Litigator Allan Browne has a clear conception of paradise. Forget the beautiful, if not trite, images of tropical isles or fou...
A few hundred black-tie-clad guests enjoyed cocktails and chatted with one another Nov. 9 at the Mexican American Legal Defen...
San Diego-based Anderson & Kriger has pledged $10,000 to the University of San Diego to help fund the law school's newly e...
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Morrison & Foerster: NEW FACES, NEW GROUP HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN D.C.
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster established a new practice area this month to guide clients through the complex world ...
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Brobeck Phleger: ION IMPLANT BUSINESSES JOIN FORCES, SEEK FUNDS
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San Jose-based Implant Center Inc. has purchased assets from Los Angeles' Ion Implant Services Inc. Neither company disclosed ...
The Guardians of the Jewish Home for the Aging have presented its Above & Beyond Hall of Fame award to Perry Silver, a par...
Acacia Research Corp. of Pasadena acquired Greenwich Information Technologies of Greenwich, Conn. Neither company disclosed th...
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Procopio Cory: NEW OFFICE WILL OPEN IN NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO
By Staff Writer
Looking to a new frontier, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch plans to open an office in north San Diego county within the...
The Asian Professional Exchange has awarded Holland & Knight associate Adam C. Ritter its 2001 President's Award. The Los ...
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King & Spalding: SOFT-DRINK GIANT ACQUIRES HALF MOON BAY'S ODWALLA
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Atlanta's Coca-Cola Co. agreed to purchase Half Moon Bay-based Odwalla Inc. in a transaction valued at $181 million. Coca-Cola...
Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Robert McNeill Jr., a partner at Ivie McNeill & Wyatt in downtown Los Angeles, a board membe...
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Foley & Lardner: MCKENNA TRIO GIVES BOOST TO ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
By Staff Writer
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Three environmental attorneys, who focus on such muddy problems as contaminated la...
The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers has selected Douglas R. Young, president of the San Francisco Bar Association and pa...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2001: Doomsday. Judgment Day. Bar results day. Antonella Nistorescu was nervous at work most of Frid...
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Severson & Werson: CONSUMER-FINANCE PARTNER TAKES HELM OF IRVINE OFFICE
By Staff Writer
A new attorney has taken the helm at the Orange County office of Severson & Werson , and he's ready to move it into the ne...
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Milbank Tweed: SOUTHLAND SHOP SWEETENS OFFER TO SUMMER RECRUITS
By Staff Writer
Sweet-talking recruits for its summer associate program, the Los Angeles office of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy enclosed ...
There was a sinister side to the roaring 1990s. When stock markets surged, a slew of thirty-something technology buffs sudden...
Mark Kelson admits he didn't know much about technology when he began representing Pasadena-based Acacia Research Corp. about ...
It was arguably one of the most Byzantine real estate development deals in the history of downtown Los Angeles yet the daedal ...
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Latham & Watkins: ABGENIX OF FREMONT BUYS DEVELOPER OF ANTIBODIES
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Fremont's Abgenix Inc. acquired Hesed Biomed Inc. of Omaha, Neb. Neither company disclosed terms of the deal. Abgenix is a bio...
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Gunderson Dettmer: MOUNTAIN VIEW'S VISTO RAISES ROUND OF CAPITAL
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Visto Corp. of Mountain View raised $31 million in a sixth round of venture capital financing. Walden VC II Media of San Franc...
The American Intellectual Property Law Association has chosen for a top leadership position the managing partner of Howrey Sim...
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Wilson Sonsini: MERGER UNITES VOICE AND DATA NETWORK COMPANIES
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Occam Networks Inc. of Moorpark and Accelerated Networks Inc. have agreed to a merger. Neither company disclosed terms of the ...
SAN DIEGO - Voters in the March 5 primary election will select judges in four races, with only one sitting judge being challen...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA Grant Helps Group Assist Rural Residents
By Matthew King
SAN FRANCISCO - The Volunteer Legal Services Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco and Central California Legal Serv...
Intellectual Property
Anti-Anthrax Precautions Affect Arrival of Trademark Applications
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - The United States Patent and Trademark Office has declared an emergency as thousands of time-sensitive patent ...
Judges and Judiciary
Group Laments Lagging Interest In Judicial Seats
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The starting salary is $145,100, and the paychecks keep coming until you die. You get to rule over your own mini...