Solo and Small Firms
Jon Wactor and William Wick enjoy solid reputations in their field, which is expected to benefit their new boutique.
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Jon Wactor and William Wick, former attorneys for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1980s, have forme...
Energy Law
Enron Memos by Moral Morons Push Value-Free School of Legal Advice
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Every Californian - and especially every California lawyer - should read the now-famous Enron memos....
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - Services took place Monday for Alvin B. Calof, a pioneer in the Los Angeles County public defender's off...
LOS ANGELES - Attrition at Los Angeles' Lyon & Lyon continues to boost the expanding intellectual property practice of Jon...
SAN FRANCISCO - Edward R. "Ted" Steefel, a real estate finance lawyer best known for his two decades' work on San Francisco's ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court temporarily blocked disclosure of documents Monday that would reveal the total amount ...
Forum Column - By Pierce O'Donnell - "Question Authority!" This rebellious message was our anthem when I was growing up in t...
WASHINGTON - A badly fractured Supreme Court on Monday kept alive the federal government's effort to save the Child Online Por...
Frum Column - By David S. Olson - In an article titled "U.S. Must Send in Troops to Stop the Middle East Killing" (Forum, A...
Dicta Column - Court Jester - In Lyons v. Stills, 97 Tenn. 514; 37 S.W. 280 (1896), Judge John S. Wilkes held the follo...
Dicta Column - By Anne Bothwell - Dear Anne: Our firm wants to boost marketing efforts to get more visibility and recognition ...
Firm Watch
Bryan Cave: SANTA MONICA OFFICE GETS MANATT PHLEPS LITIGATOR
By Staff Writer
After just one year with the Manatt Phelps & Phillips , Jeffrey Modisett has split from the Los Angeles-based firm. Modise...
Firm Watch
Brobeck Phleger: SHOP SLASHES ASSOCIATE WORK FORCE, ONCE AGAIN
By Staff Writer
The fallout continued at San Francisco's Brobeck Phleger & Harrison on May 1 as the firm instituted its third major work-f...
"I simply cannot imagine operating in a system without live witnesses and a full and informed opportunity for cross-examinatio...
Redwood Trust Inc. announced its offering of 500,000 shares, which will bring in $13.5 million for the company. The deal was a...
Firm Watch
Dorsey & Whitney: SAN FRANCISCO BOUTIQUE RAISES WESTERN PRESENCE
By Staff Writer
Minneapolis' Dorsey & Whitney has set up shop in the Bay Area. The 800 attorney, full-service firm has acquired San Franci...
Firm Watch
Brobeck Phleger: SHIFT IN MARKETING FOCUS PROMPTS AD PRO TO LEAVE
By Staff Writer
In more Brobeck Phleger news, the firm's associates are not the only ones feeling the harsh realities of the tech downturn. It...
Fleming Companies Inc. announced the acquisition of Core-Mark International Inc. The deal, valued at $390 million, was announc...
Smiths Aerospace Inc. has acquired Able Corp. in a deal worth more than $27 million. The transaction closed April 1. Grand Rap...
Biopure Corp. closed its public offering of 2.7 million shares on April 24. The deal brought in $20.7 million for the company....
Digirad Corp. brought in $16 million in its first round of funding. The deal was announced April 24. GE Equity, Merrill Lynch ...
Solo and Small Firms
Lawyer's Devotion to Murder Defense Has Meant Rebuilding Law Practice
By Erik Cummins
After attorney Philip DeJong devoted three years to his successful defense of Eugene "Bear" Lincoln against a first-degree mur...
Re-evaluating your service proposition from the "outside-in" via six sigma client surveys and applying new governance standard...
Rewarding my tenacity, agent Scott Boras conceded to an interview and invited this CLB reporter for a night out at the ballpar...
Mentor Graphics Corp. will acquire Innoveda Inc. in a cash deal worth $160 million. The deal was announced April 23. Wilsonvil...
Lured by the prospect of economic growth in China, Los Angeles' Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker acquired the Hong Kong law...
Cavium Networks raised $15.8 million in its second round of funding. The deal was announced April 22. Menlo Ventures led the r...
The TriZetto Group Inc. has agreed to acquire personnel, intellectual property including Commerce Broker software, and assets ...
Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. completed a public offering of more than 3 million shares, bringing in $45.5 million. The deal wa...
LOS ANGELES - For those who die poor and lonely in Los Angeles, little has changed in the past century. Ledgers kept in the ch...