WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's in-house office for disciplining its attorneys may not be doing its job thoroughly, seve...
Among actions announced Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001 by the justices were: ...
The court reaffirmed California's long-standing policy disfavoring covenants not to compete and clarified the state's sale-of-...
In 1953, the Legislature enacted the Ralph M. Brown Open Meetings Act, declaring that local governments must act and deliberat...
Richard W. Page greets the coffee vendor like an old friend, orders his cafe grande cappuccino, then takes a seat at an outdoo...
Take a look at this headline: "Deregulation Ends in Failure." Or this one: "The Perils of Deregulation: Can the Free Market Ke...
After a low-speed collision broke a facial bone at Mason Goodloe's temple under his snazzy bike helmet, causing a devastating ...
Helping people one client at a time works for Bay Area attorneys Michael A. Kelly and Richard H. Schoenberger. While other att...
Motive may be unimportant in civil litigation, but it's everything to jurors. Whether pleading or defending a case, attorneys ...
New federal rules regarding civil procedure recently were adopted, significantly changing the landscape for litigators in fede...
Because of concern about improper access to medical information in electronic form, privacy became the political lightning rod...
LOS ANGELES - Robert E. Lutz II, a Southwestern University School of Law professor, will assume the office of chairman of the ...
PALM SPRINGS - In a 21st century version of passing notes behind the teacher's back, middle-school youngsters by this fall wil...
SAN FRANCISCO - Retired Los Angeles County Municipal Court Judge Alfonso D. Hermo was publicly censured Tuesday by the state C...
LOS ANGELES - Two of the nearly half-dozen possible candidates to lead the Board of Police Commissioners have emerged as top c...
SAN FRANCISCO - When the state's superior and municipal courts merged into a single trial court, an unexpected problem arose: ...
SAN FRANCISCO - As scientists unravel the human genome and businessmen look for ways to put it on the free market, San Francis...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant win for prison officials, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that guards who mistakenly sh...
SAN DIEGO - The American Bar Association gave a strong endorsement to a proposed international court on war crimes and genocid...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Tuesday gave a less-than-warm welcome to the 16 federal judges who have been battling for 12 ye...
Among actions announced Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001 by the justices were:
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Loeb & Loeb: KYOCERA PURCHASES TYCOM, STAYS ON THE CUTTING EDGE
By Staff Writer
San Diego's Kyocera International Inc. has acquired Irvine's Tycom Corp. The value of the cash deal was not disclosed. Kyocera...
On a clear day, an impressive vista stretches east from the Folsom Dam overlook across the gently rising foothills to the snow...
You represent a fabulously well-to-do technology company whose software manages information in business-to-business transactio...
SAN FRANCISCO - A little more than a year after opening an office in Columbus, Ohio, Littler Mendelson is at it again, this t...
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Wilson Sonsini: NETOPIA FROM ALAMEDA WILL COST PROXIM $223 MILLION
By Staff Writer
Proxim Inc. has agreed to acquire Netopia Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger valued at $223 million. Sunnyvale's Proxim provides...
Firm Watch
Milbank Tweed: 'YOU GUYS PAID HOW MUCH FOR THOSE CONSULTANTS?'
By Staff Writer
New York's Milbank Tweed Haley & McCloy is sporting a new, pared-back moniker for its logo. Like an increasing number of n...
Firm Watch
Haight Brown: BANKRUPTCY PARTNER TAKES PRACTICE TO SANTA MONICA
By Staff Writer
After managing his clients, along with the day-to-day operations of his former small practice, bankruptcy specialist Jon Hayes...
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Oppenheimer Wolff: NEWZING.COM OF PALO ALTO SECURES FIRST-ROUND FUNDS
By Staff Writer
NewZing.com Inc. has completed an initial professional investment round of $5.25 million in financing led by Softbank Venture ...
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Bay Venture: COMMERCEFLOW SUCCEEDS WITH $7.5 MILLION FUNDING
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's CommerceFlow Inc. closed $7.5 million in Series B funding last month, with Prism Venture Partners of Westwood,...