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Employment and labor law attorney Colleen Regan is leaving Perkins Coie to join Santa Monica litigation boutique Van Etten, S...


Firm Watch


By Erik Cummins In November, a Cooley Godward memo stated obliquely that its two remaining Kirkland, Wash., partners, Christo...


Judges and Judiciary


The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel named its officers for the year 2003. Paul Fine is president-elect. He...


Transactions


East West Bancorp Buys Another Bank

Jan. 22, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

By Toni Vranjes San Marino's East West Bancorp Inc. is continuing its buying spree, agreeing to purchase Pacific Business Ban...


Firm Watch


By Erik Cummins Midway through his career as a construction litigator, Jeffrey Sykes took some time off and reassessed his li...


Large Firms


Three Firms Make 'Best Place to Work' List

Jan. 22, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Liz Valsamis Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Places to Work is a list that sports a variety of corporations, but few law firms. T...


Firm Watch


Bonne Bridges Opens Las Vegas Outpost

Jan. 22, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

By Liz Valsamis Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols has opened its much-needed Las Vegas office. Los Angeles litig...


Litigation


Cha-Ching!

Jan. 22, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

By Joan Osterwalder Juries didn't buy into corporate America in 2002. Business fraud cases made up the bulk of the top 10 jury...


Firm Watch


By Liz Valsamis After 18 months of commuting from his San Diego county home to Fish & Neave's Palo Alto office, partner N...


Labor/Employment


Layoffs Worry Members of Employment Law Alliance

Jan. 22, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

By Stefanie Knapp For the first time in its three-year history, the Employment Law Alliance surveyed its member attorneys to ...


Firm Watch


By Liz Valsamis After three years of helping rebuild the economies of countries that had belonged to the former Soviet Union,...


Litigation


By Eron Ben-Yehuda Retired U.S. District Court Judge John G. Davies will rejoin JAMS as a neutral Feb. 3. After initially sig...


Litigation


By Joan Osterwalder A former professional football player and felon is suing San Bernardino County over an allegedly bad fall...


Government


Davis Signs

Jan. 22, 2003
By Linda Rapattoni

By Linda Rapattoni and Hudson Sangree Gov. Gray Davis signed 1,168 bills in 2002, dozens more than in any previous year of hi...


Firm Watch


Lawyer Makes Leap to Nixon Peabody

Jan. 22, 2003
By Erik Cummins

By Erik Cummins Edsell "Chip" Eady was a big believer in Foley & Lardner's chances in California during the four years he...


Litigation


Property Squabble Results in $25 Million Settlement

Jan. 22, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

By Joan Osterwalder It was an uphill battle. A hillside project of 572 luxury homes in the Verdugo Mountains caused a politic...


Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has lured Peter K. Shack away from the office of the attorney general. Shack, form...


Litigation


The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles has announced its 2002 award winners, who will be honored at the organizati...


Transactions


PhotoMedex Buys Surgical Laser

Jan. 22, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

By Toni Vranjes Laser manufacturer PhotoMedex Inc. of Radnor, Pa., has purchased Surgical Laser Technologies Inc., broadening...


Judges and Judiciary


Martinez civil Judge James Trembath will retire from the Contra Costa County Superior Court in March. Trembath, 63, says he h...


Litigation


How Do You Find a Good Investigator You Can Trust?

Jan. 22, 2003
By Contributing Writer

By Keith Rohman and Cathleen Watkins Deadlines are stacking up, the phones are ringing incessantly, and your calendar is out ...


Firm Watch


By Liz Valsamis Patricia Kinaga, an employment litigator and award-winning film writer, director and producer, has joined the...


Transactions


By Toni Vranjes The new year brought a new owner for the 91 Express Lanes. Ownership of the toll road officially shifted to t...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles' Absolute Court Reporting Inc. has been bought by Paulson Reporting and Litigation Service Inc. Absolute will con...


Firm Watch


Bingham McCutchen Finally Woos Counsel

Jan. 22, 2003
By Erik Cummins

By Erik Cummins Recruiting former Bank of America associate general counsel Maureen Young was like getting the first pick in ...


Firm Watch


Keesal, Young & Logan has added a baker's dozen, including partner Kimberly Wong, to the firm's Long Beach and San Franci...


Transactions


Gas Firm Heads to New Territory

Jan. 22, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

By Toni Vranjes Natural gas provider ENRG of Seal Beach has acquired a Denver-based company to expand into new markets. ENRG ...


Constitutional Law


Court Accepts Redistricting Case

Jan. 22, 2003
By David Pike


Judges and Judiciary


While the rest of the county was celebrating the New Year, Pittsburg Judge John Allen was looking forward to 2004. Allen, 62,...


Litigation


Patent Lawyer Hopes to Triple Jury Award

Jan. 22, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

By Eron Ben-Yehuda Within the next few weeks, Silicon Valley attorney David Bohrer expects a hearing on his request to triple...