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Constitutional Law


Standardless Standard

May 30, 2001
By Columnist

The Hopper case most likely will cause municipalities with city hall public art exhibits to re-evaluate their selection...


Law Practice


Rule Violation Costs Law Firm Title

May 30, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - There's a reason why they call it the Landau "Lawyers" League. The team from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips disco...


Transactions


Merger Marks African-American Milestone

May 30, 2001
By Victoria Newman

His latest deal is a "roll up" with national significance, Andrew Erskine says. Erskine's client, Founders National Bank, whic...


Transactions


Pleasanton's PeopleSoft Inc. has agreed to buy SkillsVillage Inc. of Sunnyvale. The cash and stock deal is worth $32 million. ...


Investments


S.F. Confidential

May 30, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Despite the detailed rules and guidelines many law firms enlist to keep confidential information from leaking, firms continue ...


Entertainment & Sports


It's No Act

May 30, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

As a teen-ager, Vicki Shapiro dreamed of being an actor but later found her Hollywood niche by becoming general counsel to the...


Transactions


Orqis Medical Corp. has received $9 million in second-round financing. The Lake Forest company closed its first round of finan...


Ted Miller, the former Los Angeles managing partner for Chicago's Sidley & Austin, is now in charge of two offices for the...


Labor/Employment


Pay Dirt

May 30, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

A growing number of the managers and associate managers who work in retail and fast-food across the state have a beef with the...


Law Practice


Does Size Matter?

May 30, 2001
By Erik Cummins

Doug Barton isn't apt to divulge per-partner profits of his firm, Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy. He's equally evasi...


Large Firms


SAN FRANCISCO - Suzanne McKechnie Klahr gave a bag of electronic gadgets to the students who came to her after-school business...


Transactions


Jim Towery, a litigation partner at San Jose's Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel, took a team of eight high-schoolers all the way ...


Transactions


Communications chip maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. will buy Sawtek Inc., a wireless-component designer. The stock deal is w...


Solo and Small Firms


The Konowiecki & Rank Foundation, a charitable institution created by the Los Angeles law firm of Konowiecki & Rank, i...


Law Practice


Accurate Accounting

May 30, 2001
By Columnist

Do you want your clients to doubt your value, mistrust you or speculate whether your bills are padded or fraudulent? All this ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Rave Reviews

May 30, 2001
By Victoria Newman

The ACLU's Torch of Liberty Awards attracted 400 movers and shakers, there to honor music manager Jeffrey Kwatinetz and vetera...


Transactions


Investment firm Gores Technology Group has agreed to buy VeriFone Inc., a maker of credit card payment systems, from Hewlett-P...


Law Practice


After Work, Singing a Different Tune

May 30, 2001
By Liz Valsamis

The practice of law is performance-based, Karen Pang says. That is why the Crosby Heafey Roach & May attorney polishes her...


LOS ANGELES - Stephen E. Foster has won his first court case - even before he's made the transition from aspiring lawyer to pr...


Juvenile


LOS ANGELES - It is nearly impossible to determine how many lawsuits MacLaren Children's Center is defending. And those in cha...


Probate


SAN FRANCISCO - As the sixth anniversary of Jerry Garcia's death approaches, and the probate fight drags on among remaining me...


Entertainment & Sports


LOS ANGELES - Somewhere, the ghost of David Begelman is smiling. Meanwhile, his accountant here on earth has reason for a ruef...


Juvenile


LOS ANGELES - Dependency Court Referee Valerie Skeba needed someone who spoke Punjabi to help sort out the perplexing tale of ...


Government


Judge Calls School's Services 'Inadequate'

May 30, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - The senior boy's classroom at MacLaren School had the feel of any high school: rumpled kids, who looked like the...


Juvenile


LOS ANGELES - If anyone captures the hope and the harm of MacLaren Children's Center, it is Andrew Bridge. As a child, Bridge ...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - It was in late April that Louise Renne announced her retirement and opened the way for a city attorney race wi...


Government


Walls of Silence

May 30, 2001
By Cheryl Romo

LOS ANGELES - In three decades, the memories have not faded. Andrew Bridge was 6 years old when police and social workers took...


Law Practice


As many a law student is aware, at least one California law firm is attempting to lead the staid world of prestige law firms o...


Large Firms


Firm Lures Lawyer Away From AG's Office

May 26, 2001
By John Ryan

The San Diego office of Santa Monica's Haight Brown & Bonesteel has lured a litigator away from the office of the U.S. at...


Litigation


Don't Blow Your Top in Settlement Talks

May 26, 2001
By Columnist

The formal settlement conference. We all know that the reasonable resolution of a lawsuit is in the best interest of all parti...