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Public Interest


By Thomas Edward Wall The cause of child abuse prevention received a major boost when the California Supreme Court unanimously...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Santa Clara-based Veridicom Inc., which provides security software for use in business-to-business online transactions, has ac...


Firm Watch


Los Angeles-based Allen Matkins Gamble Leck & Mallory has promoted six associates to partner in its Irvine, Los Angeles, W...


Law Practice


Trickle Down

May 23, 2000
By Meredith Alexander

An executive from a Silicon Valley start-up was shocked when he talked to Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati - the region'...


Public Interest


LEGAL STIGMATA

May 23, 2000
By Columnist

The Closer: By Stanley W. Lamport Mark Twain once said, " Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." The world arou...


Law Practice


Starting the Workday by Riding the Surf

May 23, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Plenty of busy attorneys rise each morning before the sun. But the alarm clock of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Jonathan Moshe...


Public Interest


State Court Justice Are Coming to L.A.

May 23, 2000
By Staff Reports

The Beverly Hills Bar Association will honor the justices of the state Supreme Court at its annual luncheon June 6 at the Cent...


Firm Watch


Heller Ehrman will receive the American Bar Association's 2000 Pro Bono Publico Award at the association's annual meeting July...


Law Office Automation


BEST BUYS

May 23, 2000
By Columnist

Bottom Line: By Gary S. Wong Technology has permeated the day-to-day operation of most law firms, and the cost of this technol...


Criminal


Police Get Deadline on Evidence

May 23, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A court on Friday gave Glendale police until October to provide evidence that a former respiratory therapist may have committe...


Government


The city of Los Angeles has launched a program to reduce the volume of nonemergency calls fielded by 911 operators and to cons...


Immigration


Senate Approves Hmong Legislation

May 23, 2000
By Martin Bergn

Legislation to make it easier for some Laotian Vietnam War veterans and their families to take citizenship tests was awaiting ...


Firm Watch


After 27 years with Cooley Godward, corporate and securities lawyer Alan C. Mendelson - a founding partner of Cooley's Palo Al...


Firm Watch


The Los Angeles office of San Diego-based Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps has recruited corporate and transactional attorn...


Firm Watch


Gary L. Reback , a Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner who initiated one of the earliest legal fights against Microso...


Labor/Employment


SAN FRANCISCO - If you've visited the ballpark recently, you may have admired the quick spin of a well-turned double play and ...


Criminal


Lawyer Says Rampart Not A Real Crisis

May 23, 2000
By Michael Harris

Crisis? What Rampart crisis? In a decidedly minority opinion, outspoken police defense attorney Ira Salzman believes that the ...


Law Practice


Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

May 23, 2000
By Meredith Alexander

SAN FRANCISCO - This phenomenon is for real: Large Silicon Valley firms are so overwhelmed by the demand for their time, they ...


Criminal


Court Says Evidence Locker Is DA's

May 23, 2000
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Orange County's supervising criminal courts judge and the alternate public defender's office broke the law whe...


Litigation


Against The Grain

May 20, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Television producer and writer Deborah Pratt had "had it" with attorneys, whom she considered to be at the same level in the e...


Entertainment & Sports


Nelle Brings Firm's Worst Fears to Life

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: On 'Ally McBeal' By Rebecca Lulow A managing partner's worst fear was embodied in the character of Nelle Porter on this...


Civil Rights


Police Need to Follow Court On Spraying Demonstrators

May 20, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Forum: By Charles Levendosky The peaceful anti-logging protesters, who had pepper spray blasted into their eyes at close range...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Rest Easier

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

M, I sent an electronic photo of Gene Moscovitch to you this week. He is bearded and rabbinic-looking. -L SPECIAL ISSUE: ADR B...


Intellectual Property


Prompt Protection

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

The Practitioner: Intellectual Property Law By Robert. R. Sachs The competitive value of Internet, business-method or software...


Entertainment & Sports


Dicta: On 'Law & Order' By Judith B. Sklar Sometimes it takes a village to commit a crime. We know about the most common a...


Entertainment & Sports


Necrophiliac Faces Charge Of Homicide

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: On 'The Practice' By M.C. Sungaila After a richly textured three-episode exploration of the death penalty, the series r...


Litigation


Credit Balance

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

^^SPECIAL ISSUE: ADR^^ By Gerald T. McLaughlin and Paul Turner When parties need to mediate letter- of- credit disputes, couns...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Real-Life Drama

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

When television producers and writers Deborah Pratt and Donald P. Bellisario, who created the mega-hit "Quantum Leap," divorce...


Entertainment & Sports


Gray Family Enters World Of Diversity

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

Dicta: On 'Judging Amy,' By Akilah Monifa Although some may disagree, race matters. Five years ago federal law made race-match...


Intellectual Property


New Balance

May 20, 2000
By Columnist

The Practitioner: Intellectual Propery Law By Surjit P. Soni and M. Danton Richardson It is often stated that the U.S. Supreme...