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Judges and Judiciary


Pleading for Time

Nov. 13, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Lee A. Wood - When did the rights of litigants become less important than courtroom calendars and the court'...


Construction


Forum Column - By James Acret - On the last day of its 2002 session, the Legislature passed SB800 at the urging of a coalition...


Judges and Judiciary


Strike Looms At Courts in Santa Clara

Nov. 13, 2002
By Craig Anderson

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court employees have set a strike date of Monday after their union broke off mediated ...


Government


Hospital Upgrades Condition of Judge

Nov. 13, 2002
By Gale Holland

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David W. Perkins' condition was upgraded from fair to good Monday, follo...


Litigation


Energy Firm Settles Price Suits

Nov. 13, 2002
By Hudson Sangree

SACRAMENTO - State officials announced an agreement Monday to drop two lawsuits against Williams Energy for alleged price gou...


Family


Focus Column - Family Law - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - Rose gives some guidance on what ...


Two civil litigators, John A. Kronstadt and Rafael Ongkeko, were appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench by Gov. Gra...


Large Firms


IP Division Attracts Specialist to Foley

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

Intellectual property specialist William J. Robinson has left Chicago-based Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw to head the West Coas...


Litigation


Court Staffers Become 'Secret Shoppers'

Nov. 12, 2002
By Karen Coleman

Alameda County Superior Court staffers got to check one another's work during an October celebration of National Customer Serv...


The RAND Institute for Civil Justice promoted Robert Reville to director of the institute Oct. 22. The institute is an indepe...


Litigation


The Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County honored U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. with its annual Be...


Litigation


Many litigators have hired doctors to testify in medical malpractice, product liability, workers' compensation and other lawsu...


Litigation


Closer Look

Nov. 12, 2002
By Contributing Writer

In Closing Column - By Stephen Greene and Joshua Henderson - California recognizes an exception to the rule of employment at w...


Large Firms


Growth Season

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

The eighth floor of the Figueroa Plaza in downtown Los Angeles still has the fresh-paint and new-carpet smell to it. Cardboard...


The consulting branch of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips - Manatt Jones Global Strategies - appointed former Costa Rica Presiden...


Large Firms


With the 2002 World Series over and Angel fever still running rampant throughout Southern California, it's time for some North...


Litigation


The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, honored Frederick Schenk with the David K. Kroll Leadershi...


Firm Watch


Akin Grew Too Much, Too Fast, Some Say

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

Sources in the legal industry say that the layoffs at Washington, D.C.'s Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld were probably the ...


San Francisco's Farella Braun + Martel has elevated five litigators and one real estate attorney to the partnership, effectiv...


Large Firms


Hinshaw & Culberson Opens Office

Nov. 12, 2002
By Liz Valsamis

In response to client demand, Chicago's Hinshaw & Culbertson opened a Los Angeles office Oct. 1. The office was establishe...


Litigation


Car Body Shops Face 'Legal Shakedown'

Nov. 12, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Attorneys for auto repair shops say their clients are victims of a "legal shakedown" by a Beverly Hills law firm that sues the...


Law Practice


Los Angeles lawyer Molly Munger has received a Bringing Up Daughters Differently, or BUDDY, award from the National Organizati...


Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers has expanded its Japanese presence by establishing a new joint enterprise with Watanab...


Starting Jan. 1, six California associates, as well as four others, at Pillsbury Winthrop will assume partner status, thanks ...


Litigation


Gas Station Independents Win $71 Million From Giant

Nov. 12, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Respect the little guy. That's the message that attorneys for a dozen independent Shell gas station operators hope to send to ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


MySmart.com Brings Security To Brazilian Firm

Nov. 12, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

Brazilian company Prosisa Overseas has purchased MySmart.com Inc. of Los Angeles, a developer of technology that allows comput...


Transactions


TRS Sells Information-Tech Division

Nov. 12, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

TRS Staffing Solutions of Aliso Viejo has sold its information-technology staffing division. TRS is a subsidiary of Fortune 50...


Large Firms


Cooley Godward Continues Trimming

Nov. 12, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

Palo Alto's Cooley Godward continues a trend of streamlining its operations, perhaps with an eye toward a merger with a partne...


The Western Law Center for Disability Rights will honor Anna Masters, a partner at Winston & Strawn; Jerry White of Landm...


Insurance


Word to Wise

Nov. 12, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Major setbacks with pretrial motions have prompted an appeal by a New York developer seeking billions of dollars from insurers...