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Stephen Meyer has come a long way since 1978 and his first year as an associate at Downey Brand Seymour & Rowher. Today, t...


Firm Watch


Orange County's Rutan & Tucker has acquired Fish & Associates of Fullerton, boosting the firm's intellectual property ...


Howard Squadron , philanthropist and founding partner of New York-based Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld , has died. ...


Transactions


PILSBURY DOES WORK FOR PURCHASE OF BANK

Jan. 8, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Paris based-BNP Paribas acquired United California Bank from Tokyo's UFJ Holdings Inc. in a deal worth $2.4 billion. BNP Parib...


Discipline


Destructive Deception

Jan. 8, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Column by By Karen Nobumoto - Today's streamlined and more responsive State Bar is working closely with the Legislature and t...


Transactions


BOND TRANSACTION FOR MILLIONS HELPS COLLEGE

Jan. 8, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The California Educational Facilities Authority recently closed a bond transaction with Pomona College. The deal refinanced $1...


Firm Watch


Bolstering its intellectual property expertise, Santa Monica's Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif has recruited pate...


Judges and Judiciary


Putting Family Aside

Jan. 8, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - There's no law in California forbidding a state Supreme Court justice from passing on the rulings of another j...


Judges and Judiciary


Catalina's Judge Learns to Wing It

Jan. 8, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Peter J. Mirich has more to consider than the average Southern California commuter when deciding how he'll get t...


Litigation


It's Members Only for U.S. Courts

Jan. 8, 2002
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - If you want to represent indigent criminal defendants in federal court in northern California, you must be a m...


Judges and Judiciary


Justices Recusing Themselves More Often

Jan. 8, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - No one has tallied the hundreds of potential conflicts of interest that have gone undetected over the years by...


Criminal


Retired Marine Bolstered Underdogs

Jan. 8, 2002
By Claude Walbert

VILLA PARK - William A. Dougherty, a veteran defense attorney whose clients included convicted spy Christopher Boyce, has lost...


Communications


MARTINEZ - A ruling hailed last month as a major victory for online First Amendment rights was essentially reversed last week ...


Bankruptcy


Dead Weeds

Jan. 8, 2002
By Columnist

Focus Column by Joel Riff and Deborah Miller - Until recently, technology companies were growing like weeds, sprouting up ever...


Law Practice


Deputy City Attorney Lends a Hand to Burton

Jan. 8, 2002
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Deputy City Attorney Nathan Ballard took a leave of absence from the office just in time to miss the stretch r...


Military Law


Forum Column by Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. - January will be different this year at The Washington Post, and beyond. Herblock, the...


Large Firms


One Down

Jan. 8, 2002
By Erik Cummins

In May 2000, the partners of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro participated in an unusual brainstorming session. Sitting around ta...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge has thrown out allegations that former city supervisor Angela Alioto discriminated again...


Appellate Practice


Justices Pick Up Tow-Truck Case

Jan. 7, 2002
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether local governments have authority to regulate tow-truck d...


Intellectual Property


Hidden Gems

Jan. 7, 2002
By Columnist

Bankruptcy Law Practitioner Column by Rod Berman and Steven Plotkin - In acquiring the assets of a bankrupt company, buyers ma...


Litigation


Fight for Rights

Jan. 5, 2002
By Leonard Novarro

He was a small man with a skinny mustache, baggy pants and a knack for making people smile by an expression or a pratfall. But...


Transactions


DAILY DEALS -- San Diego

Jan. 5, 2002
By Jack Briggs

EL CAJON - Steven H. Jordan and Eileen K. Jordan sold an apartment building in El Cajun to Cuong P. Nguyen, Adam S. Cook and M...


Litigation


Tenacious By Nature

Jan. 5, 2002
By Leonard Novarro

Mary Anna Henley called it "a David and Goliath type of thing." Make that two Goliaths and a complexity of twists and turns th...


Litigation


Making a Difference

Jan. 5, 2002
By Leonard Novarro

It was supposed to be a roast. But when Richard C. Turrone, the presiding judge of the Santa Clara Superior Court, sat down to...


Constitutional Law


The Magnificent Seven

Jan. 5, 2002
By Columnist

Resolving "broken homes" cases is time-consuming, costly and frustrating. A seven-step process that begins with a discovery st...


Constitutional Law


Sickly Abodes

Jan. 5, 2002
By Columnist

Homeowners often experience water damage to their homes. The homeowners usually have insurance, so they expect the problem to ...


Personal Injury & Torts


A Delicate Balance

Jan. 5, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Even though cigarette butts were found on the ledge outside the window, the defense attorney argued that the hospital staff di...


Litigation


Fired Word Processor Sues Law Firm for Bias

Jan. 5, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - A former word processor at Barger & Wolen has sued the firm and partner Richards D. Barger, claiming Barger ...


Criminal


Pakistani Pleads Guilty to Visa Fraud

Jan. 5, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES- A Pakistani man, who faced visa fraud charges along with two Pakistani students, pleaded guilty Thursday in feder...


Family


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Thursday to address the thorny issue of visitation rights for grandparents...