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Large Firms


Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava MacCuish hosted the Dupont Legal Minority Job Fair at its Los Angeles office Aug. 3. The f...


Transactions


Macerich Acquires Developer

Aug. 13, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Santa Monica's Macerich Co. has acquired a privately held real estate developer in a $1.5 billion deal, picking up 26 malls an...


Bankruptcy


Security company IntelliSec and several affiliates have selected Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella to represent them in th...


Law Practice


U.S. Attorney Urges More Accountability

Aug. 13, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Debra Yang, U.S. attorney for the Central District, stepped up to the podium in the Loyola Law School student lounge as more t...


Firm Watch


Add litigation to the list of practice areas handled by Baker & Hostetler's Costa Mesa office. The Cleveland-based firm pi...


Litigation


Prepare a Trademark Case As Though It Will Be Tried

Aug. 13, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by Jane Shay Wald & Kyhm Penfil - Although relatively few trademark matters go to full trial on the merits, we can ...


Transactions


David Hodges has joined IP Infusion Inc. as vice president and general counsel. Hodges will handle general legal matters with ...


Ryan Lapidus decided that big firms weren't for him. So, he made himself the boss and opened his own litigation practice last ...


Litigation


Video Gives an Edge in Settlement Talks

Aug. 13, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Kelly Ryan, a partner at Pasadena's Russakow, Ryan & Johnson, needed a fresh approach to a stock fraud case that he was wo...


Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch has opened the doors to its new office in northern San Diego County. Procopio Cory es...


Litigation


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Theodore D. Piatt, known for running an evenhanded court, retired July 31 after 18 years on t...


Litigation


Models Sue Agencies for Price Fixing

Aug. 13, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Think of a fashion model, and you're likely to conjure images of exotic fashions, glittering jewelry and unbelievable amounts ...


Anderson, McPharlin & Conners, an insurance defense firm with offices in Los Angeles and Riverside, has lost one of its th...


Large Firms


Have associate layoffs at Bay Area firms in the past year disproportionately affected minorities and women? Though many member...


Litigation


Attorney Timothy J. Burke of Los Angeles' Stull, Stull & Brody filed suit on behalf of certain purchasers of HPL Technolog...


Litigation


Disney Owes $14.8 Million From 'Home Improvement'

Aug. 13, 2002
By Christina Landers

In just 10 days of trial and two days of jury deliberations, plaintiffs' attorneys Larry R. Feldman and Joel N. Klevens of San...


Law Practice


Small Packages

Aug. 13, 2002
By Staff Writer

Excuse the cliché, but sometimes good things do come in small packages. Take, for example, the nine California law firms profi...


Transactions


Blue Falcon Will Fly With $9 Million

Aug. 13, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Despite a tough environment for venture capital deals, technology company Blue Falcon Networks Inc. has managed to obtain $8.5...


Litigation


Douglas Olson of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison announced July 24 that he has joined Spencer Hosie of Hosie Frost Large &...


Litigation


A team of patent litigators at San Francisco's Preston Gates & Ellis wrangled a dismissal on behalf of WebGain Inc. in a p...


Firm Watch


Remaining Lyon Lawyers Search For New Homes

Aug. 13, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

While the remaining 80 attorneys at dissolving Lyon & Lyon scatter to find new homes, the New York office is fast at work ...


Transactions


Sun Obtains Privately Held Afara

Aug. 13, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

High-tech giant Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara has acquired Afara Websystems Inc., a privately held San Jose company tha...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Pumping Profits

Aug. 13, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by Stephen P. Milner and Dennis McNally - Undoubtedly, most auditors are not involved in any sort of conspiracy with th...


Litigation


Tyrant REX

Aug. 13, 2002
By Matthew Heller

On a cold, wintry night in February 2000, 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe returned to the Antelope Valley after a glamorous day i...


Personal Injury & Torts


Deal in Assault by Deliveryman

Aug. 13, 2002
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Clara auction house has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle claims it is responsible for a hom...


Product Liability


Lawyers Plan Suit on Another Firestone Tire

Aug. 13, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys are raising alarms about another tire manufactured by Bridgestone/Firestone, despite a vote of confide...


Contracts


Landlord Cannot Sue Firm Partners for Fraud

Aug. 13, 2002
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Former members of an Orange County law firm cannot be sued for fraud for taking partnership draws from their fai...


Tax


SAN FRANCISCO - The Internal Revenue Service practice of going after individual partners to collect the unpaid taxes assessed ...


Front Page


Security company IntelliSec and several affiliates have selected Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella to represent them in th...


Large Firms


The 'L' Word Layoffs Reaches Wilson

Aug. 13, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati told associates gathered for a town hall meeting earlier this month that ...