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Law Practice


Globe Spinner

Jun. 26, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

At the San Francisco office of Squire Saunders & Dempsey, 34-year-old Craig Cardon is known as the "designated vacation p...


Firm Watch


After its June 1 addition of New York financial services partner Mike Nugent, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe kicked off a...


Judges and Judiciary


Legal Pioneer and Fighter for Justice

Jun. 26, 2001
By Columnist

It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Justice Stanley Mosk on Tuesday, June 19. In thinking about him, I ...


Firm Watch


The Los Angeles office of Cleveland's biggest firm, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, welcomed intellectual property litigator All...


Judges and Judiciary


Reflections

Jun. 26, 2001
By Columnist

The following is an edited excerpt of a speech given by Richard M. Mosk about his father, Stanley Mosk, before the California ...


Law Practice


Holland & Knight Repeats Honors From United Way

Jun. 26, 2001
By Victoria Newman

For the second year in a row, United Way of America has given Holland & Knight one of its three Spirit of America Summit ...


Transactions


New York Life Investment Management Holdings, a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Co., is buying investment manager McMor...


Law Practice


Sidley Partner Receives ACLU Civil Rights Award

Jun. 26, 2001
By Victoria Newman

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has awarded Johnny Griggs, a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & W...


Firm Watch


A set of three Brobeck Phleger & Harrison lawyers has made the switch to the Redwood Shores office of Los Angeles' Quinn ...


Transactions


Lawyer Helps Sweeten the Diabetes Industry

Jun. 26, 2001
By Victoria Newman

Not many attorneys can say they've worked with an "icon" of the medical field. Eric Kentor can. As general counsel of diabetes...


Law Practice


Country Club

Jun. 26, 2001
By Liz Valsamis

Arthur Fine has visited more than 100 countries. However, very few of those visits could be called vacations. "We've had many ...


Transactions


Palo Alto's Respond.com Inc. and Fairfax, Va.'s netgenShopper.com Inc. have merged. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Res...


Law Practice


Photo Safari

Jun. 26, 2001
By Victoria Newman

Although Bruce Friedman and his family had traveled extensively in Europe and throughout the United States, Friedman always w...


Law Practice


Home Sweet Home

Jun. 26, 2001
By Contributing Writer

Much has been said of the dignity of defense work as the protectors of the underdogs who otherwise would be crushed by the hea...


Transactions


United NewVentures, the investment arm of UAL Corp., will acquire online marketing company MyPoints.com Inc. for $112.5 milli...


Judges and Judiciary


In the long and illustrious career of Justice Stanley Mosk, three themes stand out: passion, realism and craft. Mosk's passion...


Judges and Judiciary


The legacy of Justice Stanley Mosk, like a mighty river, runs long, wide and deep. The length of his service on the California...


Last month, partners at Los Angeles' Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton elected San Diego labor and employment partner Guy...


Transactions


Appelera Corp.'s Celera Genomics Group will buy Axys Pharmaceutical Inc. for $177 million in stock. Celera Genomics, based in ...


Criminal


Break and Enter

Jun. 26, 2001
By Columnist

Is there such a thing as a "community caretaking" exception to the requirement that the police must have a warrant to enter a ...


Judges and Judiciary


Lasting Legacy In Law and Life

Jun. 26, 2001
By Columnist

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...


Firm Watch


Lawyers and staff at San Francisco's Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin bade a sad farewell to partner Gary Bruhn...


Firm Watch


Now that public-company work is rare and initial public offerings virtually nonexistent, top Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro...


Transactions


Santa Clara's NuCORE Technology has received $20 million in its third round of financing. To date, NuCORE has raised equity f...


Cardiovascular device supplier Medtronic Inc. will acquire two separate but related medical device manufacturers. The Minneap...


Transactions


Biotech company CV Therapeutics Inc. has completed an equity offering of common stock worth $100 million. SG Cowen Securities...


Law Practice


Magic Show

Jun. 26, 2001
By Karen Coleman

Pillsbury Winthrop corporate associate Warren Binford got more than she bargained for during a recent sea kayaking trip. In a...


Law Practice


Sink or Swim

Jun. 26, 2001
By Erik Cummins

Each year, Michael O'Callaghan competes in one of the West Coast's most rigorous rough-water races, the 1.5 mile Alcatraz Sha...


Firm Watch


Lawyers and staff of Century City bankruptcy boutique Wynne Spiegel Itkin became the first West Coast bankruptcy practice for...


Firm Watch


New York's Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has added four new lawyers who will help corporate clients in the Los Angeles of...