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Criminal


Judge Disputes Gov. Davis' Parole Powers

Dec. 25, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' sweeping victory on denying parole to murderers didn't last long. Just three days after the ...


Bankruptcy


The Crisis, Year 2

Dec. 25, 2002
By Dennis Pfaff

The nation's largest utility bankruptcy enters 2003 with the fate of competing plans for the resurrection or dismantling of Pa...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Sets Professional Tone

Dec. 25, 2002
By Sandra Corrales

LOS ANGELES - When newly appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos walked into her courtroom for the fir...


Law Practice


Unusual and Gratifying Holidays

Dec. 25, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - David Tan will have the thrill of his life Friday, as he works as a spotter for the radio broadcast of Arizona...


Immigration


Jurist Won't Halt Immigration Plan

Dec. 25, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has refused to intervene on behalf of 10 Iranians to halt a government homeland security program...


International


Focus Column - International Law - By Corinna M. Wong - Information posted on Web sites concerning securities and investments ...


Firm Watch


Gartner & Young Joins Baker & Hostetler

Dec. 24, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

By Liz Valsamis Giving in to client demand, the partners at Los Angeles employment law boutique Gartner & Young have merg...


Firm Watch


Divergent Paths Lead to Nixon Peabody

Dec. 24, 2002
By Erik Cummins

By Erik Cummins Nixon Peabody's newest partners took different routes to come to the firm's San Francisco office. The first, ...


Firm Watch


Greenberg Traurig has joined the growing number of U.S. law firms to enter the European legal market, thanks to new offices i...


Firm Watch


Clifford Chance has joined Singapore firm WongPartnership in a joint law venture there, the London-based firm announced early...


Transactions


Lawyer Helps Create Chinese Theme Park

Dec. 24, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

CORPORATE By Toni Vranjes Los Angeles attorney Michael Gisser is used to working on cross-border deals, but his latest one is...


Transactions


FINANCING By Toni Vranjes Seagate Technology Holdings launched an initial public offering earlier this month, which was greet...


Firm Watch


By Erik Cummins What spelled the doom of one law firm will soon welcome another. The San Francisco Ferry Building, one of the...


Law Practice


Law firms fire with one hand, hire with the other. Page XX By Justin Pope Associated Press At Palo Alto's Cooley Godward, wor...


Securities


Expense, Pain of Public Stage Take Toll

Dec. 24, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

CORPORATE By Toni Vranjes After taking a beating in the stock market for the past few years, some businesses have decided eno...


Litigation


Fishery Threatens Sea Turtles, Suit Says

Dec. 24, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

By Joan Osterwalder El Nio causes more than droughts and floods throughout the world. The warm-water weather phenomenon also ...


Litigation


'Help Them.'

Dec. 24, 2002
By Tanya Rothman

Attorney Robert Scott Dreher fights to protect the homeless in San Diego County. Page XX. LITIGATION Eron Ben-Yehuda After a ...


Corporate


FINANCING By Toni Vranjes Aliso Viejo's eEye Digital Security has picked up $9 million in its third round of financing, which...


Firm Watch


By Liz Valsamis Prompted by a string of partner defections at their firm, two Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly litigators hav...


Litigation


Designer Says Adobe Lifted His Technology

Dec. 24, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

By Stefanie Knapp A graphic designer is suing Adobe Systems Inc. claiming that the software giant stole his technology and in...


Firm Watch


Kirkland & Ellis Confirms New Bay Area Shop

Dec. 24, 2002
By Erik Cummins

By Erik Cummins Kirkland & Ellis finally has confirmed one of the Bay Area's worst-kept secrets. After months of speculat...


Martin Appel has joined New York's Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner as senior counsel. Appel began at the firm's ...


Large Firms


Her first job was research, but not what she'd thought. Page XX By Stefanie Knapp In 1984, Shannon Hansen thought that her su...


The flurry of associate elevations into the partnership at large law firms continues at a rapid pace. With most of the promot...


Judges and Judiciary


Two veteran Orange County Superior Court judges will retire after the New Year. Judges J. Michael Beecher and Daniel T. Brice...


Large Firms


Making the Leap

Dec. 24, 2002
By Contributing Writer

By Sharon E. Jackson and Sabina Bhalla Most new litigators start their careers practicing law at small firms or government of...


Judges and Judiciary


MONTEREY PARK - The scuttlebutt around the Los Angeles juvenile dependency court is that Commissioner Stanley Genser intimidat...


Criminal


Lawyer Is Jailed for Stealing Clients' Settlements

Dec. 24, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Former Santa Monica attorney John Patrick Maginnis, who represented one of the men convicted in the brutal attac...


Government


Leno Gets Legislative Appointment

Dec. 24, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - Former San Francisco County supervisor and new Assemblyman Mark Leno has been named chairman of the Assembly Pub...


Criminal


Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Apparently, very little shocks the judicial conscience any more. In cond...