WASHINGTON - Expanding the rights of religious groups to use public facilities, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday that public...
LOS ANGELES - As time went on, the brutality escalated. When police arrived at the couple's downtown apartment in early April,...
SAN JOSE - The constitutional rights of members of the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels were likely violated because autho...
Criminal
With Control Over His Own Death, McVeigh Holds Nation's Attention
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - On Sunday, Fox News legal commentator Andrew Napolitano called me at home to talk about the Timothy McVeigh deat...
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyer's Cooperative was entirely predictable. A defense o...
Among actions announced Monday by the justices were:
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Alston & Bird: GERMAN MEDIA GIANT BUYS MYPLAY OF REDWOOD CITY
By Victoria Newman
Media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG has bought Internet music company Myplay Inc. for $30 million. Bertelsmann, located in Guter...
The Arthritis Foundation has appointed Michael Wright, a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & Woods in Los Angeles, to the boa...
A year ago, the Old World was still eager not to be left behind on the road to the New Economy. Today, in Europe, the prospect...
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Orrick Herrington: ONLINE CREDIT CARD FIRM OFFERS NOTES FOR CASH
By Victoria Newman
San Francisco's NextCard Inc., which issues credit cards online, has completed a sale of $700 million in secured notes. The th...
The article titled "Credit Bureaus Fight ID-Theft Legislation" (Legal Beat, April 13), which describes the efforts of credit b...
LOS ANGELES - An arbitrator has ruled that the Los Angeles Unified School District must pay $17 million in disputed fees to th...
Firm Watch
Baker & McKenzie: TAX LAWYER CHANGES TEAMS AS IRS OPENS NEW OUTPOST
By Karen Coleman
International tax heavy Bob Kirschenbaum says there's no better place for his practice than the Palo Alto office of Baker &...
Cities and redevelopment agencies that acquire, clean up and develop contaminated properties improved their odds of recovering...
The slumping economy has helped some of William Bernfeld's clients. For example, the real estate partner at Century City's Kir...
Just about every school kid knows about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Edwin C. Anderson Jr. wishes kids knew as much...
Intellectual Property
USC ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP HONORS PARTNER'S MEMORY
By Victoria Newman
Friends and colleagues of the late Roger Sherman, entertainment attorney and senior partner at Beverly Hills' Mitchell Silberb...
M. Henry Heines, a partner with San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend and Crew, has been honored by the Northern California Se...
Nancy Heinen, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Apple Computer Inc., could hardly believe her eyes recen...
Firm Watch
Preston Gates: MORE ATTORNEYS CHANGE FROM RIORDAN & MCKINZIE
By Karen Coleman
In what's become a steady stream of lawyers coming out of Los Angeles's Riordan & McKinzie , three corporate partners from...
Firm Watch
Farella Braun: DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS RECOGNIZE LAW STUDENTS
By Karen Coleman
San Francisco's Farella Braun & Martel ponied up $10,000 in scholarship money on June 1 for the first-ever Farella Braun &...
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Baker Botts: TEXAS FIRM WILL ACQUIRE SOFTWARE MAKER IN OHIO
By Victoria Newman
Electronic Data Systems Corp. will acquire Structural Dynamics Research Corp. for $950 million in cash. Electronic Data System...
Firm Watch
Crosby Heafey: RECENT HIRE WILL DIRECT OUTPOST IN CENTURY CITY
By Karen Coleman
Corporate and securities partner Irwin Barnet has been named the new managing partner for the Century City office of Oakland's...
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Wilson Sonsini: HEALTH TECH COMPANIES INK $84 MILLION MERGER
By Victoria Newman
Xcare.net Inc. will acquire Healthcare.com Corp. in a $84 million stock swap. XCare.net, based in Englewood, Colo., develops s...
The Inner City Law Center in Los Angeles recently honored Tom Nolan and his law firm, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, for the...
Intellectual Property
Napster Hires Justice Official For New Fee-Based Web Site
By Marisa Navarro
LOS ANGELES - Napster Inc. has hired senior Department of Justice official Jonathan Schwartz to fill the newly created role of...
Firm Watch
Gordon & Rees: PARTNER BECOMES HEAD OF SHOP'S MARITIME PRACTICE
By Karen Coleman
Gordon & Rees, a San Francisco firm that's looking more and more like a San Diego native, announced May 30 that partner Ru...
Firm Watch
Haight Brown: L.A. OFFICE MOVES TO NEW SPACE NEAR LAX AIRPORT
By Karen Coleman
The Los Angeles headquarters of Haight Brown & Bonesteel just moved closer to transportation - the expensive private kind ...
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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart: SOUTHLAND SHOE BUSINESS TAKES OVER DOT-COM LEASE
By Victoria Newman
Casual footwear company Skechers USA Inc. has taken over the commercial lease formerly held by online retailer eToys Inc., whi...
The Computer Law Association has elected Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser partner Richard Allan Horning to its board of di...