The key to success at trial is establishing a positive bond with the jury. ...
SACRAMENTO - Last year, Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation creating the Bipartisan Commission on Internet Political Practices....
SAN FRANCISCO - Alan Mendelson, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent startup-company lawyers, is replacing Edward Sonnensche...
LOS ANGELES - Immigration officials announced Monday they are appealing a judge's decision to grant asylum to a French citizen...
LOS ANGELES - Attorney General John Ashcroft denied Monday that he is inserting himself into the process of selecting federal ...
LOS ANGELES - After more than a year of court battles, members of the Thai community rejoiced Monday when U.S. Attorney Genera...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Court Can't Enforce A Private Settlement
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Parties who reach a settlement through private mediation cannot ask a superior court to take jurisdiction and ...
SAN FRANCISCO - An angry husband who tried to frighten his wife by telling her "I am going to kill you" is guilty of an attemp...
SACRAMENTO - Led by veteran plaintiffs' lawyers and defended by top corporate litigators, a state Senate panel's investigation...
SAN JOSE - After getting hit with a $182 million criminal restitution award last week, the Avant Corp. may catch a break. Duri...
Entertainment & Sports
Court Tosses 'Coppola' Case, Flailing Frailly, Into Graveyard of History
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - An old friend died last week. After lingering on life support for months, my chum suffered a swift and brutal en...
Lawyers need to provide positive leadership and look to a client's long-term interests rather than just be concerned with achi...
Barbara Casey has been a legal marketing pro for 20 years, but only in the last three years has her business boomed. The publi...
Transactions
Morgan Lewis: EDISON'S MISSION ENERGY PENS NEW POWER PURCHASE
By Victoria Newman
Edison International's independent power producer, Edison Mission Energy, has signed a long-term power-purchase agreement with...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Health Care Expert Joins Board of Medical Center
By Contributing Writer
The Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center of Los Angeles has appointed Kevin Kroeker, a partner at Los Angeles' Konowie...
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe 's latest growth spurt has hit Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner close to home. Since Oc...
Firm Watch
Perkins Coie: RECENTLY RE-DUBBED GROUP SIGNS WITH SATELLITE IN S.F.
By Karen Coleman
The Greekly named Iota Pi Law Group became the first San Francisco Bay Area patent prosecution practice for Seattle's Perkins ...
Firm Watch
McDermott Will: CENTURY CITY LITIGATOR JUMPS TO IRVINE OFFICE
By Karen Coleman
Aggressively growing McDermott Will & Emery announced July 9 that Steve Aaronoff joined the Chicago firm's Irvine office a...
In its upcoming October term, the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will continue their trend of increased interest in First ...
The latest ruling in the Microsoft antitrust saga saved the company from a remedy that would have sliced the company in two. B...
Firm Watch
Hogan & Hartson: LOS ANGELES OFFICE NABS RIORDAN LITIGATION CHAIR
By Karen Coleman
Los Angeles' Riordan & McKinzie, which has had a string of high-profile departures since its failed merger talks with Palo...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Software Giant Eases Up Its Licensing Practices
By Katherine Gaidos
It's as if O.J. Simpson, in the middle of his murder trial, had agreed to take anger management courses. Microsoft, following ...
SAN FRANCISCO - More than 50 years after George Marshall convinced U.S. leaders that heavy investment in postwar Europe would ...
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Wilson Sonsini: GOTO RAISES $142 MILLION IN ITS SECONDARY OFFERING
By Victoria Newman
Pasadena's GoTo.com Inc. has raised $142 million in a secondary stock offering. The company sold 3,162,500 and stockholder ide...
On May 19, Greg Brown completed his first Ironman triathlon - a grueling race that combines a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike r...
On July 15, Gov. Gray Davis had California's top employment legal enforcement lawyer removed from his post for issuing a well-...
Solo and Small Firms
Weston Benshoof Will Host Minority Job Fair
By Contributing Writer
Los Angeles' Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish will host the eighth annual DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair on ...
By their own accounts, Edwin Train Caldwell, James F. DeMartini and Dolores Chong have found success as sole practitioners. Re...
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Loeb & Loeb: MALIBU PUBLISHER BUYS LUXURY PRODUCTS MAGS
By Victoria Newman
CurtCo Robb Media has acquired Robb Report and Showcase monthly magazines from Luxury Media Corp. The parties did not disclose...
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Brobeck Phleger: VALUECLICK SNAPS UP STOCK PURCHASE OF MEDIAPLEX INC.
By Victoria Newman
Westlake Village's ValueClick Inc. will buy San Francisco's Mediaplex Inc. for $47.4 million in stock. ValueClick is an online...