Jason Dearen

December 05, 2002 | Law.com

San Francisco plaintiffs attorney Angela Alioto won an $11.2 million jury verdict against cosmetics giant Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc. The verdict, in Dallas County, Texas' 191st District Court, found Mary Kay liable for disability discrimination against one of its top-grossing sales directors.

By Alexei Oreskovic and Jason Dearen

3 minute read

January 07, 2003 | Law.com

The state's Democratic power brokers lost one of their top legal advisers with the death Saturday of attorney Joseph Remcho. Remcho, who started his legal career challenging the U.S. military legal system in Vietnam, served the past two decades as the go-to legal adviser for the state's top Democrats on issues ranging from redistricting to free speech issues.

By Jason Dearen

7 minute read

May 07, 2003 | Law.com

Lasky, Haas & Cohler, a small but prominent San Francisco litigation boutique, has decided to call it quits. The firm's four partners shut the doors April 30. All have moved on -- three to the San Francisco office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and the fourth will be joining Latham & Watkins.

By Jason Dearen

3 minute read

December 26, 2002 | Law.com

A pair of New York-based firms landed a quintessentially Silicon Valley deal as Davis Polk & Wardwell and Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom pitched in on Yahoo Inc.'s purchase of Inktomi Corp. Lawyers in Davis Polk's Menlo Park office represented Yahoo, while attorneys in the Palo Alto office of Skadden Arps represented Inktomi in the transaction.

By Jason Dearen

3 minute read

March 21, 2003 | Law.com

James Boccardo, a brash San Jose personal injury lawyer who made his mark by winning huge personal injury settlements, died Monday evening at home. He was 91.

By Jason Dearen

4 minute read

January 02, 2003 | Law.com

Attorneys in the Palo Alto office of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich represented Rocket Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Resonate Inc., a Sunnyvale-based maker of Web application management software. Lawyers in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Resonate. The stock deal is valued at $49.1 million.

By Jason Dearen

4 minute read

April 24, 2003 | Law.com

International building materials company Hanson PLC has acquired Penns Park, Pa.-based Better Materials Corp. for $152 million in cash and the assumption of $3 million in debt. Attorneys in the Menlo Park and Newport Beach offices of O'Melveny & Myers represented Hanson in the transaction. Lawyers in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop represented Better Materials' parent, Better Minerals & Aggregates Co.

By Jason Dearen

3 minute read

March 13, 2003 | Law.com

Santa Clara-based 3Com recently sold assets from its CommWorks division to UTStarcom for $100 million. Lawyers in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented UTStarcom, while attorneys in the San Francisco office of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich represented 3Com. Also: The family of a man killed in an October 2001 traffic accident was awarded about $10.7 million in a wrongful death suit. Attorneys at The Arns Law Firm represented the family in the case.

By Jason Dearen

4 minute read

January 29, 2003 | Law.com

Law professor Robert Talbot heard story after story about small investors hit with devastating losses due to unscrupulous brokers' actions. In response, he launched the Investor Justice Project, in which students and faculty work on behalf of people who don't have the legal savvy or financial means to fight. The clinic has become nationally known as a legal services resource -- and it's barely keeping up with demand.

By Jason Dearen

5 minute read

February 06, 2003 | Law.com

Lawyers in the San Francisco and Menlo Park offices of O'Melveny & Myers advised International Game Technology Inc., a maker of video poker and slot machines for casinos, in a complex $843 million, 30-year convertible debt deal. Also, attorneys in the Menlo Park office of Davis Polk & Wardwell represented Pocatello, Idaho-based AMI Semiconductor Inc. on a $200 million high-yield note offering.

By Jason Dearen

3 minute read