The Practitioner: Commercial Law By Mark L. Eisenhut While California's Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform ...
LARGE FIRMS: The high-tech industry was flush with triumph last month, when the House of Representatives approved a bill to gr...
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Sonnenschein Nath: SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE ADDS THREE PARTNERS TO RANKS
By Tamara Scott
Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal added eight attorneys - three partners, two of-cou...
THE ADVISER: Tax Law By Menasche M. Nass and Andrew Bernknopf Promoters of the latest generation of tax shelters, newly named ...
Forum: By Alison Regan The essence of democracy is recognizing that every viewpoint is entitled to a forum. The risk in airing...
BOTTOM LINE: By Richard S. Rosenberg and Stephen M. MacPhail Since 1991, law firms have been required to prepare and maintain...
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Irell Manella: TAX, CORPORATE ATTORNEY LAWRENCE IRELL DIES AT 88
By Tamara Scott
Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Tax and corporate attorney Lawrence E. Irell , co-founder of Los Angeles' Irell & Manella , di...
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Townsend and Townsend: TOWNSEND WELCOMES NEW BAY AREA PATENT LAWYERS
By Liz Valsamis
News: San Francisco-based Townsend and Townsend and Crew has added three new associates: Kenneth R. Backus and Eric J. Baude h...
One of Joe De Briyn's most memorable fly-fishing experiences occurred last year, when he was fishing the Madison River in Mont...
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Ballard Rosenberg: LITIGATOR SAVITT MOVES TO EMPLOYMENT LAW BOUTIQUE
By Melissa Onstad
News: Litigator Linda C. Miller Savitt has joined employment law boutique Ballard, Rosenberg & Golper, effective July 1. S...
Forum: Spin Report By John M. Curtis "Where were the police?" asked Stephen E. Auth, president of Kaiser Bros. Oldsmobile, one...
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Jacobson White: JACOBSON WHITE ELEVATES ANDREW LEVEY TO PARTNER
By Liz Valsamis
News: Beverly Hills' Jacobson White Diamond & Bordy has elevated Andrew S. Levey to partner, effective June 14. Levey, who...
On the Move: Prominent Los Angeles litigator Deborah David, who has tried about 30 cases to completion and settled thousands o...
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Quisenberry & Barbanel: QUISENBERRY FIRM CEASES DOING INSURANCE DEFENSE
By Liz Valsamis
News: Insurance litigation firm Quisenberry & Barbanel, which is located in Century City and employs 22 attorneys, has cha...
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Snell & Wilmer: REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY GOES TO IRVINE'S SNELL & WILMER
By Liz Valsamis
News: Real estate and commercial finance attorney Joseph L. Coleman has joined the Irvine office of Phoenix-based Snell & ...
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Coblentz Patch: COBLENTZ PATCH RECRUITS FOUR MORE S.F. ASSOCIATES
By Liz Valsamis
News: San Francisco's Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass has recruited four new associates: Matthew Dickstein, Jennifer S. Goro...
PUBLIC INTEREST: By Susan McRae Fed up waiting for the traditional wheels of justice to make their rounds, private practitione...
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Sheppard Mullin: HIGH-PROFILE LITIGATOR JOINS SAN DIEGO OFFICE FROM BAKER
By Tamara Scott
High-profile litigator Pamela J. Naughton is joining the San Diego office of Los Angeles-based Sheppard Mullin Richter & ...
Women Lawyers Set Casino Night Women Lawyers of Long Beach will host Casino Night from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., July 10. The fund-ra...
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Cooley Godward: SEC COUNSEL MAKES MOVE TO PALO ALTO, VIRGINIA OFFICES
By Tamara Scott
Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Corporate finance attorney Gregg W. Corso, former senior counsel to the Securities and Exchange Co...
The same judge who sentenced an Orange County teen-ager to 12 years in prison for robbing a juice bar said Friday that he wil...
A Los Angeles County probation worker who was found factually innocent by a judge after a jury acquitted her of child molestat...
If you don't fill up the tank of your rental car, a state appellate court has ruled, you might get stuck with gasoline prices...
SAN DIEGO - Ruling that David James Genzler could get a fair murder retrial despite allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, a...
Judges and Judiciary
S.F. Courts Working to Repair E-filing Glitches and Kinks
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - After a rocky debut marred by technical glitches, San Francisco court executives are trying to revive a high-...
Former Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo wants his old seat back at City Hall, but City Clerk J. Michael Carey says the...
School's out - and it's back to the business of law for Howard Miller, 62, the former chief operating officer of the Los Angel...
The judge of television's syndicated "Divorce Court," Mablean Ephriam, may be getting good ratings from television viewers, bu...
A girl who was born with severe birth defects because of her mother's exposure to raw meat at work can sue the employer for da...
Technology & Science
.Web and Similar Suffixes Can't Be Trademarked, Judge Rules
By Contributing Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Web suffixes, such as .com, .net and the like, cannot be tradema...