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Personal Injury & Torts


Think Ahead

May 8, 2001
By Columnist

As any experienced litigator knows, a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication is one of the most significant that ...


Law Practice


High Praise

May 8, 2001
By Erik Cummins

Once the "citadel of capitalism," San Francisco's art deco Stock Exchange Tower recently played host to The Impact Fund, a Ber...


Law Practice


'R' for Recognition

May 8, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Dennis Doucette, a corporate partner at San Diego's oldest firm, never has had a problem with numbers. As a child, Doucette me...


Mergers & Acquisitions


SG Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of French banking giant Societe Generale Group, is buying 70 percent of Los Ang...


Law Practice


Inmate Adviser

May 8, 2001
By Leonard Novarro

Go the extra mile, Justin Brooks counsels young lawyers. Practicing what he preaches, Brooks goes the extra mile each day figh...


Large Firms


Shearman Partner Will Go to N.Y.

May 8, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Lyons, one of two managing partners for the Bay Area offices of New York's Shearman & Sterling, is h...


Juvenile


Both Sides Welcome Wider Prop. 21 Review

May 8, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court's unusual, unsolicited move last week to expand its review of Proposition 21, the...


Diana Scott is putting together another employment practice group, not quite six years after establishing that practice area i...


The 50-lawyer Santa Monica firm Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstrief got five new litigators and a new San Francisco o...


Law Practice


Unleashing Potential

May 8, 2001
By Erik Cummins

Stuart Liner and his bearded collie, Fred, are the top dogs at Santa Monica's Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine Weinhart & Regens...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco's Personify Inc. has raised $20 million in new funding. ABS Ventures was the lead investor. Alloy Ventures, U.S....


Law Practice


Luck and a Level Head

May 8, 2001
By John Ryan

Accused of spying for China, Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee was getting death threats at the tail end of 1999. More i...


Large Firms


Two Leaving Baker & McKenzie

May 8, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - A month after losing six lawyers from its environmental group, the San Francisco office of Baker & McKenzi...


Law Practice


Prized Players

May 8, 2001
By Robin Davidson

On the heels of the NFL draft comes a different line-up of young and talented players. And while the selections for California...


Government


Council Tightens Disclosure Rules

May 8, 2001
By Chris Ford

LOS ANGELES - In an attempt to help voters find out who is behind the big-money hit mailers, automated phone calls and other c...


Intellectual Property


Global Branding

May 8, 2001
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - As he prepares to take over this week as president of the International Trademark Association - an influential...


Government


SAN FRANCISCO - With six months to go before the election, the field of candidates for city attorney has taken on another new ...


Litigation


SACRAMENTO - Five plaintiffs' firms stand to lose $88.5 million in attorneys' fees unless they can successfully appeal a judge...


Criminal


LOS ANGELES - A San Diego trial judge and an appellate justice who clashed over the landmark 1995 case that ultimately allowed...


Bankruptcy


Ratepayer Committee Joins Bankruptcy

May 8, 2001
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Nine groups representing consumers, agriculture and large industry have been named to a ratepayer committee in...


Civil Rights


Enemy of the PC

May 8, 2001
By Contributing Writer

What's it all about, Voltaire? Whose scared cow is being gored now? What are we going to do about the scourge of the political...


Law Practice


Proving Herself

May 8, 2001
By Erik Cummins

San Francisco's interim public defender, Kimiko Burton, is both blessed and cursed with a famous name. While her family has a ...


Juvenile


Juvenile Jack-in-the-Box

May 7, 2001
By Columnist

In the recent decision Manduley v. Superior Court, 86 Cal.App.4th 1198 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. 2001), a San Diego appellat...


Intellectual Property


Directors Guild Sues Over Web Site Names

May 7, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The Directors Guild of America has filed a federal lawsuit against a Huntington Beach man, alleging that he regi...


Judges and Judiciary


LOS ANGELES - Fellow judicial officers paid tribute Friday to the memory of retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James R. Dooley, the...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's current term may seem all downhill after last December's dramatic 5-4 decision that effective...


Technology & Science


April Shutdowns Dampen Hopes for Dot-Coms

May 5, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

A wave of shutdowns is pounding the dot-com world once again, with at least 55 Internet companies closing their doors in April...


Solo and Small Firms


LOS ANGELES - Services will take place today for retired San Gabriel attorney and teacher Dennis C. Modjeski. Modjeski died Mo...


Investments


High-tech companies don't have much luck these days. First, venture-capital firms, once so free in their funding, are closing ...


Law Practice


Cost-Conscious Clients

May 5, 2001
By Columnist

The legal profession has experienced strong expansion in the last 10 years. This growth was fueled by an ample supply of clien...