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Constitutional Law


Strong-Arming the Scouts

Nov. 6, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - More than two years have passed since the United States Supreme Court ruled that public off...


Discipline


Fee-Sharing Agreements Must Be In Writing

Nov. 6, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court taught a lesson Monday to lawyers who fail to get fee-sharing agreements in writ...


Column - By Garry Abrams - Hollywood movie studios recently won an important round in this country's everlasting culture war o...


Criminal


Pot Club Attorneys Protest DEA Raid

Nov. 6, 2002
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The operators of Santa Cruz's medical marijuana cooperative were not engaged in interstate commerce and therefore ...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - While prisons have made strides in reducing suicide risk, they need to do more, experts say. ...


Rick Cohen is settling into his new role as the next president and chief executive officer of Los Angeles' Buchalter, Nemer, F...


Transactions


Sunnyvale's Oculex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has raised a hefty $50 million in its latest round of venture funding, which will supp...


Litigation


Slippery Slope?

Nov. 5, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Alarm is spreading among neutrals throughout the state. They see a core principle of mediation - confidentiality - threatened ...


Law Practice


Study Finds Male Partners Reign

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The old adage of law firms being boys' clubs still holds true, according to a study released by the National Association for L...


Law Practice


Perking Along

Nov. 5, 2002
By Contributing Writer

In Closing Column - By Nina B. Ries - The 1996 film "Jerry Maguire" coined the phrase, "Show me the money," and the term quick...


Firm Watch


Litigation powerhouse Howrey Simon Arnold & White has focused most of its California expansion efforts of late on the firm...


Litigation


Unhappy Donor Wants Gift Returned

Nov. 5, 2002
By Christina Landers

A philanthropist who gave $1.6 million to USC wants his money back, and he's taking the issue to court. Paul F. Glenn, 71, hea...


Transactions


Yo yo yo. John Kirkland is in the house. He's not a rapper, but he knows a thing or two about hip-hop culture. The Greenberg T...


Firm Watch


Portland-based Bullivant Houser Bailey has added a pair of attorneys to the firm's San Francisco office, the firm announced O...


Minneapolis-based Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly also elevated a group of three associates to partner. Anthony Diepenbrock ...


Personal Injury & Torts


Santa Ana's Callahan & Blaine is known more for its work in business and insurance litigation than personal injury, which ...


Firm Watch


The partnership at Clifford Chance elected a new managing partner for its Americas region, the firm announced Oct. 11. John K...


Litigation


Nephew Alleges Mortuary Ignored Aunt's Last Wishes

Nov. 5, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Gladys Bohn carefully planned the details of her funeral, down to choosing peach carnations, yellow pompons and bronze and yel...


Large Firms


Lawyer Sold Suds While Reciting Rhymes

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

"Beer here - get your beer here!" That phrase, heard throughout sports stadiums in every part of the country, is so common tha...


The Automobile Club of Southern California has tapped Avery R. Brown as vice president and general counsel. His first day was...


Law Practice


Even Keel

Nov. 5, 2002
By Erik Cummins

It's been a yearlong coming-out party for Silicon Valley litigators now that the shine's off the dot-com boom's high fliers, l...


Firm Watch


Corporate Specialist Heads South

Nov. 5, 2002
By John Ryan

David Odrich has switched firms and his geographic base in a move designed to add corporate strength to Pillsbury Winthrop's S...


Litigation


Recording Industry Wins Legal Fight

Nov. 5, 2002
By Christina Landers

The Recording Industry of America, best known for successfully challenging Napster Inc. in court and effectively putting the m...


Law Office Automation


Lawyer Does Handsprings Over Treo 270

Nov. 5, 2002
By Columnist

Business Center Column - Technology - By Paul R. Kiesel - "I have found it." The e-mail message arrived mysteriously and crypt...


Firm Watch


A trio of lawyers in the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis just completed its first month as partner. The ...


Firm Watch


Jeffer Mangels Nabs Land Use Pro

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Kerry Shapiro only had to move downstairs when he switched law firms. Shapiro left the San Francisco office of Baker & McK...


Securities


Companies Successfully Venture Forth

Nov. 5, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

The good news is that some companies have gone public in the past few weeks. The bad news is that the initial public offering ...


Firm Watch


Gordon & Rees has nabbed securities litigation expert Michael P. McCloskey from the San Diego office of Baker & McKen...


Intellectual Property


Litigator Uses Lemon to Make Lawsuit Lemonade

Nov. 5, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

San Francisco lawyer Mike Bettinger believes a lemon helped him win a defense verdict in a patent infringement case over radia...


Law Practice


Students Observe a Lawyer's Life

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The National Youth Leadership Forum on Law rolled into Los Angeles on Oct. 22, bringing 350 eager students from around the cou...