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Mergers & Acquisitions


Santa Monica-based Launch Media Inc. completed its acquisition of Anaheim's NVS for an undisclosed amount. ...


Solo and Small Firms


Bankruptcy Firm Opens Delaware Beachhead

Feb. 1, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Young has opened a Wilmington, Del., office and changed its name to Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, You...


Criminal


Justices Remove L.A. Judge from Murder Case

Feb. 1, 2000
By David Kravets

SAN FRANCISCO - An appeal court has publicly scolded a Los Angeles judge and removed her from a murder case since her "imparti...


Transactions


San Jose's inSilicon Corp. recently conducted an initial public offering valued at $44.3 million. ...


International


Aussie Posse

Feb. 1, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

By Leslie A. Gordon While many law firms are scoping out the client market in Silicon Valley, New York's Silicon Alley and oth...


Firm Watch


U.S. Attorneys Added During Restructuring

Feb. 1, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips has recruited two assistant U.S. attorneys, Jack DiCanio and Anthony Pacheco, and ha...


Litigation


'Angel of Death' to Stay in City of Angels

Feb. 1, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Friday refused a change of venue motion in the wrongful- death case against Glendale Advent...


Criminal


Ballistics Results Questioned in Over 100 Cases

Feb. 1, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Assistant Los Angeles County Public Defender Robert E. Kalunian late Friday expressed concern about possible errors made in ca...


Firm Watch


Associate Ranks Increased By Nine

Feb. 1, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Los Angeles-based Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey added nine new associates to its corporate, insurance coverage, ent...


Firm Watch


San Diego Beachhead Opened After Merger

Feb. 1, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Wasting no time in pursuing its strategic plan to be a leader in intellectual property litigation, the newly merged firm of Wa...


Firm Watch


Newport Tech Shop Gains Two Patent Litigators

Feb. 1, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Patent and intellectual property litigators Edward F. O'Connor and Jan P. Weir have joined Newport Beach's Stradling Yocca Car...


Juvenile


SACRAMENTO - With little campaign cash to spend, the battle over the March 7 juvenile justice ballot initiative has become a p...


Criminal


The Rap Sheet

Feb. 1, 2000
By Martin Bergn

The Rampart scandal continued to spin out of control Friday as defendants got their first look at a listing of those cases pos...


Criminal


Lifer Set Free as New Evidence Sheds Doubt on His Conviction

Feb. 1, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - An Orange County judge Friday granted a request by the district attorney's office to release twice-convicted kill...


Judges and Judiciary


1st District Unveils State-of-the-Art Web Site

Jan. 29, 2000
By Jean Guccione

SAN FRANCISCO - Imagine receiving an e-mail from the Court of Appeal, notifying you that the justices have just filed an opini...


Litigation


SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for a San Francisco tax lawyer whose professional accounts were looted by his executive assistan...


Litigation


Im Y2K, You're Not OK

Jan. 29, 2000
By Columnist

In 1999, the United States Congress had a problem in that it had failed to take meaningful action on the Y2K computer issue. T...


Litigation


Unforseeable Misfortune

Jan. 29, 2000
By Columnist

Overturning a lower court decision, the California Supreme Court recently refused to impose liability on premises' owners, bas...


Large Firms


Gibson Dunn Raises 13 to Partner

Jan. 29, 2000
By Tamara Scott

Gibson Dunn Promotes 13 Lawyers to Partner Los Angeles' Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher raised 13 lawyers to partner, effective Ja...


Criminal


Harmful Hangout

Jan. 29, 2000
By Columnist

The U.S. Supreme Court in City of Chicago v. Morales , 119 S.Ct. 1849 (1999), blew away the Windy City's anti-gang law. The co...


Criminal


Attorney Held to Answer for Heists

Jan. 29, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Attorney Held to Answer for Heists A Los Angeles attorney has been ordered to stand trial for bank robberies allegedly committ...


Entertainment & Sports


On 'Family Law,' a client known only as Justin, hairdresser to the stars, is sued for refusing to "do" a homely woman's hair. ...


Entertainment & Sports


On this week's 'Law and Order,' a modern-day Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed, homeless lovers in need of psychiatric care. ...


Litigation


Network Associates' Lead Counsel Named

Jan. 29, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The feisty sparring for lucrative lead counsel status in the Network Associates securities litigation was reso...


Entertainment & Sports


In this week's 'Judging Amy,' the presiding judge gives Amy a case that pits the Catholic church against the Constitution. ...


Entertainment & Sports


This week's repeat features 'The Practice' lawyers being filmed by a documentary crew as they attempt to get a stay of executi...


Personal Injury & Torts


HOA Isn't Liable for Secondhand-Smoke Illness

Jan. 29, 2000
By Denise Levin

A condominium owners' association is not responsible for the health ailments of a condo owner that allegedly were caused by br...


Trusts & Estates


Sibling Rivalry Leads to Lawsuit

Jan. 29, 2000
By Denise Levin

A woman has sued her brother and their family's law firm, Magasinn & Magasinn, for $20 million, claiming they helped devis...


Criminal


Handling Children With Kid Gloves

Jan. 29, 2000
By Columnist

All judicial proceedings involving children should collect and resolve in a single court system under a judge who has the pers...


Criminal


Safety Net

Jan. 29, 2000
By Columnist

In Valladoli , the California Supreme Court faced the issue of whether a post-verdict amendment of an information is permissib...