw out a $1 million verdict for two former nursing sup...


Law Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - Securities class action king Bill Lerach's firm, already under federal scrutiny in a kickback probe, must pay ...


Criminal


Briefly

Jan. 9, 2006
By Claude Walbert

PENSION CHARGES - An attorney for San Diego's municipal pension system and four other overseers of the retirement fund were in...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jan. 9, 2006
By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES - Morrison & Foerster has announced that seven California-based attorneys have been elected to the firm's part...


Appellate Practice


Briefly

Jan. 9, 2006
By Leslie Simmons

THE PRICE OF IMPATIENCE - A judge's effort to kick-start a slow-moving arbitration cost a Hollywood actor and his attorney a $...


Criminal


Court Assists Addicts With Kids

Jan. 7, 2006
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Bryan Gonzalez's life ran aground about two years ago. That's when he lost custody of his 7-year-old son. His ex-g...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Jan. 6

Jan. 7, 2006
By Aubrey Poolen

HOSPITALITY CARLSBAD - Burnham Real Estate's Capital Markets Group arranged a $35.51 million permanent loan for the refinancin...