Amy Leinen has moved from the Phoenix headquarters of Snell & Wilmer to the firm's Irvine office. The four-year attorney, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - West Group has pulled a bit of a coup over the competition at the Lexis-Nexis Group by announcing that it has ...
Firm Watch
Sheppard Mullin: FORMER PETTIT MARTIN LEADER DIES OF SUDDEN HEART ATTACK
By Staff Writer
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton litigation partner Ted Russell died on Jan. 13 while skiing near Norden. Russell was 57,...
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Allen Matkins: L.A. RETAIL GROUP MAKES BIG PURCHASE FROM LOCKHEED
By Staff Writer
Zelman Retail Partners Inc. has purchased a 105-acre property from the Lockheed Martin Corp. for $70 million. Los Angeles' Zel...
When visual artist Andrew Leicester signed a contract in 1989 with R&T Development Corp. to design artwork in connection w...
Firm Watch
Gordon & Rees: TRIO GOES TO SAN DIEGO FOR LITIGATION AND TORTS
By Staff Writer
Steve Haasis, a business and technology litigator from the now-defunct San Diego firm of Haasis Haasis Pope & Correll, joi...
The Los Angeles chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women, also known as CREW-LA, has named as its new president Sonia J. Ransom...
In Hollywood, using original artwork in movies for set decoration is not only aesthetically desirable, it's cheap. Or at least...
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Holland & Knight: UTAH DEVELOPER PREPARES TO BUILD LUXURY RESORT
By Staff Writer
Utah resort developer Private Residence Club Associates LLC has completed the purchase of land and obtained financing for its ...
SAN DIEGO - Speaking at a conference on juvenile delinquency and the courts, Attorney General Bill Lockyer warned Thursday tha...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Judge Reinstates Medicare Benefits to Nursing Home
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - In what appears to be the first decision of its kind, a federal administrative law judge has reversed the terminat...
Sincerity is not a word often attributed to Hollywood actors, directors, writers or, particularly, lawyers. However, the word ...
LOS ANGELES - Lowering fees and offering rebates on secondary-student loans is just "good public policy," the U.S. Department ...
SAN FRANCISCO - "Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy" has become a staple media phrase in California's utility crisis, but un...
SANTA BARBARA - All John Roberts knew as he drove to the Simi Valley home of criminal defense attorney Stephen M. Hogg one nig...
LOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson may have reached the end of his game. An appellate court Friday rejected the former football star's...
SAN FRANCISCO - Cooley Godward managing partner Lee Benton is stepping down after four years of leading the Palo Alto firm thr...
Law Practice
Messenger Service's Demise Perhaps Spurred By Union Drive
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Union-organizing efforts by San Francisco legal couriers may have hastened the demise of Express Network Inc.,...
What happens when a defendant decides not to show up for trial or behaves so badly that he or she is ejected from the courtroo...
Technology & Science
Site Preys on TV Shows That Have Lost Their Bite and Taken a Dive
By Andrea Rosas
Jump the Shark Inc. pinpoints the precise moment when nearly 2,000 shows, spanning the last 50 years, took a turn for the wors...
The past year has seen several developments in federal and state legislation related to entertainment law. Among the more nota...
Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services issued new federal regulations intended to protect the privacy of...
On any given day, a lawyer might pick up the newspaper, read about a bill that impacts his or her practice, and wish he or she...
LOS ANGELES - Jeffrey Rawitz will end his tenure with the U.S. attorney's office in a week to go into private practice. Rawitz...
With a few exceptions, statutes passed during the 2000 California legislative session primarily fine-tuned existing land use l...
The Daily Journal asks lawyers for their forecast of the 2001 legal market. ...
The type of use of another's customer list becomes crucial in deciding advertising-injury claims. ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has come under much criticism of late. That's largely because a new class of "bu...
SAN FRANCISCO - Instead of passing the torch to his hand-picked successor and facilitating a smooth transition for an office k...
The game hasn't even begun, but Old Economy companies already have scored a touchdown in Sunday's Super Bowl. Last year's game...