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After holding out for four months, Morrison & Foerster announced April 9 that the San Francisco firm doesn't have any 2001...


Firm Watch


In what everyone says are two unrelated departures, a pair of patent litigators and a patent prosecutor from the Palo Alto off...


Solo and Small Firms


San Diego's Anderson & Kriger, a firm specializing in construction defect and homeowners associations, has recruited Kenne...


Solo and Small Firms


The Los Angeles business litigation shop of Fairbank & Vincent has recruited Richard Gluck as of-counsel. Gluck, former ge...


Entertainment & Sports


Tactical Error May Haunt Lawyer in Franchise Case

Apr. 24, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Larry Stein of Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan had a burning question last Monday before a hearing in Los Angeles federal...


Large Firms


Townsend and Townsend and Crew has recruited three lateral associates for its San Francisco headquarters: Nancy Tompkins, Slad...


Transactions


Constellation Brands Inc. will acquire Ravenswood Winery Inc. for $148 million cash. Fairport, New York's Constellation brands...


Judges and Judiciary


Letting Senate OK Judicial Nominees

Apr. 24, 2001
By Columnist

"The President ... shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the Supre...


Solo and Small Firms


Drug Wars

Apr. 24, 2001
By John Ryan

On Nov. 29 Jennie Stern suffered a hemorrhagic stroke - a blood vessel burst in her brain - that caused permanent damage. She ...


Transactions


Autobytel.com Inc. will buy rival Autoweb.com Inc. The stock deal is worth more than $14 million. Irvine's Autobytel is an Int...


Solo and Small Firms


Los Angeles' Reish & Luftman has changed its name to Reish Luftman McDaniel & Reisher. Managing partner Fred Reish say...


Large Firms


Tokyo Law

Apr. 24, 2001
By Staff Writer

The economy may be cooling off here in the states, but it's warming up on the other side of the Pacific, at least for law fi...


Transactions


Volera Inc. has received $83 million in initial financing from investors Novell Inc., Nortel Networks Corp. and Accenture. For...


Transactions


Sonicport.com Inc. has acquired US Dataworks Inc. in a stock deal, the value of which was not disclosed. Chatsworth's Sonicpor...


Transactions


Johnson & Johnson will buy Mountain View's Alza Corp. for $10.5 billion in stock. New Brunswick, N.J.'s Johnson & John...


Peter Ferris, a civil litigator who spent most of his career at what was then Oakland's Wulfsberg Reese Ferris & Sykes die...


Transactions


Partner Enjoys Thrust, Parry of Mergers

Apr. 24, 2001
By Diane Taylor

Sarah O'Dowd, a partner at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe in Menlo Park, likes corporate work, especially mergers and acq...


Firm Watch


Charlie Walker, who became the fourth partner at Los' Angeles Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker back in 1962, died April 7 o...


Public Interest


Barrier Language

Apr. 24, 2001
By Liz Valsamis

Antonia Hernndez, president and general counsel of one of the nation's most powerful Latino civil rights groups, still calls h...


Education


Three Generations of Hastings Pioneers

Apr. 24, 2001
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - The corridor leading to the Alumni Reception Center at Hastings College of the Law is lined with the photograp...


Transactions


Universal Music Group has agreed to buy Emusic.com Inc. for $26 million in cash. New York's Universal is a subsidiary of Viven...


Large Firms


Pilot Lawyer Acts as 'Flying Samaritan'

Apr. 24, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

Once a month Julie Akins, her husband and two step-children wake up early on Saturday morning and head out the door by 5 a.m. ...


Large Firms


Todd Gattoni, a business litigation partner at Oakland's Crosby Heafey Roach & May, recently was elected president of the ...


Entertainment & Sports


Lawyer Plans to Focus on Talent Side

Apr. 24, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

Yakub Hazzard, 36, blames his mother for thwarting his career as a rock star. "I played the drums when I was younger, for a lo...


No, it's not Houston's Vinson & Elkins or New York's Venable. The firm that wants you to think of it when you see a big re...


Law Practice


Publicity Payoff

Apr. 24, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Marketing no longer is the four-letter word it once was, equated with selling used cars. There is an understanding that law fi...


Criminal


Woman Gets Prison Term in Baby's Death

Apr. 24, 2001
By Matthew Heller

RIVERSIDE - Concluding a case marked by a series of unusual judicial twists, a woman has been sentenced to 25 years to life in...


Family


Women's Law Center Fund-Raiser Lauds Founder

Apr. 24, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - For the first time that she could remember, Abby Leibman stood speechless behind a podium - if only for a moment...


Law Practice


Lawyer Accused of Fraud Will Face Charges

Apr. 24, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - An Orange County judge Friday denied a motion to dismiss criminal charges against Glendora lawyer John Franklyn Wa...


Energy Law


PUC: PG&E Still Ours

Apr. 24, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - The bankruptcy proceedings involving Pacific Gas & Electric Co. have no effect on the ability of the state...