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Corporate


Critics Lash Out at Corporate Rule Benders

May 7, 2002
By James Gordon Meek

WASHINGTON - When the savings and loan scandal broke in the late 1980s, causing billions in losses to American taxpayers, ther...


Litigation


Default in Patent Case Is Blow to Tech Firm

May 7, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco high-tech firm has suffered a rare default judgment in a high-stakes patent case after its att...


Corporate


A Few Bad Apples Spoil Bunch?

May 7, 2002
By Marisa Navarro

LOS ANGELES - When Arthur Andersen, a Big Five accounting firm with revenue topping $9 billion in 2001, laid off 7,000 of its ...


Litigation


Judge Weighs Case on Decades-Old Treasure

May 7, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - For seven days, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Judith Chirlin has heard testimony in a case about an agreement...


Family


The Father of All Dilemmas

May 7, 2002
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - What six-and-a-half-year old Nicholas knows about his family is this: He loves his mommy and he loves his dadd...


Law Practice


N.Y. Native Represented Peggy Lee

May 7, 2002
By Erin Carroll

LOS ANGELES - Ludwig Gerber, a writer, movie producer, Congressional candidate and lawyer, whose clients included singer Peggy...


International


SAN FRANCISCO - A fight over allowing Mexican trucks to haul freight throughout the United States is now apparently in the lap...


Focus Column - By Wesley H. Avery - Article XX of the California Constitution mandates that the Legislature protect "a certain...


Government


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County district attorney went too far in a sweeping search of law firms and other organizations ...


Law Practice


Ahead of the Pack

May 7, 2002
By Tanya Rothman

20 Under 40 - Each year, California Law Business takes a look at the some the best and brightest young talent the legal world ...


Law Practice


20 Under 40 - Kevin Rosen - When the Los Angeles Unified School District sued O'Melveny & Myers in 1999 for allegedly prov...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges Engage in Musical Benches

May 7, 2002
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Recent Los Angeles Superior Court judicial assignments include changes at courts in Whittier, Pomona, Huntington...


Transactions


Divine inc. has agreed to acquire Viant Corp. in a stock and cash deal worth $120 million. The deal was announced April 5. Chi...


Transactions


Blue Martini Software Inc. has acquired Cybrant Corp. The stock deal is worth $7 million and was announced April 16. San Mateo...


Transactions


Palo Alto's Brobeck Phleger & Harrison partner Curtis Mo led JetBlue Airways Corp. in its initial public offering that bro...


Intellectual Property


Sitting On Top of the World

May 7, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

20 Under 40 - Sean Collin - Sean Collin has a knack for applying life experience to his legal practice. Collin, a partner who ...


Intellectual Property


IP Pioneer Starts, Stars in Practice Group

May 7, 2002
By Joel Rosenblatt

20 Under 40 - Vicki Veenker - Vicki Veenker, 39, isn't sure whether she's the only female partner given the opportunity to sta...


Transactions


FOOTWEAR SHOP WALKS AWAY WITH $90 MILLION

May 7, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Skechers USA Inc. closed its senior subordinated note offering worth $90 million. The private offering closed April 5. The pur...


Greg T. Williams is bringing his high-tech expertise to the Irvine office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory. The firm...


With a boom in all its practice areas, Los Angeles-based Lewis D'Amato Brisbois & Bisgaard hired two additional partners a...


Family


Contracting for Love

May 6, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - Equally Speaking - By Gloria Allred and Ruth Graf-Urasaki - Premarital and post-marital agreements are a fact o...


Labor/Employment


Forum Column - By Ryan D. McCortney - After reading articles on the Supreme Court's recent decision in Hoffman Plastic Comp...


Personal Injury & Torts


Tort Law - Column by Raphael Metzger and Greg Coolidge - California courts do not require expert medical opinions to pass any ...


Government


Decrepit Courthouse Inches Toward Repair

May 6, 2002
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - The crowded, crumbling San Bernardino courthouse has moved one step closer to getting much-needed repairs and...


Immigration


Forum Column - By Michael J. Ortiz - Attorney General John Ashcroft may not have been behind the order to cover the bare-breas...


Real Estate/Development


Watertight

May 4, 2002
By Columnist

Column by Michael Solender - Every year, thousands of new homes are built in California, many of which are constructed imprope...


Litigation


Fair Play

May 4, 2002
By Christina Landers

At different times over more than a decade, several female employees of Ralphs Grocery Store Co. suffered verbal and mental ab...


Litigation


Building Solutions

May 4, 2002
By Columnist

Column by Alex Polsky - Hang onto your hats! Construction defect litigation is about to go from a one- to a two- to a three-st...


Litigation


Blaze of Glory

May 4, 2002
By Christina Landers

Not the type to choose the easy route in life, attorney Philip E. Kay picked a tougher-than-usual job to pay his way through l...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


On Stage

May 4, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

An actor's greatest fear is losing his spell over an audience. The way to keep the crowd's attention is to show sincerity and ...