Big Brother Eyes Spot, Fluffy for ID
By Chris Ford
Big Brother might not be watching your every move yet, but he apparently has designs on your pets. A proposal the Los Angeles ...
Brobeck Phleger: TELECOM HARDWARE FIRM FILES A $115 MILLION IPO
By Staff Writers
Optical Communication Products Inc. has filed an initial public offering worth $115 million. The Chatsworth-based company make...
Growing Clients
By Columnist
With associate turnover reaching some of its highest levels in recent years, law firms are constantly looking to hire associat...
EXPERT IN MUNICIPAL LAW GOES TO LOS ANGELES FIRM
By Staff Reports
Municipal law attorney Richard Terzian has left the Los Angeles office of New York's LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, where h...
Pulled Hamstring Sidelines Olympic Hopeful
By Staff Writer
He coulda been a contender. Palo Alto senior corporate finance associate Jim Bucher had it all planned out. Last year at this ...
Buckingham Doolittle: NUTRISYSTEM GETS TASTE FOR SOME SWEET SUCCESS
By Staff Writers
Nutrisystem.com Inc. has acquired Nestle USA Inc.'s Sweet Success diet meal replacement product line. The stock deal is valued...
MORGAN MILLER CONTINUES GROWTH SPURT WITH THREE
By Staff Reports
Walnut Creek's Morgan Miller & Blair has recruited three new associates: Eric McLaughlin, Jean Hurricane and Kevin Brodehl...
Katten Muchin: ACQUISITION OF LOS ANGELES TIMES SHAKES OUT IN-HOUSE DEPARTMENT
By Staff Writer
The former intellectual property director of Los Angeles' Times Mirror Co. has joined Katten Muchin Zavis, also in Los Angeles...
Faceless Technology
By Columnist
Today's law firm technology offers wonderful opportunities for clients, but it also brings with it hidden challenges, which ca...
Fair Hearing
By Columnist
The court held that a council member can appeal if authorized by the local code as long as due process is not violated. ...
The Disabilities Act Epitomizes the Best of America
By Columnist
By Christopher J. Kuczynski. In an article titled "ADA Creates Barriers to Jobs for the Handicapped" by Julie Hofius (Forum, A...
ADAM STRELTZER SETS UP WESTSIDE SOLO PRACTICE
By Staff Reports
Business attorney Adam Streltzer has left Encino's Cantor & Weinshenk. He opened a solo practice in Brentwood on Sept. 1. ...
Crosby Heafey: LITIGATION PARTNER REUNITES WITH JACKSON TUFTS GROUP
By Staff Writer
Ken Philpot finally gave in to his destiny as a Jackson Tufts Cole & Black alum. After a short stint at Preuss Shanagher Z...
Salvation Army
By Liz Valsamis
Kathleen Smalley heads the legal department of Catellus, a company that actively salvages and cleans up environmentally plague...
State Bar Gala Set For Century City
By Staff Reports
The Foundation of the State Bar of California will host its 10th anniversary gala at the St. Regis Hotel in Century City on Oc...
Cooley Godward: APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS IS TAKING ON MCC NETWORKS
By Staff Writers
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. will acquire MMC Networks Inc. The deal is valued at $4.5 billion. Applied Micro Circuits makes h...
Tricky Trail
By Columnist
The termination of representation involves adherence to a number of intricate ethical rules in order to avoid a malpractice cl...
PATRICK R. JEWICK BOOSTS TOWNSEND IN ELECTRONICS
By Staff Reports
Patrick R. Jewick has joined the San Francisco office of Townsend and Townsend and Crew as an associate. Jewick, who has an un...
Akin Gump: BOUTIQUE ADDITION BRINGS BRAWN TO LAND-USE GROUP
By Staff Writer
The acquisition of an environmental and development firm on the other side of the country will be a boon to the Los Angeles of...
Morrison & Foerster: MAGAZINE INCLUDES MOFO ON FAMILY-FRIENDLY LIST
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster was named one of the top 100 employers for working moms for the October issue of Worki...
Getting Away With Murder
By Columnist
By Ira L. Shafiroff. Should society allow a convicted killer to become an attorney? In a morally questionable opinion, the Cal...
LEGAL EDUCATION PROVIDER OPENS DOWNTOWN CENTER
By Staff Reports
Practicing Law Institute, a provider of continuing legal education, is opening a "major California center" in downtown San Fra...
PUBLIC SECTOR FIRMS JOIN, BECOME LARGEST IN STATE
By Staff Reports
Los Angeles' Liebert Cassidy has merged with Whitmore Johnson & Bolanos of Mountain View. Effective Oct. 1, the name of th...
Luce Forward: SAN DIEGO TEAM HANDLES LANDMARK CAR AGREEMENT
By Staff Writers
DaimlerChrysler de Mxico and Hyundai Motor Co. have reached an agreement that will allow DaimlerChrysler to import a new Hyund...
BUSINESS BOUTIQUE ENTICES FIVE LAWYERS FROM LANDELS
By Staff Reports
Rogers Joseph O'Donnell & Quinn, a business litigation boutique in San Francisco, has gained five new attorneys. Paul M. Z...
Proposition 21 'Demonizes' Youth
By Chris Ford
Two local professors Friday attacked Proposition 21, which they called the "demonization of youth" initiative, pointing to tre...
Justice Calls On Lawyers to Give Back
By Don De Benedictis
SAN DIEGO - Bemoaning the recent decline in lawyers' pro bono activities, California Chief Justice Ronald M. George Thursday c...
Patent Litigator Defects to Sidley & Austin
By Tamara Scott
Patent litigator Edward G. Poplawski, a name partner at Los Angeles-based Pretty Schroeder & Poplawski, has defected to th...
Damian Williams Pleads Not Guilty
By Anne La Jeunesse
Damian Monroe Williams and Tyrone David Killingsworth pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and robbery charges stemming from th...
Commission Supports Proposed Juvenile Laws
By Chris Ford
Members of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners has signaled their support for state laws that would lower to 12 from...