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Cyberspace Storage

Jan. 15, 2002
By Marisa Navarro

In today's wired world it's not only necessary that attorneys input motions, briefs and other court papers into a computer (af...


Hogan & Hartson of Washington, D.C., will acquire New York-based Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld , sources close...



VIASAT PAYS $30 MILLION FOR WIRELESS PRODUCTS

Jan. 15, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

ViaSat Inc. acquired US Monolithics Limited Liability Co. in a $30 million deal closed Jan. 4. Carlsbad's ViaSat produces and ...


CONSTRUCTION LAW

Jan. 15, 2002
By Columnist

BY DANIEL LEE JACOBSON Typically, a contract between a subcontractor and a general contractor will contain a clause that purpo...



Two Los Angeles-based law firms are among the nation's 25 busiest legal advisers for worldwide mergers and acquisitions, accor...


Solectron Corp. has offered adjustable conversion-rate equity security units worth $1 billion. The underwriter for the deal, w...



San Diego lawyer Alan Talbott has taken his estate planning practice to Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch , drawn by the ...


FEE SIMPLE

Jan. 15, 2002
By Columnist

BY ETHAN K. FRIEDMAN The 4th District Court of Appeal recently took the opportunity to establish a helpful tool for California...



NEW JERSEY DEVELOPER MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA

Jan. 15, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Red Bank, N. J.-based Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. has acquired the home-building assets of Forecast Group Limited Partnership. ...


Industry experts say it was only a matter of time before Palo Alto's Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich joined the growing numbe...



Cleanup Probe

Jan. 15, 2002
By Columnist

Focus Column - By Jeffrey W. Hawkins, Recently promulgated regulations that provide for low-risk loans to property developers ...


Amid Bad News, Biotech Almost Seems Thriving

Jan. 15, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Two themes emerged at this year's J.P. Morgan H&Q Healthcare Conference, according to lawyers who attended...



Looking Back

Jan. 15, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Does anyone really need another batch of stories about death in 2001? That's the question the California Law Business and Dail...


Sometimes, Going Begging Won't Fill a Tin Cup

Jan. 15, 2002
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - Asking donors to "give a little bit" always has been a necessity for public interest providers. But fund-raising...



Justices Will Review IRS Tip Criteria

Jan. 15, 2002
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Taking on a case involving a historic San Francisco restaurant, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine th...


Parent Trap

Jan. 15, 2002
By Columnist

Environmental Law Practitioner Column - By William D. Wick, When is a parent corporation liable for the cleanup of its subsidi...



Push to Provide Free Legal Aid in Civil Court Gains Momentum

Jan. 15, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

LOS ANGELES - Equal justice advocates throughout the United States are turning to an ancient source to support an argument tha...


Showtime for the Supremes

Jan. 15, 2002
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - In 1981, Hollywood gave us a look into the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court with "First Monday in October," ...



Forum Column - By Eileen C. Moore, California is a state of linguistic diversity. There are 224 languages and numerous other d...


Anti-IOLTA Suits Shock Legal Aid Providers

Jan. 15, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - Barbara C. Clark, executive director of the nonprofit Legal Foundation of Washington in Seattle, recalls the rude...



Cleanup Probe

Jan. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Focus Column - By Jeffrey W. Hawkins, Recently promulgated regulations that provide for low-risk loans to property developers ...


Parent Trap

Jan. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Environmental Law Practitioner Column - By William D. Wick, When is a parent corporation liable for the cleanup of its subsidi...



Forum Column - By Eileen C. Moor, California is a state of linguistic diversity. There are 224 languages and numerous other di...


Money For The Taking

Jan. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Richard A. Samp, Hundreds of millions of dollars are appropriated each year by federal and state governments...



Money For The Taking

Jan. 14, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Jack W. Londen, Interest on Lawyer Trust Account funds generate more than $10 million every year. These fund...


Push to Provide Free Legal Aid in Civil Court Gains Momentum

Jan. 14, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

LOS ANGELES - Equal justice advocates throughout the United States are turning to an ancient source to support an argument tha...



Photo Fever

Jan. 12, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Who cares if it's true. The tabloids had a feeding frenzy anyway when a photographer alleged he had caught Mick Jagger, the Ro...


Cross Talk

Jan. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Employment Column - By Donald C. Potter and Samuel T. McAdam, The California Legislature recently broadened the state's tough ...



The Gambler

Jan. 12, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Like his clients who own strip clubs, music venues and bars, Southern California attorney Michael N. Schonbuch is comfortable ...


Staring Contest

Jan. 12, 2002
By Columnist

Employment Column - By Sue Bendavid-Arbiv, In the context of harassment in the workplace, looking at someone for too long now ...