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Firm Watch
Gibson Dunn: STATE'S MOST PROFITABLE SHOP NAMES NEW MANAGING PARTNER
By Staff Writer
Los Angeles-based corporate rainmaker Kenneth Doran has become the new managing partner of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher , the fi...
Apple Computer Inc. has acquired Zayante Inc. in a cash deal worth $13 million. The deal closed April 3. Cupertino-based Apple...
Ocular Sciences Inc. purchased certain assets, including inventory, from Seiko Contact Lens. The deal, completed April 3, is w...
Firm Watch
Skjerven Morrill: OFFICE CLOSINGS AND NAME CHANGE SHAKE UP BOUTIQUE
By Staff Writer
You could call it a serious case of spring cleaning. Whatever the label, one thing is certain: a lot has changed at San Jose's...
Firm Watch
Heller Ehrman: SAN DIEGO PRESENCE DRAWS FENWICK PARTNER INTO FOLD
By Staff Writer
Fenwick & West has lost a veteran executive compensation specialist to homesickness. Partner Garth Gartrell , 48, is leavi...
Collecting overdue accounts is unpleasant work. Fortunately, a collection procedure will reduce your anxiety and help you get ...
Quantum3D Inc. raised $20 million in its fifth round of funding. The deal closed April 2. Berg & Berg Investments led the ...
MST Holdings acquired the assets, including the technology rights for EnvroServer, of MicroSepTec Inc. in a deal completed Apr...
SACRAMENTO - State Assemblyman Dario Frommer is trying to prevent teen-agers in California from finding easy access to cigaret...
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran San Francisco litigator Frederick P. Furth hijacked potentially lucrative class actions against Wal-Ma...
Forum Column - By Henry Willis - Rian W. Jones' explanation of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hoffman Plastic Compoun...
LOS ANGELES - "On time and under budget" typically does not describe any project that involves more than 100 private attorneys...
Labor/Employment
'Hoffman' Will Affect the Seven Million Undocumented Workers in the U.S.
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Focus Column - By Joseph L. Beachboard - In the latest 5-4 ruling in an employment-related case, the U.S. Supreme Court has he...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware is ailing, and Chapter 11 reorganization petition filings are shifting to New York's Sou...
LOS ANGELES - Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has filed suit against a former partner who, the firm claims, negotiated a $750,00...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' latest high-profile criminal case could feature a showdown between a couple of highly respected vet...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles office of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly lost seven partners last week, fueling speculation th...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrators Will be Subject To Disclosure, Ethics Rules
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The Judicial Council has approved tough ethics rules for arbitrators that ban ex parte communications, forbid ...
Firm Watch
Foley & Lardner: SOUTHLAND FIRMS HELP SPONSOR INVESTMENT CAPITAL CONFERENCE
By Staff Writer
Multimillionaire and publishing mogul Steve Forbes was among 65 speakers at Los Angeles Venture Association's annual Investmen...
Partner Paul "Chip" Lion led Tilia International Inc. in its sale to Alltrista Corp. for $160 million. Tilia, which produces h...
Focus Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Given that more than 90 percent of criminal defendants plead guilty, the most important...
Forum Column - By Melanie E. Lomax - There were compelling reasons to reappoint Chief Bernard Parks to a second term as head o...
When Kenneth R. Chiate and Dimitrios P. Biller took on a fraud and unfair business practices case against an insurance company...
Dimitrios P. Biller has been accused of being a workaholic, and he admits he takes his cases too seriously. It really sunk in ...
Question: What has been the biggest change in mediation in the last five years? Answer: Mediation has come into its own as a p...
In some contractual arbitration cases, problems or deficiencies exist in both the process and resulting award. However, in man...
SAN FRANCISCO - Orange County prosecutors investigating suspicious municipal contracts in 1997 had no ethical conflict in team...
SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar is on track to formally authorize its in-house lightning rod for controversy, the Conference of ...
LOS ANGELES - They look like the guys from ZZ Top and carry around a life-size casket with a drawing of Yosemite Sam stenciled...