WASHINGTON - Stepping into the "tobacco wars" for the second straight term, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whethe...
LOS ANGELES - As early as next week, attorneys for former Playboy Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith could begin collectin...
LOS ANGELES - Sole practitioner Rayfield Lundy, one of the first African-American attorneys to open an office in South-Central...
LOS ANGELES - Ending nine years of litigation with dissident California lawyers, the State Bar Monday abandoned its appeal of ...
LOS ANGELES - As part of a racial discrimination lawsuit against a Carson-based aerospace firm, two African-American men conte...
SAN FRANCISCO - A city fee on Los Angeles landlords that pays for housing inspections does not violate a constitutional restri...
Whether your partners are sitting in a boardroom or on a river raft, you can ensure a successful firm retreat if you first def...
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Cooley Godward: DRUG DISCOVERY COMPANY LOCATES KEY ACQUISITION
By Staff Writers
Aurora Biosciences Corp. will merge with PanVera Corp. in a $86 million deal. San Diego's Aurora Biosciences designs, develops...
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Carroll Burdick: AS BRADSTREET STEPS DOWN, ESHELMAN MOVES INTO MANAGING PARTNER ROLE
By Staff Writer
Litigation partner Rod Eshelman slid into the top spot at San Francisco's Carroll Burdick & McDonough on Jan. 1. He was ap...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor Fills Bench Vacancy in Riverside
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Riverside County Supervising Deputy District Attorney Helios "Joe" Hernandez as a Ri...
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Christie Parker: PRETTY & SCHROEDER GROUP EXPECTED TO JOIN BY FEB. 1
By Staff Writers
Pasadena patentmakers Christie Parker & Hale are adding on 15 lawyers from Los Angeles' Pretty & Schroeder. The move b...
In San Francisco, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George and U.S. District Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel are am...
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Heller Ehrman: SECOND MENLO PARK OFFICE OPENED TO FIT MORE LAWYERS
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe spent the Christmas holiday weekend wrapping up the move of its Menlo Park...
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Thelen Reid: SAN JOSE OFFICE GRABS NINE FROM IP BOUTIQUE BREAKUPS
By Staff Writer
The San Jose office of San Francisco's Thelen Reid & Priest picked up a quick nine intellectual property lawyers in the wa...
California Law Business assembled a dozen legal experts, representing the state's various geographic and practice specialties,...
LOS ANGELES - After being termed out of the California State Assembly, former Republican minority leader Scott Baugh has agree...
Laguna Beach's Levin & Hawes has recruited Randall Reed as of-counsel. He was of-counsel to Plattsburgh, N.Y.'s, Stafford ...
Santa Barbara's Hatch & Parent has hired two recent law school graduates -both with impressive environmental backgrounds -...
Lawyers should consider broadening their metaphorical category beyond the typical notions or war and sports. Instead, they sho...
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has named local resident Jennifer Hagle to its board of directors. A partner in the ...
In a cold-blooded and cruel decision issued on Dec. 4, the California Supreme Court literally and figuratively has crushed our...
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Sonnenschein Nath: STEPTOE LABOR LAWYER SIGNS ON WITH LOS ANGELES OFFICE
By Staff Writer
Lloyd Loomis, one of the country's top labor and employment lawyers, is ringing in the new year as a partner in the Los Angele...
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Crosby Heafey: LAMB LABOR LAWYER LANDS AT LA OUTPOST OF OAKLAND FIRM
By Staff Writers
Back in October, labor lawyer Ann Kotlarski left a partnership at the 14-lawyer Los Angeles firm Lamb & Baute for an of co...
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Lewis D'Amato: FIRM SCOOPS UP 11 RELIANCE STAFF COUNSEL LAWYERS
By Staff Writer
In a move that's rare for law firms , Los Angeles' Lewis D'Amato Brisbois & Bisgaard has acquired all the lawyers from a l...
SACRAMENTO - The state Supreme Court has appointed an 18-member panel led by bar officials to study and recommend whether atto...
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Gray Cary: EIGHT LIMBACH LAWYERS LAND IN SAN FRANCISCO, PALO ALTO
By Staff Writer
Palo Alto-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich has come out the winner in the Northern California firms' scramble for Limbac...
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Paul Hastings: ORANGE COUNTY TAX GROUP SNAGS A CHICAGO RECRUIT
By Staff Writer
When Los Angeles' Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker was looking for a few good estate planning lawyers earlier this year, Re...
The Department of Defense wastes billions of taxpayer dollars each year on a corrupt procurement and acquisition system that i...
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O'Melveny & Myers: SPANISH NETWORK TUNES IN FOR CHANNELS IN ENGLISH
By Staff Writers
Univision Communications Inc. will buy USA Networks Inc.'s broadcast group for $1.1 billion cash. Univision Communications of ...
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Wilson Sonsini: POLYCOM PREPARES TO BUY ITS RIVAL FOR $339 MILLION
By Staff Writers
Polycom Inc. will acquire Accord Networks Ltd. for $339 million. Milpitas' Polycom makes broadband appliances. Its multimedia ...