Government
Governor Gray Davis Signs Bill Allowing Quake Victims to Refile Claims
By Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Consumer groups Monday extolled legislation signed by the governor over the weekend that will allow Northridge ea...
Though surprised by the reaction, Burbank city officials said they are not angry Millerwood Animal Rescue Sanctuary officials ...
WASHINGTON - Acting on two separate petitions, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected California attorneys' challenges to some o...
SAN FRANCISCO - Monday's highly anticipated federal appellate court confrontation between the recording industry and upstart N...
Government
Seven Years Later, Censored School-Board Pariah Wins Right to Sue
By Garry Abrams
Attorney Larry P. Schapiro knew something was very, very wrong when the other members of the Yuba Community College District B...
For Stephanie Splane, corporate partner in the San Francisco office of Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers, the work is all abo...
Booth, Mitchel & Strange, a 23-attorney firm based in Los Angeles, celebrated its 45th anniversary in September. George Mi...
Firm Watch
Sedgwick Detert: SOLO LURES THREE PARTNERS INTO NEW LITIGATION BOUTIQUE
By Staff Writer
Three lawyers from the Irvine office of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Alan Freisleben, Todd Picker and Lilly Chow are te...
The time and cost required to comply with the noticing requirements of the Bankruptcy Court should also be reduced by the new ...
Law Practice
Attorney Mark Lee Morrison, 29, Dies in Automobile Accident
By Lisa Madrid
Attorney Mark Lee Morrison died in a automobile accident Sept. 22. He was 29. The Long Beach resident was alone when he was ki...
Firm Watch
McKenna & Cuneo: NEW HIRES TO CONSTRUCT SAN DIEGO BUILDING PRACTICE
By Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.'s McKenna & Cuneo expects Peter Ippolito, Mark Budwig and Steven Owen to lay the foundation for a constru...
Sarah Griffin, an employment law partner in the Los Angeles office of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, has been elected as pres...
The jury sheets confirm that law firms are certainly not immune from the considerable risks posed by the expansion of employee...
David Perry doesn't lift a finger in the summer, but you won't hear his partners at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly complaini...
Los Angeles-based Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory has added two lateral associates. Land use attorneys R.J. Comer and ...
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Zevnik Horton: HISPANIC COMMUNICATION COMPANY ADDS TO EMPIRE
By Staff Writers
Hispanic communications giant Entravision Communications Corp. has bought Z-Spanish Media Corp. The $448 million deal includes...
While most law firms were on the beach sunning themselves, San Diego's Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps was scoping out a p...
Common to today's franchise agreements is a clause establishing what is usually referred to as a right of first refusal. The t...
Firm Watch
Howrey Simon: LOS ANGELES OFFICE ACQUIRES DEWEY BALLANTINE PARTNER
By Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.'s Howrey Simon Arnold & White brings corporate litigation partner Dick Burdge aboard its Los Angeles offi...
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Debevoise & Plimpton: TRAVEL COMPANY IN BOCA BUYS NEWPORT'S TRAVCOA
By Staff Reports
Newport Beach's Travcoa has been sold to Grand Expeditions Inc. The terms of the stock deal were not disclosed. Travcoa organi...
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O'Melveny & Myers: EXCITE@HOME WILL EXPAND INTO ONLINE GAME WORLD
By Staff Writers
Excite@Home will acquire pogo.com in a deal valued between $125 million and $150 million, depending on earn-out payments. Redw...
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas was one of several county officials recently recognized for their commitment t...
Amidst rumors that Troop Steuber's days as one of Los Angeles' most successful firms are dwindling, the firm has added a new c...
Jacobson, White, Diamond & Bordy of Beverly Hills has added two more names to its letterhead. Gina Tatsios Savioloa and Pa...
Eight-day weeks are nothing out of the ordinary for Mark Holscher, who has accomplished what seemed impossible several months ...
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Brobeck Phleger: DIGITAL ISLAND PURCHASES SOFTAWARE IN LOS ANGELES
By Staff Writers
Digital Island Inc. has acquired SoftAware Inc. of Los Angeles. The stock deal is valued at $280 million. San Francisco's Digi...
Access to resources and experts can be as important as the right to counsel itself. Only by making resources available to the ...
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Arnold & Porter: IRVINE'S EXULT LANDS $200 MILLION CONTRACT
By Staff Writers
Irvine's Exult Inc. has won a seven-year contract to provide Web-based human resource services for Unisys Corp. The deal is wo...
Working People's Law Center founder Art Goldberg is putting his 30 years of community-based legal experience on the line and w...
Firm Watch
Wilson Sonsini: LAW FIRM OR INCUBATOR FOR BUDDING CAPITALISTS?
By Staff Writer
Barry E. Taylor is shedding his Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati practice to head up a Menlo Park office for New York's Wa...