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Labor/Employment


Changing Jobs

May 29, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Employment Law Column - By Michael D. Young - Can an employer prevent its employee from working for a competitor by inserting ...


Law Practice


TAX COMMISSION SELECTS JUST FOURTH U.S. MEMBER

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The Tax Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats elected Nicholas Freud, 60, to join its ranks April 10. Freud, part...


Law Practice


TWO PRACTICES GIVE KIDS POINTERS ON LAWYERING

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Two California firms opened their doors to local children recently. Walnut Creek's Archer Norris hosted 12 young girls, rangin...


Transactions


STORAGE SOFTWARE FIRM NETS NEARLY $18 MILLION

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

InterSAN Inc. has closed its third round of funding, bringing in nearly $18 million. The deal was announced May 13. Worldview ...


Law Practice


ENVIRONMENT TOPS STATE MINING GROUP'S AGENDA

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Malcom Weiss, partner at Los Angeles' Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro, spoke at the California Mining Association's "Calif...


Labor/Employment


Holding the Fort

May 29, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Lately, management practitioners of traditional labor law have been assaulted for the side they take in labor-management dispu...


Law Practice


LITIGATOR WILL CHAIR CONSTRUCTION FORUM

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry elected John Heisse II as its chair-elect. Heisse, managing p...


Labor/Employment


Know Thy Hires

May 29, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Employment Law Column - By Theodora R. Lee - The Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1681, et seq., is the federal la...


Labor/Employment


Time After Time

May 29, 2002
By Erik Cummins

The lawyers who negotiated the $250 million State Farm gender discrimination settlement in 1992 are on the forefront of the la...


Six Kring & Chung attorneys donned sports attire and sunscreen on May 19 to participate in the 25th Anniversary Kring &...


Law Practice


HOGE FENTON PARTNER RETURNS TO THE BOOKS

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Steve Sherman, partner at Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel in San Francisco, is hitting the books again - this time at the Bernar...


Law Practice


The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association has elected associate Judy Lam of Santa Monica's Alschuler Grossman Stein ...


Law Practice


OXNARD LAWYER JOINS ESTATE PLANNING GROUP

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Janet Reese joined the ranks of the Estate Planning Advisory Committee for Continuing Education of the Bar. Reese, partner at ...


Transactions


LIBERTY MEDIA TAKES CONTROL OF OPENTV

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Liberty Media Corp. will acquire MIH Limited's controlling ownership in OpenTV Corp. The deal, announced May 8, is worth $185 ...


Labor/Employment


Keeping Time

May 29, 2002
By Contributing Writer

Employment Law Column - By Stephen L. Berry and Sherri Fanger McInnes - California courts and employers continue to experience...


Law Practice


KATTEN MUCHIN ATTORNEY WINS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The Women's Business Council of the Century City Chamber of Commerce honored Shelley Reid with the 2002 Women of Achievement A...


Law Practice


Poetic Litigator Takes Introspection to Heart

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Morrison & Foerster corporate litigation partner Charles Patterson writes poetry. "It's something I can do while I'm waiti...


Law Practice


The Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative honored the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton ...


Large Firms


Wilson Sonsini Aims to Strike Delicate Balance

May 29, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

PALO ALTO - For nearly a year, Larry Sonsini, the 61-year-old chairman and chief executive of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro...


Transactions


CREDIT RATING COMPANY ACQUIRES HNC SOFTWARE

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Fair Isaac and Company Inc. will acquire HNC Software Inc. The $810 million deal was announced April 29. San Rafael's Fair Isa...


Public Interest


Constitutional Rights Group Celebrates 40 Years

May 29, 2002
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - An award-winning documentary film depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust kept guests spellbound at the Consti...


Large Firms


Skjerven Lawyers in New Firms

May 29, 2002
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - Most of the lawyers departing Skjerven Morrill's Newport Beach and Austin, Texas, offices, which Skjerven will...


Focus Column - By Matthew J. McGinn - Business leaders, national securities regulators and the global accounting profession ar...


Elder Law


SAN FRANCISCO - Victim services workers at the San Francisco district attorney's office receive approximately 60 police report...


Probate


Probate Expert Loved Traveling With Family

May 29, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Wallace Friedman, a Burbank attorney for more than 40 years. Friedman died May 8. ...


Technology & Science


Tactics Endangering Businesses, Companies Claim

May 29, 2002
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for beleaguered file-sharing software companies Grokster Inc. and StreamCast Networks have accused the...


Criminal


WASHINGTON - Two years ago, a California state senator and former federal prosecutor challenged one of Bill Clinton's impeachm...


Criminal


Lawyer Gets Arrested for Stealing From Orphan

May 29, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A South El Monte attorney was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of embezzling a $25,000 insurance settlement ...


Immigration


Passport Scheme Puts Man in Federal Prison

May 29, 2002
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has sentenced a Diamond Bar man to 33 months in prison for tax evasion related to a scheme in wh...


Criminal


Judge Denies Motion to Sanction Attorney

May 29, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside judge Friday denied a defense attorney's motion to sanction a prosecutor and strike the death penalty ...