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Civil Rights


LOS ANGELES - A long-established practice in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of allowing attorneys to routine...


Law Practice


CONSUMER SERVICES GROUP ADDS HUDSON COOK LAWYER

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers inducted Elizabeth Huber, managing partner of the Los Angeles offi...


Law Practice


LAW SCHOOL RECOGNIZES MENTORING COMMITMENT

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The University of San Francisco School of Law awarded Molly Lane, managing partner of the Palo Alto office of Brobeck Phleger ...


Transactions


Of-counsel Irv Hepner switched gears as he represented Westfield America Inc. as its lead outside counsel instead of its gener...


Law Practice


The American College of Trial Lawyers inducted Richard Stratton as a fellow March 16 at its spring meeting in La Quinta. Strat...


Labor/Employment


Robert Cantore didn't think twice about including California's unfair competition law, Business and Professions Code Section 1...


Firm Watch


Beefing up its trademark group, Los Angeles' Russ August & Kabat added two partners to its intellectual property practice....


Transactions


GM, DAEWOO MIX PARTS TO FORM NEW BUSINESS

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

General Motors Corp., Daewoo Motor Co. and the Daewoo Motor Creditors Committee have agreed to form GM Daewoo Auto and Technol...


Labor/Employment


Danger Signals

May 29, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

In the wake of new workplace safety regulations that took effect two years ago, employers are facing tougher civil and crimina...


Law Practice


The antitrust and unfair competition law section of the State Bar of California awarded Don Hibner Jr. the 2002 Antitrust Lawy...


Firm Watch


San Francisco's Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin has lured intellectual property partner Carole Barrett from Co...


Transactions


Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. has acquired FM radio station KARA 105.7 from Empire Broadcasting Corp. in a cash deal worth $58 m...


Transactions


WESTFIELD SNATCHES UP NINE SHOPPING CENTERS

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Westfield America Inc. has acquired nine shopping centers in five different states from The Richard E. Jacobs Group Inc. The $...


Law Practice


The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County presented Carl McConnell, partner at San Jose's Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel with t...


Law Practice


BANKRUPTCY GROUP PICKS MUNGER TOLLES ATTORNEY

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The American College of Bankruptcy Professionals inducted Thomas Walpur to its ranks March 15. Walpur, a partner at Los Angele...


Law Practice


BOALT HALL NAMES FUND IN HONOR OF S.F. LAWYER

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Boalt Hall launched the Gerald D. Marcus Fellowship Fund. This fund is in honor of Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy na...


Another Sacramento icon, state legislative counsel Bion Gregory joined the Sacramento office of Nossaman Guthner Knox & El...


Law Practice


Aspatore Books invited two California lawyers to write chapters in two new books from its Inside the Mind series, which are av...


Law Practice


GOVERNOR DECLARES DAY FOR PRO BONO LUMINARY

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

April 24 was no ordinary day this year in California; Gov. Gray Davis proclaimed it Alec Cory Day in honor of one of the found...


Labor/Employment


Screw Tightens

May 29, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Employment Law Column - By Sam McAdam and David Kadue - The first three years of Gov. Gray Davis' administration have brought ...


Law Practice


REAL PROPERTY SECTION CHOOSES VICE CHAIRMAN

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The zoning and land use subsection of the State Bar's real property law section appointed Scott Birkey as its vice chairman on...


Law Practice


MCCUTCHEN DOYLE PARTNER HEADS BANKRUPTCY FORUM

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The California Bankruptcy Forum named Randy Michelson its president for a one-year term. Michelson, partner in San Francisco'...


Law Practice


S.F. LAND USE SPECIALIST BECOMES ACADEMY FELLOW

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected William Coblentz to its 2002 class. Coblentz, name partner at Coblentz Patch...


Firm Watch


One Sacramento lawyer, Brian Toman , has decided to leave the state capital for private practice in the Bay Area. Toman, the f...


Labor/Employment


Vague Language

May 29, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Employment Law Column - By Frank Cronin - Discrimination against individuals with disabilities has been illegal in California ...


Law Practice


San Francisco's Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe honored six professional staff members with its annual Professional Staff ...


Law Practice


FARELLA BRAUN PARTNER NABS WILEY MANUEL AWARD

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Legal Aid of the North Bay presented the Wiley W. Manuel Award to Paul "Skip" Spaulding, partner at San Francisco's Farella Br...


Labor and employment partner Anthony Oncidi has left the Los Angeles office of Dallas-based Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & F...


Firm Watch


Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal is acquiring the New York law firm RubinBaum , enhancing its East Coast presence. Fifty Rubi...


Firm Watch


Two former Environmental Protection Agency lawyers have left their respective law firms to start an environmental law boutique...