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Team Bats a Thousand on Southern California Tech IPOs
The former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison attorneys who joined Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe's San Diego office have had their share of IPOs this year. The team just completed the $13.5 million IPO for Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. -- the group's second IPO in 2003. "This one little group has had 100 percent of the tech IPOs in Southern California this year, and in fact we've had over 10 percent of all IPOs of all kinds in the U.S.," says Hayden Trubitt, lead counsel on the Path 1 deal.Winston Hires Energetic Trio From White & Case
Winston & Strawn has hired three energy partners -- Jerry Bloom, Joseph Karp and Lisa Cottle -- from White & Case's now-closed San Francisco office. The group was in demand as firms bulk up their West Coast presence due to the region's demand for power: Investors are looking into power plants, and California has a reputation as a haven for alternative power generation. While there has always been interest in California, Bloom says, there is "a renewed vigor" because of the war in Iraq and the fuel shortage.Cooley's Seattle-Area Office to Close After Partners Exit
Cooley Godward plans to close its Kirkland, Wash., office this month following the departure of two partners to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Christopher Wright and Laurie Smiley, who were the sole partners in Cooley's Kirkland outpost, jumped to Orrick's Seattle office Monday, along with associate Eric Scott Carnell. Four associates remain in Cooley's Kirkland office.Calif. Supreme Court: Voters' Will Trumps Union Deal
The California Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling voiding an agreement between the state and a union -- killing union efforts to require state agencies to use government employees, rather than private contractors, to perform most architectural and engineering services. The court held that such an agreement violates a proposition passed by voters in 2000, which gives agencies the power to contract with private companies, especially if it results in savings.The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. WALTERS, Justice This is an appeal from an order by the Idaho Personnel Commission upholding the d
Ninth Circuit Refreshes Web Trademark Law
The Playboy bunny hopped out of the nation's largest appellate court Wednesday with a ruling that could put a wrinkle in one Internet advertising business model. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals -- with the reservations of at least one judge on the unanimous panel -- ruled that search engines are barred from displaying advertising related to trademarked search terms. In other words, you can't point customers in the direction of one company if they're searching for another.Trending Stories
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