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DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Tuesday June 7

Jun. 8, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Cardinal Health 303 Inc. signed a one-year, $952,128 lease renewal for 83,520 square feet of industria...


Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Warren R. Shiell - Attorneys representing married couples planning on ...


Forum Column - By Michael Halley - However long the Las Vegas odds were that the Senate would stand down from its once immine...


Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - May was a tumultuous, roller coaster ride of a month for the video game industry in the Unite...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Had Common-Sense Approach to Law

Jun. 8, 2005
By Allison Schifani

LOS ANGELES - A memorial gathering took place Sunday in memory of retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mortimer G. Franci...


Law Practice


Retired 2nd District Justice Joins Reed Smith

Jun. 8, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

LOS ANGELES - Retired Justice Margaret Grignon of the 2nd District Court of Appeal joined Reed Smith's downtown Los Angeles of...


Litigation


U.S. Penalizes Exporter In Weapons Crackdown

Jun. 8, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

GRAND TERRACE - A San Bernardino County company that manufactures air and water pumps has agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty to ...


SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to streamline its patent capabilities and step up its East Coast presence, Wilson Sonsini Goodri...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Although advocates for medical-marijuana patients are fearful that Monday's decision could result in an uptick i...


Intellectual Property


Web Exclusive - LOS ANGELES - A federal jury yesterday awarded $9 million to a Guatemalan inventor who alleged that Microsoft ...


Administrative/Regulatory


DA Didn't Violate Law by Withholding Facts

Jun. 8, 2005
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County prosecutor did not violate the law when she withheld information about a coroner who testif...


Education


LOS ANGELES - West Los Angeles School of Law and its paralegal program face a financial collapse by December unless enrollment...


Criminal


Verdict Reached

Jun. 8, 2005
By Tim Willert

LOS ANGELES - A jury late Monday reached verdicts on two felony drunken-driving charges against a former Orange County presid...


Judges and Judiciary


Column - By Garry Abrams - The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will get some extra reading soon. Flamboyant Los Angele...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Californians gambled and won the right to file a class action in their home state against Harrah's and other ...


Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - A good lawyer may know better than to file a risky appeal challenging a plea bargain, but failing to follow a...


Transactions


Cardiovascular device maker 3F Therapeutics Inc. has received $6 million in commitments toward its Series E financing, with he...


Entertainment & Sports


Tom Waits' Song Publisher Sues Warner Music

Jun. 7, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

LOS ANGELES - In a move with wide-ranging implications for the burgeoning music-download business, Tom Waits' song publisher h...


Litigation


A U.S. District Court jury in Massachusetts has found Boston Communications Group Inc., Cingular Wireless and Western Wireless...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Monday June 6

Jun. 7, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL IRVINE - Accelerated Imaging purchased a 9,215-square-foot industrial building at 5 Holland from Hedley Irvine LLC...


Firm Watch


Over hors d'oeuvres that looked more like modern art than food and the jazz styling of the Larry Dunlap Trio, the Impact Fund ...


Litigation


Attorney Julie Gaviria calls herself a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to teaching evidence classes, Bar Exam preparation or ...


Firm Watch


Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin partner Gary P. Kaplan says some of California's wealthiest clients come t...


Litigation


A recent appellate opinion reveals how family members can turn on each other when love and money is on the line. In a publishe...


Litigation


All Comedy Sues Co-Founder Over Rivalry, Seriously

Jun. 7, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

While All Comedy Networks may run a radio network built on stand-up routines and other funny material, the company is deadly s...


Firm Watch


For New York-based Coudert Brothers, the future is looking grim. The firm had consolidated its Palo Alto and San Jose offices ...


Law Practice


Beyond School

Jun. 7, 2005
By Columnist

EXTRA Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Law schools don't teach you everything you need to know in order to succeed in today's le...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


An infection control analyst at a hospital sued for sexual harassment. She claimed she had suffered retaliation after rebuffin...


Firm Watch


The Inner City Law Center celebrated its 25th anniversary last month at its fifth annual Award Luncheon. The group presented B...


Litigation


A recent arbitrator's decision denied certification in a proposed class action because the representative plaintiff was the fa...