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Judges and Judiciary


WASHINGTON - A new survey shows that 65 percent of American adults cannot name even one Supreme Court justice, and less than 1...


Discipline


SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer drafting a will has no duty to beneficiaries to check on the mental capacity of the client, a unanimo...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Two retired San Francisco judges and a staff attorney with the Judicial Council have emerged as candidates for...


Civil Rights


Selling Sex, Especially the White, Hot Kind

Jun. 24, 2003
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - After seven straight months of flat sales, Abercrombie & Fitch stripped some of its employees down to their ...


Discipline


Former Crosby Partner Won't Be Disbarred

Jun. 24, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Malcolm Wittenberg, the former patent attorney at Crosby Heafey Roach & May who admitted to insider tradin...


Entertainment & Sports


Survivor Suits

Jun. 24, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

Any competitor or aspiring star who plans to appear on a reality television show will have to agree to all kinds of abuse for ...


Bankruptcy


The creditors' committee in the Magnatrax Corp. Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has selected Foley & Lardner as legal adviser. ...


Firm Watch


Although he's the second partner to leave Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in as many days, Marty Myers hasn't seen any kind o...


Large Firms


Summer in New York

Jun. 24, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

With its high-level partners flying to New York each week, the buzz surrounding Cooley Godward doesn't focus on whether the Pa...


Firm Watch


Philadelphia Firm Adds San Diego Office

Jun. 24, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

In a single acquisition, Philadelphia's Duane Morris has added a San Diego office and picked up a reinsurance practice group. ...


Firm Watch


Lawyer Enjoys His New Window on World

Jun. 24, 2003
By Erik Cummins

Joining Morrison & Foerster opened up a whole world of possibilities for William Veatch. In his first week at the 1,000-la...


Firm Watch


Burns Doane Nabs Two More Lawyers

Jun. 24, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Two more lawyers from Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly's Palo Alto office, which closed in May, have found homes with Alexandr...


Litigation


Nonprofits Set Stage for Theater Battle

Jun. 24, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

Theater aficionados don't want the curtain to fall at the Raymond Theatre in Pasadena and are taking their legal battle to sto...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Stock Deal Has Palm Doing Handsprings

Jun. 24, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. of Milpitas has signed a deal to buy its rival Handspring Inc. for $170 million in stock. ...


Law Practice


Best Defense

Jun. 24, 2003
By Columnist

Column - Public Relations - By John J. Buchanan - With corporate scandals, terrorism and economic chaos appearing in the headl...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Secret Words

Jun. 24, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Jeff Kichaven and Deborah Rothman - Question: In the real world of litigated case...


Firm Watch


Natalie Pierce first met Angela Bradstreet last year when Bradstreet, a partner at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, spoke at ...


Large Firms


Realizing the job of running its Northern California offices was too big for any one partner, Coudert Brothers Chairman David ...


Corporate


Brewer Outsources Information Technology

Jun. 24, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Milwaukee beer maker Miller Brewing Co. has signed a $143 million agreement to outsource its information technology to Affilia...


Firm Watch


Maisnik Joins Jeffer Mangels

Jun. 24, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Guy Maisnik, formerly of Los Angeles' Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, has joined the real estate department of Jeffer, ...


Corporate


Hospice of Marin Expands by Acquisition

Jun. 24, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

In an effort to broaden the scope of their charitable activities, Hospice of Marin and Hospice By The Bay have united. Hospice...


Firm Watch


Milberg Weiss Decides Smaller Is Better

Jun. 24, 2003
By John Ryan

Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, known for its class-action securities suits on behalf of shareholders, shook up the ...


Litigation


Medical Exams of Plaintiffs Require Lawyers' Wariness

Jun. 24, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column - Trial Strategy - By Martin Blake - The recent decision in Golfland Entertainment Centers Inc. v. Superior Court of...


Litigation


Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton firm withdrew last month from defending a wrongful-termination suit after a judge rule...


Law Practice


Armed with little more than artistic vision, independent film producers sometimes flounder through the legal complications of ...


Criminal


Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Prosecutors have powerful tools, such as wiretaps and search warrants, t...


Litigation


Jurist Fancies Himself a Bandleader

Jun. 21, 2003
By Tyler Cunningham

SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Donald S. Mitchell is interested in nearly everything. A 90-minute conversation with him moves from Nort...


Constitutional Law


Forum Column - By Robert DeKoven - School officials have lamented for years that they have to put up with many "discipline" pr...


Labor/Employment


Employment Column - By Kevin Lilly - In the past, managers arrived at a workplace investigation like a coroner at a crime scen...


Law Practice


SF Law Library Closing Temporarily

Jun. 21, 2003
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Patrons of the San Francisco Law Library's downtown branch will have to trek to the library's two Civic Center...