Firm Watch
Quinn Emanuel: LITIGATION PRACTICE GETS BOOST FROM BROBECK TRIO
By Karen Coleman
A set of three Brobeck Phleger & Harrison lawyers has made the switch to the Redwood Shores office of Los Angeles' Quinn ...
Not many attorneys can say they've worked with an "icon" of the medical field. Eric Kentor can. As general counsel of diabetes...
Arthur Fine has visited more than 100 countries. However, very few of those visits could be called vacations. "We've had many ...
Transactions
Wilson Sonsini: RESPOND.COM OF PALO ALTO MERGES WITH NETGENSHOPPER
By Victoria Newman
Palo Alto's Respond.com Inc. and Fairfax, Va.'s netgenShopper.com Inc. have merged. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Res...
Although Bruce Friedman and his family had traveled extensively in Europe and throughout the United States, Friedman always w...
Much has been said of the dignity of defense work as the protectors of the underdogs who otherwise would be crushed by the hea...
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Mayer Brown: UAL WILL PAY $112.5 MILLION FOR MARKETER MYPOINTS.COM
By Victoria Newman
United NewVentures, the investment arm of UAL Corp., will acquire online marketing company MyPoints.com Inc. for $112.5 milli...
Judges and Judiciary
Passion, Realism and Craft In Long, Illustrious Career
By Columnist
In the long and illustrious career of Justice Stanley Mosk, three themes stand out: passion, realism and craft. Mosk's passion...
Judges and Judiciary
Inspiring, Unquenchable Spirit, Romanticist in Sea of Pragmatism
By Columnist
The legacy of Justice Stanley Mosk, like a mighty river, runs long, wide and deep. The length of his service on the California...
Firm Watch
Sheppard Mullin: LOS ANGELES LAWYERS PICK FIRST SAN DIEGO CHAIRMAN
By Karen Coleman
Last month, partners at Los Angeles' Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton elected San Diego labor and employment partner Guy...
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Simpson Thacher: CELERA GENOMICS PLANS TO BUY AXYS PHARMACEUTICALS
By Victoria Newman
Appelera Corp.'s Celera Genomics Group will buy Axys Pharmaceutical Inc. for $177 million in stock. Celera Genomics, based in ...
Is there such a thing as a "community caretaking" exception to the requirement that the police must have a warrant to enter a ...
Stanley Mosk was a giant in the law, and his legacy will continue to serve the people of California for many years. The body o...
Firm Watch
Howard Rice: FIRM MOURNS PASSING OF YOUNG REAL ESTATE STAR
By Karen Coleman
Lawyers and staff at San Francisco's Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin bade a sad farewell to partner Gary Bruhn...
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Wilson Sonsini: STOCK EXCHANGE CHOOSES NAME PARTNER FOR BOARD
By Karen Coleman
Now that public-company work is rare and initial public offerings virtually nonexistent, top Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro...
Transactions
Cooley Godward: SANTA CLARA'S NUCORE GETS THIRD ROUND OF INVESTORS
By Victoria Newman
Santa Clara's NuCORE Technology has received $20 million in its third round of financing. To date, NuCORE has raised equity f...
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Fredrikson & Byron: MEDTRONIC PLANS BUYOUT OF LOCAL MEDICAL-DEVICE FIRMS
By Victoria Newman
Cardiovascular device supplier Medtronic Inc. will acquire two separate but related medical device manufacturers. The Minneap...
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Latham & Watkins: PALO ALTO BIOTECH COMPANY COMPLETES EQUITY OFFERING
By Victoria Newman
Biotech company CV Therapeutics Inc. has completed an equity offering of common stock worth $100 million. SG Cowen Securities...
Pillsbury Winthrop corporate associate Warren Binford got more than she bargained for during a recent sea kayaking trip. In a...
Each year, Michael O'Callaghan competes in one of the West Coast's most rigorous rough-water races, the 1.5 mile Alcatraz Sha...
Firm Watch
Kirkland & Ellis: LOCAL BOUTIQUE EXTENDS BANKRUPTCY GROUP WEST
By Karen Coleman
Lawyers and staff of Century City bankruptcy boutique Wynne Spiegel Itkin became the first West Coast bankruptcy practice for...
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Milbank Tweed: TROUBLED-COMPANY GURU JOINS LOS ANGELES OFFICE
By Karen Coleman
New York's Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has added four new lawyers who will help corporate clients in the Los Angeles of...
The Anti-Defamation League presented its 2001 Distinguished Jurisprudence Award to Raymond Marshall, a litigation partner at ...
Menlo Park's Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian has helped young, low-income entrepreneurs hook up ...
If you met Justice Stanley Mosk, you might have thought he was a small man. You would be wrong. In a career in public service ...
Happening on a furry, three-toed sloth and finding a giant cockroach in your room come with the territory when you're in Cost...
Jeffrey Lefstin, an associate at San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend and Crew, has received the 2000 Ladas Memorial Student...
The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce has recognized real estate attorney Tom Larmore for his work fighting Santa Monica's pro...
While there is a growing consensus about how 'Apprendi' should be applied, there are also areas of disagreement. ...
Latham & Watkins litigator Will Fitton is no tomb raider, but he does know his way around Cambodian ruins. In March, the ...