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Labor/Employment


High Court Fee Ruling Favors Employees

Jul. 10, 2002
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - An employer who unsuccessfully appeals a labor commissioner's order to pay wages is liable for an indigent emp...


Marketing


That's Entertainment

Jul. 9, 2002
By Columnist

Dicta Column - By Richard S. Levick and Scott Sobel - Today's reporting is becoming much more intense and cutthroat. Lawyers ...


Entertainment & Sports


Dicta Column - Movie Review - By Stephen Zager - "Minority Report" presents a futuristic world where the guilty are punished b...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - Listening to hour after hour of sometimes droning Supreme Court oral arguments and reading page after page of oft...


Constitutional Law


Cross Purposes

Jul. 9, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for w...


Law Practice


L.A. ORGANIZATION DOLES OUT MONEY TO CHARITIES

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Los Angeles' Concerned Lawyers of California demonstrated its care in April by doling out money to local groups. The organizat...


Law Practice


The National Institute for Trial Advocacy named Michael Kelly, partner at San Francisco's Walkup Melodia Kelly & Echeverri...


Technology lawyer and entrepreneur Robert Steinberg is returning to law firm practice after serving three years as a software ...


Public Interest


A Shining Night for Justice

Jul. 9, 2002
By Jeffrey Anderson

Gripping the podium as if he were back at the 1963 March on Washington, U.S. Rep. John Lewis delivered an oratory that boomed ...


Law Practice


The Los Angeles County Bar Association awarded Phillip Irwin, of-counsel at Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers, the Dana Latha...


Law Practice


MCCUTCHEN WINS FOOD DONATION COMPETITION

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Meanwhile, down in the Walnut Creek office of San Francisco's McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen, the attorneys and staff won...


Transactions


SAN JOSE SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY NABS $35 MILLION

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

T-Ram Inc. completed its second round of financing June 20, bringing in $35 million. New Enterprise Associates led the round. ...


Law Practice


The American Bar Association honored San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster with the 2002 Pro Bono Publico Award. The firm wi...


Firm Watch


Meanwhile, another Crosby Heafey Roach & May partner who has bidden farewell to the firm is labor and employment lawyer Ma...


Law Practice


JUSTICE BALL HIGHLIGHTS JULY'S SOCIAL CALENDAR

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Bet Tzedek Legal Services will hold its sixth annual Justice Ball on July 20 for young professionals. The event will take plac...


Law Practice


Thelen Reid & Priest donated $125,000 to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund on June 5. The fund provides college sch...


Law Practice


UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH SELL ART AT GIBSON DUNN

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The Heart of Los Angeles Youth received support in May from Los Angeles' Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. The Los Angeles office ho...


Law Practice


SAN JOSE GROUP LOBBIES FOR RAPID-TRANSIT FUNDS

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Gail Hashimoto, partner at San Jose's Hopkins & Carley, and the other 19 members of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce trave...


Transactions


PHARMACEUTICAL MAKER GOES ON FUNDING ODYSSEY

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Odyssey Pharmaceuticals Inc. nabbed $15 million in its second round of funding, the San Ramon company announced June 24. HBM P...


Large Firms


Spinning Their Way to Rocky Mountain High

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Each year, 2,000 bicyclists ride through the Colorado Rocky Mountains, braving a grueling seven-day trip which expands 489 mil...


Transactions


HEALTH CARE PROPERTY BRINGS IN $250 MILLION

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Health Care Property Investors Inc. brought in $250 million from its senior unsecured note offering announced June 20. Merrill...


Law Practice


COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NABS GOLDEN STATE DEGREE

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Golden State University School of Law gave Angela Bradstreet, partner at San Francisco's Carroll Burdick & McDonough, an h...


Law Practice


BAKER & MCKENZIE NAILS HABITAT DAY IN SERVICE

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Baker & McKenzie started a new tradition June 8 with its first Habitat for Humanity Day in Service event. Volunteers from ...


Transactions


Golden Gate Capital has agreed to acquire Peregrine Systems Inc.'s supply chain enablement business. The deal was announced Ju...


Firm Watch


Business litigator and health care partner Darryl Cordero has defected from Foley & Lardner to join the downtown Los Angel...


After nearly 10 years at Crosby Heafey Roach & May , commercial litigator and bankruptcy lawyer Gregg M. Ficks has left to...


Entertainment & Sports


Hollywood Rewrite

Jul. 9, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

Sean Hayes, one of the stars of NBC sitcom "Will & Grace," had a manager before he found fame as "Jack," the flamboyant ga...


Law Practice


OXNARD ATTORNEY JOINS ESTATE PLANNING GROUP

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

California's Continuing Education of the Bar named Janet Reese, partner at Oxnard's Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton, to its...


Law Practice


S.F. ETHICS COMMISSION SELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN

Jul. 9, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The San Francisco Ethics Commission elected Paul Melbostad as its chair June 10. Melbostad, partner in San Francisco's Goldste...


Law Practice


The Association of Legal Administrators named Erica Tamblyn, director of administration for the Los Angeles office of Milbank ...