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July 25, 2007 |

Attorney Joins Sixth Firm in Eight Years

Bankruptcy lawyer David Wiseblood has joined Seyfarth Shaw, his sixth firm in eight years. He comes from K&L Gates, having joined the global behemoth when his Preston Gates letterhead changed in the 2007 merger with Kirkpatrick. That came after Preston Gates swallowed Berg & Parker in 2005, where he was one of just 13 lawyers. Change seems to be the new status quo, says a recruiter, who contrasts the trend with the old days, when even the unhappiest lawyer was reluctant to leave a bad relationship.
4 minute read
June 05, 2001 |

Bank Shot

Stanley Stroup is the quiet, Midwestern banking lawyer who displaced San Francisco Bay Area legal community darling Guy Rounsaville when his bank, Norwest Corp., merged with Wells Fargo three years ago. If Rounsaville -- widely praised for pioneering California's Minority Counsel Program -- is high profile, Stroup is private and understated. His legal team boasts of how he listens -- and doesn't dominate -- during meetings.
6 minute read
May 27, 2005 |

Feds Back Bank of America in Social Security Flap

In briefs filed Tuesday in California's 1st District Court of Appeal, a trio of federal agencies argued that Bank of America should be allowed to withdraw overdraft penalty fees from Social Security funds deposited directly into customers' bank accounts. The briefs come in support of the bank's appeal of a huge 2004 trial verdict -- likely worth about $1.6 billion -- on behalf of a class of 1.3 million Californians.
4 minute read
February 20, 2003 |

A Handicapper's Guide to 17200

A practitioner predicts where California�s unfair competition law is headed and what it all means for the courts, legislators, law enforcement and members of the defense and plaintiffs bars.
7 minute read
February 13, 2003 |

Space Case

A little extra space is usually thought of as a good thing, but at least for San Francisco Bay Area law firms, it's getting ridiculous. Many firms are now saddled with expensive leases for the enormous spaces they took on for top dollar during the boom. Now they're having a hard time paying the rent, there's no one willing to sublease the excess, and as the demise of Brobeck has shown, it's a real drag on the bottom line.
7 minute read
June 20, 2006 |

Judicial Profile: William Cahill

The JAMS neutral and retired San Francisco Superior Court judge has a successful trick in mediating disputes and earning $9,000 a day: separating opponents for as long as possible.
5 minute read
July 07, 2013 |

ResCap Bankruptcy Exit to Halt Am Law Firms' Fee Feast

When Residential Capital LLC filed a plan of reorganization Thursday, it moved a giant step closer to exiting bankruptcy—and to ending what has been a lucrative assignment for a bevy of firms, including Chadbourne & Parke, Morrison & Foerster, and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
8 minute read
May 08, 2006 |

Make Sure Your Law Library Is Ready for Anything

Disaster planning is no laughing matter. Like immunizations, it has to be done. The only way for a law firm library to provide support to attorneys following a disaster is to be prepared. Remember that a lot of print documents can't be replaced, but you may need to get permission before you can scan them. If you aren't already doing backups and don't have a library disaster plan in place, drop everything else and get to work. After all, hurricane season begins on June 1.
7 minute read
February 01, 2005 |

Oakland's Loss is Lenders' Win from Justices

A divided state Supreme Court handed the financial services industry a major victory Monday by invalidating an Oakland ordinance that regulated predatory lending practices in the home mortgage market. The 4-3 majority held that a similar state law approved by the governor in 2001 pre-empted the city's ordinance, which had been adopted eight days earlier.
3 minute read
February 11, 2005 |

Another Appeal Court Says Prop 64 Retroactive

The latest appeal court opinion on whether the tort reform measure Prop 64 is retroactive is a double blow to the plaintiff bar. The Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three, ruled Thursday that the rollback of the private attorney general law applies to all pending cases filed under �17200. The opinion is a harder blow to the plaintiff bar than a similar Second District ruling published Wednesday because it takes direct aim at a Feb. 1 anti-retroactivity ruling by the First District.
3 minute read

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