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Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers targeted by malicious prosecution actions got a boost Monday from the California Supreme Court when th...


Column By Garry Abrams - Over the weekend, I had an epiphany about those dueling apocalypses, the California gubernatorial rec...


Judges and Judiciary


New Fees More Onerous Than Expected

Aug. 20, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Trial court lawyers are up in arms about new and increased court filing fees, arguing that their support for t...


Judges and Judiciary


Tough-Guy Judge

Aug. 20, 2003
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - Judge John J. Conway, robed and ready for court, strikes a pugilist's pose in his San Francisco chambers. He w...


Litigation


Jurist Dumps Pastor's Suit Over Hot-Tub Photos

Aug. 20, 2003
By Matthew Heller

INDIO - Photographs of a pastor in a hot tub with two topless women are newsworthy, a judge has ruled in dismissing the clergy...


Law Practice


Vessel of Absolution

Aug. 19, 2003
By Jeffrey Anderson

Daily Journal Extra Feature - In April 2002, the Los Angeles Catholic Church was getting hammered by the press, and Cardinal R...


Mergers & Acquisitions


The Playboy Bunnies are revealing a side of themselves no one has seen before: the crime-fighting side. The Playmates soon wil...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco media company MarketWatch.com Inc. will acquire Pinnacor Inc. in a deal valued at $103 million in cash and stock...


Litigation


Cross-Examining an Expert Need Not Be Futile Exercise

Aug. 19, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Trial Strategy - By David B. Baum - Awe and trepidation - these are the emotions typical of the trial lawyer approach...


Litigation


In 2001, Lara Callas traveled to Albania to devote her legal skills to helping the Orthodox Church in Albania. Forty-five year...


Litigation


Trial-Consulting Group Thinks Big

Aug. 19, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Los Angeles trial consultant Richard Gabriel has a lofty goal for his one-term as president of the American Society of Trial C...


Investments


Digital River Inc. Nabs $45 Million

Aug. 19, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Digital River Inc., which provides e-commerce services for businesses, has raised $45 million in a stock offering. The Minneap...


Firm Watch


After splitting from the firm he merged with two years ago, Eric Klein has found a new home in the Century City office of Katt...


Corporate


More California firms have joined the ranks of newly public companies. Two of the latest initial public offerings came in late...


Firm Watch


Los Angeles' Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliot has added two land-use partners for its Irvine office this summer. John C. Con...


Firm Watch


Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis is open for business in San Francisco despite defections that have shrunk the office to ...


Roger Billings' 12-year legal battle against software company Novell Inc. finally may be running out of steam. The inventor su...


Litigation


A former accounting manager at an Orange County law firm alleges that office management tolerated sexual harassment, then reta...


Technology & Science


Metadata

Aug. 19, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Legal Technology - By John J. Selbak and Colin C. Elrod - As communication technology develops, more clients expect t...


Firm Watch


One of Three Brians Leaves Boutique

Aug. 19, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

When you run your own successful litigation boutique, you can expect job offers from large law firms - just ask the name partn...


Transactions


CAMARILLO - Royce Medical Co. leased 17,784 square feet of R&D space at 4550 Calle Alto from the Snemelof Family Trust fo...


Firm Watch


ERISA Expert Joins Sonnenschein

Aug. 19, 2003
By Erik Cummins

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has seen its employee-benefits and executive-compensation practice explode in the last three...


Litigation


Film and television actor Marty Ingels considers himself a "very verbose" and "opinionated" guy. So when a radio talk show hos...


Securities


Tell All

Aug. 19, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

Securities lawyers and white-collar defense attorneys take note: the Securities and Exchange Commission is busier than ever. ...


Corporate


Top 50 Counsel

Aug. 19, 2003
By Tina Spee

Whether their in-house departments have three lawyers - like San Jose's Sanmina-Sci - or 300 (think Hewlett-Packard), Califor...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Skadden Arps Guides SangStat in Buyout

Aug. 19, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Biotechnology company Genzyme Corp. is buying Fremont-based SangStat Medical Corp., which sells a lucrative drug for kidney-tr...


Firm Watch


Rosemarie Oda, the former general counsel of California's Department of Financial Institutions, has joined Pillsbury Winthrop....


Firm Watch


Freeman Nabs Two Partners After Arter Closes

Aug. 19, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Freeman, Freeman & Smiley hired two Arter & Hadden partners following that firm's closure July 15. July 16, Jill MacGr...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Devin Gensch - In April 2002, a hacker gained access to the Teale Data Center's payr...


Focus Column - Employment Law - By David J. Reis and Dipanwita Deb Amar - It came as no surprise that a unanimous Supreme Cour...