At the San Francisco office of Squire Saunders & Dempsey, 34-year-old Craig Cardon is known as the "designated vacation p...
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Heller Ehrman: PRACTICE GROUP TARGETS FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
By Karen Coleman
After its June 1 addition of New York financial services partner Mike Nugent, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe kicked off a...
It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Justice Stanley Mosk on Tuesday, June 19. In thinking about him, I ...
The Los Angeles office of Cleveland's biggest firm, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, welcomed intellectual property litigator All...
The following is an edited excerpt of a speech given by Richard M. Mosk about his father, Stanley Mosk, before the California ...
For the second year in a row, United Way of America has given Holland & Knight one of its three Spirit of America Summit ...
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Debevoise & Plimpton: NEW YORK LIFE WILL BUY BAY AREA FUND MANAGER
By Victoria Newman
New York Life Investment Management Holdings, a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Co., is buying investment manager McMor...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has awarded Johnny Griggs, a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & W...
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Quinn Emanuel: LITIGATION PRACTICE GETS BOOST FROM BROBECK TRIO
By Karen Coleman
A set of three Brobeck Phleger & Harrison lawyers has made the switch to the Redwood Shores office of Los Angeles' Quinn ...
Not many attorneys can say they've worked with an "icon" of the medical field. Eric Kentor can. As general counsel of diabetes...
Arthur Fine has visited more than 100 countries. However, very few of those visits could be called vacations. "We've had many ...
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Wilson Sonsini: RESPOND.COM OF PALO ALTO MERGES WITH NETGENSHOPPER
By Victoria Newman
Palo Alto's Respond.com Inc. and Fairfax, Va.'s netgenShopper.com Inc. have merged. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Res...
Although Bruce Friedman and his family had traveled extensively in Europe and throughout the United States, Friedman always w...
Much has been said of the dignity of defense work as the protectors of the underdogs who otherwise would be crushed by the hea...
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Mayer Brown: UAL WILL PAY $112.5 MILLION FOR MARKETER MYPOINTS.COM
By Victoria Newman
United NewVentures, the investment arm of UAL Corp., will acquire online marketing company MyPoints.com Inc. for $112.5 milli...
Judges and Judiciary
Passion, Realism and Craft In Long, Illustrious Career
By Columnist
In the long and illustrious career of Justice Stanley Mosk, three themes stand out: passion, realism and craft. Mosk's passion...
Judges and Judiciary
Inspiring, Unquenchable Spirit, Romanticist in Sea of Pragmatism
By Columnist
The legacy of Justice Stanley Mosk, like a mighty river, runs long, wide and deep. The length of his service on the California...
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Sheppard Mullin: LOS ANGELES LAWYERS PICK FIRST SAN DIEGO CHAIRMAN
By Karen Coleman
Last month, partners at Los Angeles' Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton elected San Diego labor and employment partner Guy...
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Simpson Thacher: CELERA GENOMICS PLANS TO BUY AXYS PHARMACEUTICALS
By Victoria Newman
Appelera Corp.'s Celera Genomics Group will buy Axys Pharmaceutical Inc. for $177 million in stock. Celera Genomics, based in ...
Is there such a thing as a "community caretaking" exception to the requirement that the police must have a warrant to enter a ...
Stanley Mosk was a giant in the law, and his legacy will continue to serve the people of California for many years. The body o...
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Howard Rice: FIRM MOURNS PASSING OF YOUNG REAL ESTATE STAR
By Karen Coleman
Lawyers and staff at San Francisco's Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin bade a sad farewell to partner Gary Bruhn...
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Wilson Sonsini: STOCK EXCHANGE CHOOSES NAME PARTNER FOR BOARD
By Karen Coleman
Now that public-company work is rare and initial public offerings virtually nonexistent, top Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro...
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Cooley Godward: SANTA CLARA'S NUCORE GETS THIRD ROUND OF INVESTORS
By Victoria Newman
Santa Clara's NuCORE Technology has received $20 million in its third round of financing. To date, NuCORE has raised equity f...
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Fredrikson & Byron: MEDTRONIC PLANS BUYOUT OF LOCAL MEDICAL-DEVICE FIRMS
By Victoria Newman
Cardiovascular device supplier Medtronic Inc. will acquire two separate but related medical device manufacturers. The Minneap...
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Latham & Watkins: PALO ALTO BIOTECH COMPANY COMPLETES EQUITY OFFERING
By Victoria Newman
Biotech company CV Therapeutics Inc. has completed an equity offering of common stock worth $100 million. SG Cowen Securities...
Pillsbury Winthrop corporate associate Warren Binford got more than she bargained for during a recent sea kayaking trip. In a...
Each year, Michael O'Callaghan competes in one of the West Coast's most rigorous rough-water races, the 1.5 mile Alcatraz Sha...
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Kirkland & Ellis: LOCAL BOUTIQUE EXTENDS BANKRUPTCY GROUP WEST
By Karen Coleman
Lawyers and staff of Century City bankruptcy boutique Wynne Spiegel Itkin became the first West Coast bankruptcy practice for...
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Milbank Tweed: TROUBLED-COMPANY GURU JOINS LOS ANGELES OFFICE
By Karen Coleman
New York's Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has added four new lawyers who will help corporate clients in the Los Angeles of...