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Firm Watch


Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew has picked up two new attorneys, the firm announced Jan. 27. Ma...


Litigation


Returning from their fifth anniversary wedding celebration in Laughlin, Nev., three years ago, Rosemary and David Waite were r...



Firm Watch


When Howard Lind joined Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean in 1978, the Oakland firm had just 17 lawyers. Twenty-five years later...


Media


On the Record

Feb. 11, 2003
By Contributing Writer

By John J. Buchanan "Ms. Holloway, I have a reporter from USA Today who'd like to speak to you about your client. Can I put h...



Firm Watch


Doing the Partner Shuffle

Feb. 11, 2003
By Staff Writer

As former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Skjerven Morrill partners scatter to find new homes for themselves and their cl...


Firm Watch


Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner has added Patrick J. Coyne to its partnership ranks, the intellectual prop...



Bankruptcy


A number of American industry titans collapsed in financial ruin last year, producing a record 12 months in corporate bankrupt...


Litigation


Conrad Sabiron's jackpot at the Chumash Casino in Santa Inez allegedly was a pink slip. The former casino security guard filed...



Firm Watch


Washington, D.C.'s Shaw Pittman has elected Stephen B. Huttler to take over the managing partner position left open when Paul...


Firm Watch


Kirkland & Ellis has added a pair of experienced capital markets partners to its New York office. Jonathan F. Pedersen an...



Focus Column - Tax Law - By Bruce Givner - There are many ways to reduce, defer and, in a few cases, even eliminate taxes. Est...


Government


LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo has brought a professional polish to an office where, to hear him tell it, l...



Front Page


By Toni Vranjes A number of American industry titans collapsed in financial ruin last year, producing a record 12 months in c...


Commercial Law


Mr. Fix-It Man

Feb. 11, 2003
By Columnist

Forum Column - By James Acret - In the session that concluded last September, the Legislature showed a striking enthusiasm for...



Law Practice


Supportive Patriarch Raised Legal Luminaries

Feb. 11, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Albert H. Girardi, the patriarch of the family that produced the successful Los Angeles legal team of Tom and J...


Criminal


Death Sentence Raises Jury Issue

Feb. 11, 2003
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury's decision to sentence a cop killer to death despite arguments by his lawyer that he is retarded...



Intellectual Property


Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Cydney A. Tune and Michelle T. Rutledge - On Jan. 14, the Recording Industry Associa...


Front Page


Exit Strategy Gets Right Back to Basics

Feb. 11, 2003
By Tina Spee

By Toni Vranjes Bankruptcy attorneys are busy practicing their ABCs. An out-of-court process known as assignment for the bene...



Criminal


SAN RAFAEL - After more than two years of turmoil, prosecutor Floyd Andrews' life has returned legally to exactly where he wa...


Natural Resources


Judge Signs Huge Farmland Pact

Feb. 11, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has approved a three-year, $107 million agreement that could clear the way for the retirement...



Criminal


Regretfully, They Can't Fix the Laws

Feb. 11, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

Reporter's Notebook By Peter Blumberg SAN FRANCISCO - It's a safe bet that when an appellate court reaches a conclusion "relu...


Environmental


Expert Calls for New Approach to Water Use

Feb. 11, 2003
By Mark Cromer

SANTA ANA - As suburban sprawl continues to swallow vast swaths of California, resulting in ever-greater consumption of water...



Appellate Practice


Panel Revives Bias Suit Based on One Slur

Feb. 11, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - A single ethnic slur, combined with other abusive treatment, is enough to prove a hostile work environment unde...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser has learned a lesson in how not handle his son's parking ti...



Alternative Dispute Resolution


9th Circuit Steps Into Key Arbitration Case

Feb. 11, 2003
By Pam Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Requiring newly hired workers to agree to arbitrate civil rights claims is widespread "do-it-yourself tort re...


Firm Watch


Reed Smith Crosby Heafey hopes to build on an existing group of attorneys and clients in its Northern California offices and s...



Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - Lawyers thinking of making a career move or interested in deepening their knowledge o...


Administrative/Regulatory


Panel Orders $175,000 Penalty for Hate Crime

Feb. 8, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - The state Fair Employment and Housing Commission has ordered Buford Furrow Jr., the shooter in the Jewish Commu...



Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - A housing rights group is suing real estate baron Donald Sterling for allegedly booting out Hispanic and Africa...


Judges and Judiciary


CJA's Director Suddenly Quits

Feb. 8, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - After only seven months at the helm of the California Judges Association, executive director Keenan G. Casady...