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Technology & Science


Cybershowca se

Mar. 29, 2005
By Contributing Writer

Column Law - Firm Management - By Sharon Berman - The online marketing world has changed dramatically since the years when peo...


Firm Watch


Queen bees, wannabes and everyone in between showed up for the 5th annual Lantern Awards luncheon and fund-raiser March 16. ...


Firm Watch


As the former director and founder of the Public Health Trust in Oakland, Marice Ashe had pretty lofty goals when interviewing...


Firm Watch


Rick Cohen uses the language of romance to describe his firm's recent merger with eight-attorney Phoenix firm Anderson Brody L...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers involved in pending clergy sex abuse cases offered conflicting views of the significance of the first...


Firm Watch


Sonnenschein Lures Proposition 65 Star

Mar. 29, 2005
By Tina Spee

Los Angeles litigation boutique O'Donnell Shaeffer Mortimer lost a partner this month in a move that gave Sonnenschein Nath &a...


Law Practice


Play On

Mar. 29, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

Once it became apparent that Los Angeles-based Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger would merge with Phoenix firm Anderson B...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for March 28

Mar. 29, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL RIVERSIDE - Rolling Hills Frito-Lay purchased a 23.5-acre lot in the Agua Mansa Industrial Center from Lowe Enterpr...


Firm Watch


In Good Hands

Mar. 29, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

After detouring past a police sport utility vehicle deployed in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel to park on bustling Sunset Dr...


Firm Watch


A year ago, Emery Mitchell, of-counsel at Shearman & Sterling, and Shane Byrne, chairman of Baker & McKenzie's corpora...


Employee Benefits


Former EBay Workers Sue Over Stock-Option Changes

Mar. 29, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

In the days when computer-powered fortunes jumped and fell seemingly every day, the phrase "stock options" caught the interest...


Real Estate/Development


At some point, the glitz and glamour of Hollywood Boulevard began to wear off, and spray paint and litter took its place. ...


Transactions


Integrated Health Care Buys Orange County Hospitals

Mar. 29, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

Century City health care firm Hooper, Lundy & Bookman represented Integrated Health Care Holdings in its acquisition of fo...


Firm Watch


Sen. Sheila Kuehl encouraged the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights to honor Bruce Broillet again in 10 years, saying...


Firm Watch


Energy finance attorney David Spielberg has plugged himself into a new circuit. A former partner with Stoel Rives, Spielberg j...


Forum Column - By Robert L. Shapiro - Why did Scott Peterson get the death penalty while Robert Blake got to go home? Some com...


Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Alex Ricciardulli - A dog is man's best friend ... unless the man is carrying drugs in his ca...


Judges and Judiciary


Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - The chief executive officer of the National Association of Home Builders once candidly ...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Elevates Commissioners to Judges

Mar. 29, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - Commissioners F. Paul Dickerson III and Sherrill A. Ellsworth have been elevated to judges. The appointments Thur...


Litigation


Johnson v. California

Mar. 29, 2005
By Adrianna Khoo

EXTRA Feature - The last thing Bert Deixler wants is to be singled out as the hero who integrated California's prison system. ...


Criminal


Judge Finalizes $1.8 Billion Award In Essay Scam

Mar. 29, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - When a Manhattan Beach man decided to rig a phony essay-writing contest to win his $1 million beach pad, he coul...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Fraud Verdict

Mar. 29, 2005
By Liz Valsamis

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury Friday found that a health care provider must pay a Los Angeles businessman $...


Family


WEB EXCLUSIVE: SACRAMENTO - A state appeal court heard arguments Friday in a case challenging the state's new landmark domest...


Litigation


LOS ANGELES - Making the Roman Catholic church in California pay punitive damages in priest sexual-abuse cases would amount to...


Litigation


Persistence Pays Off in Mock Trials

Mar. 26, 2005
By Tim Willert

RIVERSIDE - Tamalpais High School is nothing if not persistent. Winners of 10 straight Marin County mock-trial contests but ne...


Corporate


Toshiba Punitives

Mar. 26, 2005
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Clara County jury ordered Japanese technology giant Toshiba Corp. on Thursday to pay $84 million in pu...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - On this Good Friday as Christians head into Easter weekend, our thoughts turn to the...


Forum Column - By Edward H. Telfeyan - We're all going to die someday. It isn't a question of "if," it's a question of "when."...


Zoning, Planning and Use


Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Max Factor III - The mediation landscape has changed for single-family residential real estat...


Employment Column - By Craig Pratt - Employment litigators encounter human resources specialists because they are often an org...