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Large Firms


U.S. Attorney Moves to D.C. Private Practice

Oct. 4, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Charles G. La Bella, the former U.S. attorney in San Diego, has joined Washington, D.C.-based McKenna & Cuneo's San Diego ...


Entertainment & Sports


O'Melveny Associate Follows Her 'Live!' Dream

Oct. 4, 2000
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld

ANAHEIM - An associate at Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers may jump ship and end up an associate of Regis Philbin on his mor...


Judges and Judiciary


Water-Main Break Floods Courthouse

Oct. 4, 2000
By David Houston

A water-main break at the U.S. District Courthouse in Los Angeles flooded the basement and parts of the first floor, damaging ...


Law Practice


Governor's Veto Shows Support For Baby Bar

Oct. 4, 2000
By Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis vetoed a measure that would have eliminated the "baby bar" exam for students in unaccredited law ...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The battle over the "Cheers" robots finally is going to trial - if it doesn't settle first. The Supreme Court Mon...


SACRAMENTO - Consumer groups Monday extolled legislation signed by the governor over the weekend that will allow Northridge ea...


Government


Shelter Moves Dogs Before Closure

Oct. 4, 2000
By Daniel Evans

Though surprised by the reaction, Burbank city officials said they are not angry Millerwood Animal Rescue Sanctuary officials ...


Civil Rights


WASHINGTON - Acting on two separate petitions, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected California attorneys' challenges to some o...


Litigation


Judges Drill Attorneys For Recording Industry

Oct. 4, 2000
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Monday's highly anticipated federal appellate court confrontation between the recording industry and upstart N...


Attorney Larry P. Schapiro knew something was very, very wrong when the other members of the Yuba Community College District B...


Transactions


Study of Lawyers Leads to Career in Law

Oct. 3, 2000
By John Ryan

For Stephanie Splane, corporate partner in the San Francisco office of Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers, the work is all abo...


Firm Watch


Booth, Mitchel & Strange, a 23-attorney firm based in Los Angeles, celebrated its 45th anniversary in September. George Mi...


Three lawyers from the Irvine office of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Alan Freisleben, Todd Picker and Lilly Chow are te...


Bankruptcy


Requisite Tinkering

Oct. 3, 2000
By Columnist

The time and cost required to comply with the noticing requirements of the Bankruptcy Court should also be reduced by the new ...


Law Practice


Attorney Mark Lee Morrison died in a automobile accident Sept. 22. He was 29. The Long Beach resident was alone when he was ki...


Washington, D.C.'s McKenna & Cuneo expects Peter Ippolito, Mark Budwig and Steven Owen to lay the foundation for a constru...


Firm Watch


Sarah Griffin, an employment law partner in the Los Angeles office of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, has been elected as pres...


Labor/Employment


Being Evenhanded

Oct. 3, 2000
By Columnist

The jury sheets confirm that law firms are certainly not immune from the considerable risks posed by the expansion of employee...


Transactions


David Perry doesn't lift a finger in the summer, but you won't hear his partners at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly complaini...


Firm Watch


Los Angeles-based Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory has added two lateral associates. Land use attorneys R.J. Comer and ...


Transactions


Hispanic communications giant Entravision Communications Corp. has bought Z-Spanish Media Corp. The $448 million deal includes...


Firm Watch


While most law firms were on the beach sunning themselves, San Diego's Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps was scoping out a p...


Corporate


Vehement Veto

Oct. 3, 2000
By Columnist

Common to today's franchise agreements is a clause establishing what is usually referred to as a right of first refusal. The t...


Washington, D.C.'s Howrey Simon Arnold & White brings corporate litigation partner Dick Burdge aboard its Los Angeles offi...


Newport Beach's Travcoa has been sold to Grand Expeditions Inc. The terms of the stock deal were not disclosed. Travcoa organi...


Transactions


Excite@Home will acquire pogo.com in a deal valued between $125 million and $150 million, depending on earn-out payments. Redw...


Firm Watch


Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas was one of several county officials recently recognized for their commitment t...


Firm Watch


Amidst rumors that Troop Steuber's days as one of Los Angeles' most successful firms are dwindling, the firm has added a new c...


Firm Watch


Jacobson, White, Diamond & Bordy of Beverly Hills has added two more names to its letterhead. Gina Tatsios Savioloa and Pa...


Law Practice


David v. Goliath

Oct. 3, 2000
By John Ryan

Eight-day weeks are nothing out of the ordinary for Mark Holscher, who has accomplished what seemed impossible several months ...