WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the so-called Megan's laws adopted by all 50 states requir...
LOS ANGELES - In an unprecedented hearing, five Los Angeles Superior Court judges and more than 100 lawyers met Monday morning...
LOS ANGELES - A culture of fear has spread throughout San Francisco's Brobeck Phleger & Harrison following management's us...
Intellectual Property
Aggregators May Be Liable for Web Site Contents
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Since Napster came into being, it seems Hollywood has churned out more high-profile copyright suits than block...
Administrative/Regulatory
Bias Standards For Hearing Officers Clarified by Decision
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Focus Column - By Stuart Miller - On May 6, the California Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision clarifying the standar...
LOS ANGELES - Napster Inc. general counsel Jonathan Schwartz and a slew of other executives have returned to the company now t...
LOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger Mahony, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Rev. Michael Stephen Baker engaged in a criminal c...
Dicta Column - By Edwin V. Woodsome Jr. and David G. Meyer - Among lawyers and judges, one can find different views about the ...
Dicta Column - By The Rodent - Most lawyers seem to have the same goal in life - to not be lawyers. This is a curious thing, e...
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a federal appellate opinion that allowed a mixed-race couple to s...
Firm Watch
Bonne Bridges: TRIAL ATTORNEY IS CHOSEN TO LEAD ELDER LAW GROUP
By Staff Writer
Bonne Bridges Mueller O'Keefe & Nichols has selected Kippy Wroten to lead the elder law group, a once obscure area of law ...
Cadence Design Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Simplex Solutions Inc. The stock deal, announced April 24, is worth $300 mil...
DuPont peddles its legal model as "a radical redefining of the entire practice of corporate law," but it was conceived as a wa...
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Weston Benshoof: VENTURA OUTPOST MORE THAN DOUBLES ITS SPACE
By Staff Writer
Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish has more than doubled its office space in Ventura County to accommodate a t...
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Rutan & Tucker: EMPLOYMENT, BANKRUPTCY SPECIALISTS MOVE PRACTICE
By Staff Writer
Costa Mesa's Rutan & Tucker has added two new lawyers from the neighboring city of Irvine. Earlier this month, Rutan recru...
First Community Bancorp has agreed to acquire First National Bank of San Diego for $142 million. The deal was announced April ...
After seven years at Higgs Fletcher & Mack , Charles Berwanger has joined Gordon & Rees as a San Diego partner. Berwan...
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Morgan Lewis: PILLSBURY PARTNER BRINGS EXPERTISE TO LABOR GROUP
By Staff Writer
Wanting to expand her employment and law practice, labor litigator Susan Fillichio has left Pillsbury Winthrop for Morgan Lewi...
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McKenna & Cuneo: FIRM TALKS MERGER WITH ATLANTA'S LONG ALDRIDGE
By Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.-based McKenna & Cuneo might be gaining a 150-lawyer Atlanta outpost in the future. The firm is in merger ...
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Foley & Lardner: PUBLIC AGENCY ATTORNEY TAKES HELM IN SAN DIEGO
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Foley & Lardner has named public agency lawyer Greg Moser to manage the firm's two San Diego offices. Moser, who was appoi...
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Wilson Sonsini: BIOTECH CLIENT ENTICES COVETED PATENT EXPERT
By Staff Writer
Patent partner David Weitz has left Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to join a client, biotechnology company Syrrex Inc. o...
Firm Watch
Manatt Phelps: ANTITRUST GURU IS LURED AWAY FROM ERVIN COHEN
By Staff Writer
Antitrust veteran Eliot Disner has left Beverly Hills' Ervin Cohen & Jessup to head the advocacy and litigation division a...
JMI Realty and Omni Hotels Corp. have secured financing to build the Omni San Diego Hotel, which will be adjacent to a new bal...
When attorney Mark Rochefort first heard the principles of the DuPont Legal Model, he thought the corporation had devised an ...
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Lewis D'Amato: LOS ANGELES POST RECRUITS THREE EXPERTS IN ELDER LAW
By Staff Writer
As stated, while Bonne Bridges reorganizes its department, Lewis D'Amato Brisbois & Bisgaard is bringing new talent into i...
Partner Greg Conklin led his client, Cadence Design Systems Inc., in its acquisition of Simplex Solutions Inc. The stock deal ...
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Holland & Knight: TWO LOCAL PARTNERS LOSE THEIR JOBS IN FIRM LAYOFFS
By Staff Writer
Two California partners were among the 60 attorneys that lost their jobs during firmwide layoffs April 30 at Tampa-based Holla...
Hyundai Motor Co., DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have formed a new company, Global Engine Alliance. The terms...
Column by Donald E Griffith - New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles lawyers have powerful feelings of aversion for ...
Cisco Systems Inc. has two merger deals in the works. It agreed to acquire Hammerhead Networks Inc. for $173 million in stock....