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DAILY DEALS -- Transactions for Monday, May 16

May 17, 2005
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Kumho Tire USA signed a 12-year, $34.9 million lease for 830,485 square feet of industrial spac...


Firm Watch


Surfer Dude

May 17, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

The Scene - By Draeger Martinez - The Beverly Hills Bar Association recently honored Tom Hansen as its Entertainment Lawyer of...


Firm Watch


Ever since founding Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif in 1996, Stuart Liner has been trying to convince litigator A...


Media


Bruce Anderson, who publishes the Anderson Valley Advertiser, is well known around Mendocino County for his poison pen. One of...


Firm Watch


Equipped with popcorn and candy, Los Angeles Superior Court Judges Fumiko Wasserman, John Wiley and Consuelo Marshall served a...


Firm Watch


Hoping to broaden its exposure to public agency clients in Los Angeles, Vienna, Va.-based Wickwire Gavin snagged partners Nowl...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediator Handles Disputes in an Even-Handed Way

May 17, 2005
By Geneva Whitmarsh

ADR Profile - Jeffrey Krivis calls a story he penned about a man who sued his employer for wrongful termination "Independence ...


Judges and Judiciary


In Chambers

May 17, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

Los Angeles Judicial Officer Trades Robe for Coveralls in Napa Valley Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Guillermina G. B...


Securities


Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Caesar's Entertainment Inc. have completed the sale of four casinos to an affiliate of Colony ...


Appellate Practice


A Mexican national spending time in a San Diego jail on drug charges is saying he may not have ended up there if sheriff's dep...


Entertainment & Sports


A drama is unfolding behind the scenes of "Judging Amy," one that's potentially more eye-opening than anything broadcast on th...


Firm Watch


For almost six months, Kenneth Stipanov was a man without a firm. The San Diego real estate lawyer's two-attorney partnership,...


Criminal


In San Bernardino, Judges Become Jugglers

May 17, 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - Every day, Tara Reilly rides herd. The San Bernardino drug court judge first coaxes the sheriff into lending...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


At a recent conference, the president of the Southern California Mediation Association spoke out from the audience to criticiz...


Environmental


Soka University's recent agreement to sell 588-acres of woodlands in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains was the culminati...


Firm Watch


Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Los Angeles office began the spring by hiring a young, rising star and a veteran attorney ...


Large Firms


San Francisco's Top 20 Law Firms

May 17, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

Losing 14 attorneys in San Francisco last year barely put a dent in the stronghold Morrison & Foerster has on the No. 1 s...


Litigation


Veterinarians Sue City Over Declawing Law

May 17, 2005
By Adrianna Khoo

Two years after West Hollywood deemed animal declawing surgeries cruelty to animals, the California Veterinary Medical Associa...


Litigation


Outdoor Ad Firm Sues Southland Billboard Company

May 17, 2005
By Draeger Martinez

Valley Outdoor Inc., a Southern California company specializing in outdoor advertising, has sued the Southland billboard compa...


Civil Rights


Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - Shuffling out of the movie theater last weekend, I emitted a silent scream, frustrat...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Became Leading Entertainment Mediator

May 17, 2005
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - Campbell M. Lucas, who became one of the most sought-after entertainment mediators in Hollywood following a 20-y...


Corporate


Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Steven A. Lauer and Dale Marquart - Many corporations today struggle to manage a multitude o...


Administrative/Regulatory


California Forges Ahead in Privacy Protection

May 17, 2005
By Linda Rapattoni

SACRAMENTO - California, a national leader in protecting consumer privacy, is poised again this year to pioneer legislation t...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster, eager to take advantage of a surging high-tech market, has hired venture capital for...


Communications


Attorney John Fallat was taking a big bite out of spam when he decided to go after corporate giant Kraft Foods Inc. for allege...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi has a plan to keep legendary defense attorney J. Tony Serra out of ...


Law Practice


Browne Adds Politically Wise Lawyer

May 17, 2005
By Lorelei Laird

LOS ANGELES - The Beverly Hills business litigation boutique Browne & Woods has added its politically connected partner E...


Civil Rights


ACLU Claims Damages for Anti-War Activist

May 17, 2005
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU has filed a claim for damages against the city of Santa Barbara on behalf of a man arrested for distur...


Firm Watch


One Size Does Not Fit All

May 17, 2005
By Amy Spees

Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Amy K. Spees - Mark Hennigh, managing partner of San Francisco's Greene Radovsky Maloney &...


Appellate Practice


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court panel is having second thoughts about its ruling a year ago that tossed out a Califor...