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Firm Watch


Amidst rumors that Troop Steuber's days as one of Los Angeles' most successful firms are dwindling, the firm has added a new c...


Firm Watch


Jacobson, White, Diamond & Bordy of Beverly Hills has added two more names to its letterhead. Gina Tatsios Savioloa and Pa...


Law Practice


David v. Goliath

Oct. 3, 2000
By John Ryan

Eight-day weeks are nothing out of the ordinary for Mark Holscher, who has accomplished what seemed impossible several months ...


Digital Island Inc. has acquired SoftAware Inc. of Los Angeles. The stock deal is valued at $280 million. San Francisco's Digi...


Public Interest


Expert Access

Oct. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Access to resources and experts can be as important as the right to counsel itself. Only by making resources available to the ...


Transactions


Irvine's Exult Inc. has won a seven-year contract to provide Web-based human resource services for Unisys Corp. The deal is wo...


Law Practice


Street Smart

Oct. 3, 2000
By Jeffrey Anderson

Working People's Law Center founder Art Goldberg is putting his 30 years of community-based legal experience on the line and w...


Barry E. Taylor is shedding his Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati practice to head up a Menlo Park office for New York's Wa...


Transactions


Jan Handzlik, partner at the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis, will chair the American Bar Association's n...


British telecoms testing company Spirent Plc is buying Sunnyvale's Zarak Systems Corp. in a stock deal worth $404 million. Spi...


Appellate Practice


Officials Praise Appellate Mediation Program

Oct. 3, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - An experiment in appellate mediation at the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco has settled nearly h...


Transactions


Teradyne Inc. has agreed to buy Herco Technology and Synthane Taylor for a nine-figure sum. The deal took less than two months...


Litigation


Shootout Deal May Fall Apart, Attorney Claims

Oct. 3, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

In the latest development in a seemingly never-ending and bitter legal saga, a tentative agreement to settle the North Hollywo...


Law Practice


U.S. Attorneys Hear Cochran Address Work

Oct. 3, 2000
By David Houston

A speech Friday by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. to criminal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office raised more than a few eyebrow...


Government


The Los Angeles City Council opened the way Friday to ensure two newly created police-related positions do not carry civil-ser...


Public Interest


PRO BONO PRESS

Oct. 3, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

It's the best of times, it's the worst of times. Law firms are raking in record profits. Associates are raking in record salar...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Beverly Hills Bar To Install Officers

Oct. 3, 2000
By Staff Reports

Emily Shappel Edelman will become president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association at the group's annual installation and awards...


Judges and Judiciary


Reform Engineer

Oct. 3, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

As another legislative session draws to a close in Sacramento, California's judicial branch has much to celebrate. An 8.5 perc...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - Larketta Randolph just wants her day in court. The Alabama resident contends that, when she bought her $39,000 mo...


Government


SACRAMENTO - The high-profile parole case of Richard Rosenkrantz has landed on the desk of Gov. Gray Davis, with a finding fro...


Criminal


JOSHUA TREE - To the teen-agers living around this High Desert town, it was just another way to get high, a clear, salty liqui...


Judges and Judiciary


Malcolm Lucas learned the hard way that state lawmakers do not take kindly to courts that clip their wings. In 1991, Californi...


Real Estate/Development


BRIEFS Investment

Oct. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

Acquired building to undergo 'creative use' renovation Beverly Hills - A six-story office structure in Beverly Hills known as...


Real Estate/Development


BRIEFS Retail

Oct. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

Supermarket, housing could save garden Sacramento - Local developer Paul Petrovich has proposed a $20 million project at 18th...


Real Estate/Development


PEOPLE Northern

Oct. 2, 2000
By John Mc Cloud

Forell/Elsesser Engineers added Irene D. Lauren as director of business development. Previously Lauren served for years as an...


Real Estate/Development


BRIEFS Hospitality

Oct. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

Riverfront all-suites hotel breaks ground Sacramento - Embassy Suites Hotels broke ground on a 242-suite hotel at 200 Capital...


Real Estate/Development


UPDATE Los Angeles

Oct. 2, 2000
By Julie Nakashima

By Julie Nakashima Brokers are sounding optimistic about the downtown Los Angeles office market. This is nothing new for a pr...


Zoning, Planning and Use


FOCUS ON Public/Civic Spaces

Oct. 2, 2000
By Julie Nakashima

By Julie Nakashima The adage that "nobody walks in L.A." will be tested in the coming years, as a major urban revitalization ...


Real Estate/Development


PEOPLE Southern

Oct. 2, 2000
By Julie Nakashima

In Los Angeles, Equity Office Properties Trust named Susann Ventzke managing director for more than 5 million square feet of ...


Real Estate/Development


COVER STORY

Oct. 2, 2000
By Ron Mc Nees

By John McCloud The majority of articles written about commercial real estate lending focus on major national and internation...