Firm Watch
Jeffer Mangels: MANAGING PARTNER TAKES OVER AFTER GROWTH SPURT
By Staff Writer
Bankruptcy partner Richard "Dick" Rogan is the new managing partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro 's San Francisco of...
Whitney & Co. and Golden Gate Capital Inc. have agreed to acquire Herbalife International Inc. The cash deal is worth appr...
Verance Corp. closed three deals to bring in $13 million for the San Diego company. Five million dollars came from a Series C ...
Los Angeles attorney Mark Rosenthal represents professional baseball teams, such as the Anaheim Angels, in salary arbitrations...
Most American lawyers are too busy billing hours and going about the daily business of practicing law to witness the enormous ...
POINT Biomedical Corp. has brought in $23.3 million in private financing. The deal was announced April 4. The lead investor wa...
InVision Technologies Inc. raised $109.5 million in its public offering. The deal was announced March 27. Merrill Lynch & ...
Tenet Healthcare Corp. completed a senior subordinated note offering for more than $838 million. The deal was announced April ...
In the world of electronic legal research, two companies reign supreme: Miamisburg, Ohio-based LexisNexis Group and West Group...
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...