Mintz Levin: OSI PHARMACEUTICALS WILL ADOPT FOSTER CITY COMPANY
By Stefanie Knapp
OSI Pharmaceuticals will acquire Gilead Sciences' assets from its oncology business. OSI will acquire Gilead's clinical candid...
Work and Play
By Marisa Navarro
The end of 2001 is nearing and the weather is beginning to chill. And with more advertisements for sales than actual news in y...
Haight Brown: SAN DIEGO OUTPOST CARRIES ON WITH ONLY ONE ATTORNEY
By Staff Writer
A series of departures has left Haight Brown & Bonesteel's San Diego office operating at bare-bones capacity. The two most...
Birthday Gala
By Toni Vranjes
The big 7-0 has arrived for the Beverly Hills Bar Association. But the group isn't fretting about the extra candles on its bir...
NEW PARTNER GARNERS YMCA VOLUNTEER AWARD
By Stefanie Knapp
The YMCA of San Francisco announced James Colopy, a new partner at San Francisco's Farella Braun & Martel, as its Mission ...
SOUTHERN PEOPLE
By Joseph Sorrentino
ARDEN REALTY Richard S. Davis will assume responsibility as Arden Realty Inc.'s sole chief financial officer. Davis joined Ar...
HUMANITARIAN AWARD GOES TO SAN DIEGO AIDS ACTIVIST
By Stefanie Knapp
The San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program honored Timothy Pestotnik, a partner at San Diego's Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps...
Orrick Herrington: BANKING SOFTWARE MAKER NABS ROUND OF FINANCING
By Stefanie Knapp
San Francisco's Finaplex Inc. closed its second round of financing on Nov. 28, this time bringing in $17.1 million. The lead i...
Fulbright & Jaworski: BUYERS SEE RIGHT STUFF IN FAO SCHWARZ TRANSACTION
By Stefanie Knapp
Calabasas-based The Right Start Inc. acquired certain assets of FAO Schwarz in a deal closed Nov. 19. The Right Start will acq...
Kaye Scholer: JOINT VENTURE PUTS WIND INTO POWERSTAR'S SAILS
By Stefanie Knapp
La Jolla's Global Renewable Energy Partners Inc. created a joint venture with Dallas-based The Mesa Group to create PowerStar....
Wireless World
By Columnist
Everyone is talking about "wireless," but what does it mean? Technology resource www.techweb.com defines wireless as: "Radio t...
Real People
By Tanya Rothman
Each year, California Law Business takes a peek at the world of real estate law. This year, we present 12 real estate lawyers ...
Big Trouble at the Big Top
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The circus goes on trial today. Mark Oliver Gebel, a senior animal trainer with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bai...
Trainer Faces Criminal Charges
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The circus goes on trial today. Mark Oliver Gebel, a senior animal trainer with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bai...
Privilege Snatchers
By Columnist
The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the privileges for confidential communications known to the common law. The pri...
Back to Back
By Robbie Story
LOS ANGELES - Monique McCord of Geragos & Geragos took mighty swings during the Landau Lawyers Coed Division championship ...
Judge Likes Practical Solutions
By Tamara Scott
LOS ANGELES - Judge Catherine Anne Gallagher presides over one of the most difficult courtrooms in Santa Clara County. She mak...
Commercial Question
By Columnist
A false-advertising claim under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1125(a)(1)(B), can be a powerful weapon for a business that ...
'American Taliban' Walker Should Face Consequences
By Columnist
As the war on terrorism enters another phase, government lawyers will be taking a detour from fighting terrorists to deciding ...
Arguments Weren't Bad for a 3rd-Year Student
By Matthew King
SAN FRANCISCO - Last Monday, Contra Costa County Court Commissioner Judith Sanders ruled that a defendant in an Internet libel...
Teen's Confession Spurs Dispute in Murder Case
By Matthew Heller
FONTANA - Christy Phillips' confession to the murder of an elderly Rialto woman was enough to chill even the most hardened of ...
Oakland to Settle with Rogue Cop's Detainee
By Matthew King
SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland has tentatively agreed to pay $195,000 to settle one of dozens of police malfeasance suits...
'American Taliban' Walker Should Face Consequences
By Columnist
As the war on terrorism enters another phase, government lawyers will be taking a detour from fighting terrorists to deciding ...
Privilege Snatchers
By Columnist
The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the privileges for confidential communications known to the common law. The pri...
Commercial Question
By Columnist
A false-advertising claim under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1125(a)(1)(B), can be a powerful weapon for a business that ...
Wireless World
By Columnist
Everyone is talking about "wireless," but what does it mean? Technology resource www.techweb.com defines wireless as: "Radio t...
Bar Denied Child Porn Evidence
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge on Thursday rebuffed the State Bar's attempt to get evidence for a disciplinary probe of Pete...
Case Against Rave Promoter Fails
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - An appellate court Thursday dealt the final blow to the case of a sheriff's deputy who sued both the venue operato...
Judge's Courageous Decisions Provoked Controversy, Praise
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - G. William Dunn, a Harlem native who rose to become a Long Beach Municipal Court judge known for sticking to his...
Certain Deposition Questions Need Scripting
By Columnist
You may have heard the old adage that the less experienced the deposition taker, the more detailed the deposition outline. Whi...