Thomas Cleary is in an enviable position. The Riordan & McKinzie corporate partner represented a recession-proof fast-food...
A complete legal defense may still be a long shot, but that doesn't mean that liable-but-innocent parties can't ultimately pre...
Firm Watch
McDermott Will: STATE PILES UP PARTNERS IN WINDY-CITY RECRUITING
By Staff Writer
Less than a week after recruiting new partners for its Silicon Valley and Orange County offices, McDermott Will & Emery di...
Firm Watch
Quinn Emanuel: PRACTITIONERS CHANGE TO SPACE IN REDWOOD SHORES
By Staff Writer
Los Angeles' Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is becoming something of a nomad in Northern California. After most of...
In a decision that may deter certain lawsuits under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, ...
Transactions
Cooley Godward: CHIP MAKERS WILL COMBINE IN $878 MILLION AGREEMENT
By Victoria Newman
LSI Logic Corp. has agreed to buy C-Cube Microsystems Inc. for $878 million in stock. Milpitas' LSI Logic designs and makes st...
LOS ANGELES - Lisa Hill Fenning left the bankruptcy bench last year to return to private practice but was unable to find a law...
Firm Watch
Mayer Brown: LOCAL OFFICE WILL OPEN IN PALO ALTO NEAR STANFORD
By Staff Writer
Chicago's Mayer Brown & Platt is blowing into Silicon Valley. Lawyers there say they expect to open the doors of their sec...
Transactions
Cooley Godward: AGILENT BUYS ASSETS FROM OPTICAL COMPONENT SHOP
By Victoria Newman
Agilent Technologies Inc. has acquired intellectual property and selected assets from Wavefront Research Inc. The value of the...
LOS ANGELES - The Malibu Bar Association honored Judge Lawrence J. Mira and several others at its 10th anniversary installatio...
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Gibson Dunn: OAKLAND'S CYRA TECHNOLOGIES MERGES WITH SWISS COMPANY
By Victoria Newman
Leica Geosystems Holdings AG has completed a forward merger with Cyra Technologies Inc. valued at $78 million. Cyra Technologi...
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Wilson Sonsini: APPLE OFFERS STOCK FOR FOLSOM'S POWERSCHOOL
By Victoria Newman
Apple Computer Inc. plans to buy PowerSchool Inc. The stock deal is worth $62 million. Cupertino's Apple Computers manufacture...
Entertainment & Sports
ATTORNEY PLAYS BOTH SIDES OF MOVIE HOUSE BUSTOUTS
By Contributing Writer
This just in: Bankruptcy lawyers are a very sexy breed. But only if you're into sadomasochism. Bankruptcy is a bar of law wher...
SAN FRANCISCO - A former Santa Rosa attorney has been arrested on charges, including financial abuse of the elderly, for alleg...
To Coudert Brothers partner David Huebner, every minute is precious. "I think the most important thing any of us has is time. ...
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Riordan & McKinzie: ATLANTA FOOD FIRM COOKS A $183 MILLION OFFERING
By Victoria Newman
Atlanta's AFC Enterprises Inc. has completed an initial public offering that brought in $183 million. Goldman Sachs & Co.,...
Firm Watch
Baker & McKenzie: ENVIRONMENTAL TROOP GOES WITH BUSINESS LAW GROUP
By Staff Writer
A troop of environmental partners in the San Francisco office of Chicago's Baker & McKenzie marched over to local business...
SAN FRANCISCO - Hoping to become an intellectual property powerhouse on the West Coast, McDermott, Will & Emery has snared...
Firm Watch
O'Melveny & Myers: FIRST SILICON VALLEY SHOP SETS UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM LATHAM
By Staff Writer
Eleven lawyers from Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers are moving into new Menlo Park digs just across the freeway from the lo...
Entertainment & Sports
VENTURA D.A. MAKES CLEVER MOVE IN BROCKOVICH CASE
By Contributing Writer
As long as we're on the subject of aggressive prosecutors, Ventura County Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Frawley score...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently that a hospital's drug testing of pregnant women at the direction of the police and the ...
Three months ago, Carson City attorney Thanayi Lindsey was surfing the Web and stumbled across a curious site: MyCounsel.com. ...
LOS ANGELES - A judge on Friday denied a defense attorney's request to sanction the Los Angeles district attorney's office for...
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of Michael J. Fanghella, accused by the Securities and Exch...
SAN FRANCISCO - A longtime court reporter for former San Francisco Superior Court Presiding Judge Alfred G. Chiantelli has bee...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Governors Table Bid for Death Penalty Moratorium
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Tossing a political hot potato back where it came from, the State Bar Board of Governors tabled a request Frid...
LOS ANGELES - The attorney for convicted murderer Robert Rosenkrantz filed a discovery motion late last week seeking informati...
Criminal
Boy Recounts the Fatal Mauling of His Friend
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
BARSTOW - Ten-year-olds Cash Carson and Daniel Gonzales walked toward a Newberry Springs home last year to ask its occupants f...
LOS ANGELES - Terry Friedman, the presiding judge of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court, has been named this year's recipient of t...
If you aren't prepared to go all 15 rounds, then you shouldn't get into the ring, according to courtroom warrior A. Barry Capp...