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April 24, 2007 |

Steefel Loses Top Land Use Lawyer

Well-known land use lawyer and Steefel, Levitt & Weiss rainmaker Timothy Tosta is joining the San Francisco office of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps on April 30. Making the move with him are four other real estate attorneys. Luce real estate partner Allan Low, who heads up the San Francisco office, said Tosta's book of business is valued at close to $5 million and will be the biggest there. Tosta is one in a string of top-level partner exits from Steefel.
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December 07, 2006 |

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May 09, 2006 |

$1.4 Million Award Expected in Employment Case Against Cintas

A California Superior Court judge is expected to award a $1.4 million judgment this week to some 200 Cintas employees over failure to comply with the city of Hayward's living-wage ordinance. The case is significant not only because plaintiffs are receiving an award for unpaid wages under the city ordinance -- which might be a first in California -- but also because the case will yield almost $260,000 in penalties obtained under the Private Attorney General's Act, also known as the "Sue Your Boss" law.
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September 14, 2000 |

What to Do After 'Armendariz'

With a recent ruling by the California Supreme Court, pre-employment arbitration agreements continue to be valid in California, but only if certain conditions are met. A review of the steps needed to safeguard the enforceability of such agreements and a warning by the author to stay tuned for further developments.
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December 04, 2007 |

Second Life Raises Novel IP Issues

The adult entertainment industry has brought many of the seminal cases that shaped intellectual property law on the Internet. Now comes a Florida lawsuit against players in a virtual world who copied and resold a company's computer code that aids characters having virtual sex. In the "real" world, this would be an uneventful case of software piracy and reverse passing off. But policing the world of Second Life means determining whether virtual goods constitute "goods" as articulated in the Lanham Act.
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January 18, 2000 |

Counsel With Cash

When former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley announced he would run for president, he called Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner John Roos. When Texas Gov. George W. Bush threw his hat in the ring, the Bush campaign placed a call to Thelen Reid & Priest partner Stephan Minikes. The reason: money -- lots of money. Federal Election Commission records show lawyers have been the top individual contributors to presidential campaigns this year.
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May 16, 2000 |

Watercooler

Law.com compiles lawyers' and firms' dirt and good deeds from all over the country into a twice-weekly dose of watercooler stories. Today: Lawyers want the "sideshow" to cease in the case over the chronically unexamined practices of San Francisco media; New Jersey disbars two lawyer who fronted for a tavern owner; Antonin Scalia makes a Texas audience laugh; and a D.C. lawyer wants off this rollercoaster.
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October 23, 2007 |

Newsbriefs

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September 01, 2009 |

Opinion Letters Become Flash Point for Privilege Dispute

In oral arguments on Wednesday, the California Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether factual information -- such as witness statements and fact summaries -- is as privileged in opinion letters as the legal advice being given. Specifically, the court will be asked to decide whether trial court judges may conduct in camera reviews of opinion letters and then share redacted versions of them with the opposing party.
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May 06, 2005 |

Companies Line Up Blocks Just Right in Tetris Deal

Last month Fenwick & West partner Samuel Angus helped Henk Rogers -- an entrepreneur who traveled to Soviet Russia in the '80s to acquire rights to the popular computer game Tetris -- in selling off a company he founded, Blue Lava Wireless, to JAMDAT Mobile for $137 million. The deal grants JAMDAT worldwide cellular telephone rights for the next 15 years -- and marks the end of the latest chapter in a two-decades saga over the ownership of Tetris.
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