Forum Column by Richard McKee - Comedian Shelly Berman used to do a skit about an airline passenger who sees sparks and flames...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Microsoft Jury Will be Told of Violations of Monopoly Law
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge presiding over a massive state class action against Microsoft Corp. said Monday he's inc...
SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors urged the California Supreme Court on Monday to make public three psychological evaluations of ser...
SAN JOSE - A jury awarded $350,000 in punitive damages Monday against two research scientists who defamed their former manager...
LOS ANGELES - Santa Monica landlords no longer will need to pay interest, out-of-pocket, on their tenants' security deposits f...
LOS ANGELES - Two former associates at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro out-climbed, out-swam and out-smarted their rivals ...
Natural Resources
Special Master Keeps 'Disciplined Approach'
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Fresh out of World War II service and law school, Arthur Littleworth was set to accept a position as an associate ...
Sara Jane Olson defense attorney Shawn Snider Chapman feels "very, very wounded and sad" in the aftermath of the high-profile ...
LOS ANGELES - Four months after his release from state prison for stealing cocaine from a Los Angeles Police Department locker...
LOS ANGELES - Mark another victory for the Recording Industry Association of America. In the past it has made Redwood City's N...
SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Silva was on a roll. In a recent interview, the chief operating officer of Sonoma County's St. Fra...
SAN FRANCISCO - A defense attorney is threatening to challenge a new program that pulls Hunters Point probationers off the str...
LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo added homeland security to the scope of his duties Monday by commissioning a $70,...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Men, Not Just Women, Need Their Own Health Act
By Columnist
The formation of the federal Office on Women's Health a decade ago has brought immeasurable benefit to American women through ...
The Justice Department says there is legal precedent for President Bush's order of secret military tribunals for noncitizens s...
LOS ANGELES - A former insurance company for the Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. will not have to foot the bill for a recent $24...
Voir dire in state court civil cases typically is the first opportunity a trial lawyer has to speak directly to the jury. Howe...
Firm Watch
Cozen O'Connor: OFFICES IN CALIFORNIA GET A NEW MANAGING PARTNER
By Staff Writer
Civil litigator Joann Selleck has taken the helm at the three California offices of Philadelphia-based Cozen O'Connor . Sellec...
Firm Watch
Brobeck Phleger: VOLUNTARY SEVERANCE PLAN IMPELS 84 OF 130 TO DEPART
By Staff Writer
A loud sigh of relief could be heard emanating from the offices of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison 's new chairman, Richard Odo...
San Francisco's Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe unveiled its own AIDS memorial quilt on Dec. 3, during AIDS Awareness Week...
Transactions
Dewey Ballantine: MEDIMMUNE BUYS MAKER OF NASAL SPRAY FLU VACCINE
By Stefanie Knapp
MedImmune Inc. announced Dec. 2 its acquisition of Aviron. The deal was worth $1.5 billion in stock. Gaithersburg, Md.-based M...
Firm Watch
Berger Kahn: THREE-LAWYER PRACTICE WILL JOIN FULL-SERVICE LITIGATORS
By Staff Writer
Berger Kahn Shafton Moss Figler Simon & Gladstone has made a resolution for the new year: get bigger. The three-attorney f...
Interlaw Ltd. named Los Angeles' Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro partner William Capps "Interlawyer of the Year." Capps re...
In the evening, those who commute from Los Angeles north to Santa Clarita by train have several departures to choose from. On ...
Terence Floyd Cuff, partner at the Century City office of Los Angeles' Loeb & Loeb, received the V. Judson Klein Award for...
Firm Watch
Venture Law: PRACTICE BECOMES FIRST TO DECREASE ASSOCIATES' PAY
By Staff Writer
Menlo Park's Venture Law Group has taken another bold step, this time decreasing all associate base salaries by $20,000 to $30...
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Brobeck Phleger: SAN FRANCISCO'S AVOLENT GETS $40 MILLION IN FUNDS
By Stefanie Knapp
San Francisco's Avolent Inc. announced Dec. 3 that it received $40 million in its latest round of financing. New York's Rho Ve...
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Cleary Gottlieb: INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER BUYS BANKRUPTED EXODUS
By Stefanie Knapp
London-based Cable & Wireless announced Nov. 30 the acquisition of certain assets from Santa Clara's Exodus Communications...
Victor Hsu, partner at Los Angeles' Fulbright & Jaworski, worked the deal of his career recently, according to his 5-year-...
Whizzing around a circular track on a bike without brakes at speeds up to 40 mph sounds nuts. But Luce Forward Hamilton & ...