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Litigation


Forty Officers Join $100 Million Suit

Oct. 11, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

The ranks of current and former Los Angeles police officers involved as plaintiffs in a $100 million "whistle-blower" lawsuit ...


Criminal


DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court may not reverse itself on a controversial decision that would release hundreds of rapists ...


Government


Watford Joins Sidley & Austin's Appellate Group

Oct. 11, 2000
By David Houston

Paul Watford, who worked in the major frauds section of the U.S. attorney's office for the past three years, has become an app...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Masters Forum Focuses on ADR Issues

Oct. 11, 2000
By Staff Writers

Top mediators, judges and advocates from around the country gathered Friday and Saturday at Pepperdine University School of La...


Communications


Reversal of Rampart Trial TV Ban Sought

Oct. 11, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

The state's 2nd District Court of Appeal is being asked to decide this week on the constitutionality of the rule that gives st...


Los Angeles loves poor people. Just look at the things the city and county have done for them lately. For the lucky residents ...


Judges and Judiciary


Entities Battle For Control of Bar Discipline

Oct. 11, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The Legislature and the governor have begun an unusual exercise this month that highlights a key debate about ...


Law Practice


Viewers Favor Jamgotchian for 'Regis Live!' Co-Hosting Position

Oct. 11, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

ANAHEIM - A 69,000-member nationwide "jury" rendered its verdict over the weekend, and found in favor of an O'Melveny & My...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


JUDGELESS JUSTICE

Oct. 10, 2000
By Columnist

The recent California Supreme Court ruling in Armandariz v. Foundation Health Psycare Services that limits mandatory arbitrati...


Civil Rights


Black LAPD Officer Wins Harassment Suit

Oct. 10, 2000
By Ed Kimble

A Los Angeles jury slapped the city with a $5.34 million reprimand Friday, finding that the first black member of the police d...


Criminal


Judge Orders Police to Turn Over Records

Oct. 10, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

The judge presiding over the corruption trial of four Los Angeles Rampart Division officers ordered the police department on F...


Labor/Employment


A Los Angeles City Council member has taken the Police Department to task for recruiting from parts of the country that she sa...


Transactions


Sunnyvale's Loudcloud Inc. has filed for an initial public offering of stock valued at $150 million. Loudcloud is an Internet ...


International


In some quarters, the recently defeated referendum to limit the non-Swiss portion of Switzerland's population to 18 percent ra...


Intellectual Property


TRADEMARKS

Oct. 10, 2000
By Craig Anderson

Two Internet greeting card companies with nearly identical monikers have settled their legal disputes, with the firm that los...


In what could be the understatement of the year, McKenna & Cuneo 's San Diego managing partner and litigation group head, ...


San Francisco's Pillsbury Madison & Sutro recently brought aboard two tax partners, Victor Penico and Keith Gercken. The f...


Transactions


Lawyer Serves Up Sale, Family-Style

Oct. 10, 2000
By Victoria Newman

Representing the father-and-son team of Jefferson and Donald Christal in the sale of their indoor tanning products company tur...


Law Practice


CLOSING CREDITS

Oct. 10, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Many midsize firms are closing their doors or giving up the ghost in mergers with larger firms. Some blame it on a hostile eco...


Litigation


Intimate Exposure

Oct. 10, 2000
By Columnist

Important evidentiary protections exist for sexual-assault victims pursuing civil lawsuits. ...


Transactions


Sun Microsystems Inc. will acquire Cobalt Networks Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger valued at $2 billion. Palo Alto-based Sun ...


Schuler Homes Inc. has announced that it will merge with privately held Western Pacific Housing. The combined company will hav...


Transactions


California Tan Inc. has bought California SunCare Inc. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Los Angeles' California Tan,...


Transactions


Napa's Chalone Wine Group Ltd. has obtained private financing to purchase three vineyards. The unsecured loan is valued at $30...


Law Practice


The Quiet Firm

Oct. 10, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Seyfarth Shaw ranks 42nd in the state, but its image tends to run beige. To rectify its lack of recognition, the firm has emba...


Insurance


Touch Coverage

Oct. 10, 2000
By Columnist

As difficult as it may be to believe, there really is sexual-harassment insurance coverage. Employment-practices liability ins...


Transactions


South San Francisco's Exelixis Inc. has agreed to acquire Agritope, based in Portland, Ore. The stock-for-stock transaction is...


Transactions


Contra Costa's tallest building, One Concord Center, has been sold in a deal worth $55 million. TrizecHahn Corp., a real estat...


Law Practice


The New Holy Grail

Oct. 10, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

The corporate legal department has become the holy grail of a legal career, with attendant respect, and a leader and an associ...


Law Practice


Lives at Risk

Oct. 10, 2000
By Columnist

Terrorist groups are still targeting defense attorneys in Northern Ireland despite the desire of its citizens to put the Troub...