Top L.A. corporate counsels facing maze of litigation. (Who's Who Law - In the Eye of the Storm).Alan Braverman Executive Vice President and General Counsel Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. Career Track: Massachusetts native earned a bachelor of arts degree from Brandeis University Brandeis University, at Waltham, Mass.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1948. Although Brandeis was founded by members of the American Jewish community, the university operates as an independent, nonsectarian institution. in 1969 and J.D. degree from Duquesne University, where he was editor-in-chief of the law review. Clerked for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Pomeroy Jr. before joining Washington, D.C. firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering in 1976. Started at ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. in 1993 as vice president and deputy general counsel and became general counsel the following year. Succeeded Louis Meisinger as Disney general counsel in January. Company Issues: With interests as diverse as theme parks and computer games, Disney's legal team deals with issues ranging from copyright protection to personal injury...Burbank-based company had a key win in January when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the so-called Sonny Bono Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (January 16 1935 – January 5 1998) was an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades. Copyright Act, a 1998 law extending copyright protection for 20 years. In February, however, California Supreme Court ruled that Disney could not keep jurors from hearing how the company destroyed boxes of evidence related to a lawsuit over Winnie the Pooh revenues. In a legal battle that has raged for 12 years, heirs to the Pooh rights claim the entertainment giant owes them at least $200 million--and perhaps $1 billion--in videotape and computer game royalties. --Joshua Tompkins C. MICHAEL CARTER Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Career Track: Has undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree in accounting from UC Berkeley and J.D. from George Washington University Law School The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law , class of '73. Started career at Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts. Took first corporate job in '81 as division counsel for Europe, Africa and Middle East for Singer Co., a consumer products and aerospace conglomerate. Two years later was senior corporate counsel and assistant secretary at RJ Reynolds Inc., where he negotiated $4.6 billion acquisition of Nabisco Brands in addition to various other acquisitions and divestitures... In '87, became a senior vice president of operations and board member of Concurrent Computer Corp. Named executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Pinkerton's Inc. in 1994 and joined Dole in October 2000. Dole Food Co. Inc. Company Issues: Carter's job could get much easier soon. Dole's board recently approved a $1.4 billion ($33.50 a share) offer from Dole Chief Executive David Murdock to take the company private. Shareholders will vote on the proposal at a special meeting on March 26. After the offer, 20 lawsuits were filed in state courts in California, Delaware and Hawaii, in addition to federal court in California, alleging breach of fiduciary duty and self-dealing (the California suits have been settled). --Conor Dougherty BRYANT C. DANNER Executive Vice President and General Counsel Edison International Career Track: Boston native, Danner earned bachelor's and law degrees from Harvard before joining the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins in 1963, where he was a senior partner specializing in environmental issues until 1992... Founded the Environmental Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, which he chaired from 1988 to 1989... Director of The Nature Conservancy of California since 1993... Joined Edison International as general counsel in 1992, and was made executive vice president in 2000. Prior to January 2000 was executive vice president and general counsel of Edison International's utility subsidiary, Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. ... Earned a salary of $470,600 and bonuses totaling $424,200 in 2001, according to company's proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. ... Owns 316,273 Edison shares... Company Issues: Company faces numerous regulatory and legal obstacles in the aftermath of California's energy crisis. Edison sued the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, in federal court in November 2000, seeking the right to recover the $5 billion debt incurred buying power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. for its customers during the energy crisis. The lawsuit was settled in October 2001, allowing Edison to begin recovery of the crisis costs. The Utility Reform Network, a consumer advocate group, has challenged the settlement, alleging that it violated the state's deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. statutes. The issue is being reviewed currently by the California Supreme Court... Working with the State of California, Edison says it's pursuing refunds for its customers for excessive power costs resulting from alleged market manipulation by power generators and suppliers. --Audrey Davidow MICHAEL R. DOUGLAS Michael R. Douglas is a world wide leading string theorist and the director of the New High Energy Theory Center at Rutgers University. He is best known for the development of matrix models (the first nonperturbative formulations of string theory), for his work on noncommutative Executive Vice President, General Counsel Career Track: Bachelor's degree from Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. , J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1979... Started career in private practice, then served as litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. counsel for Jim Walter Corp. Joined building products firm Fibreboard fibreboard Noun a building material made of compressed wood Noun 1. fibreboard - wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets fiberboard, particle board Corp. as senior vice president and general counsel. Firm was tied up with asbestos-related litigation for decades, negotiating a $1.5 billion settlement to cover nearly 200,000 potential claims. Settlement was rejected by Supreme Court in 1998. Later, Owens Coming Inc., Fibreboard's parent, set up a $2.5 billion reserve to settle claims, plus an additional $1.9 billion in insurance funds... Joined Homestore in October after a decade at Fibreboard. Replaced Walter Lowry, the company's general counsel since 2001. Homestore Inc. Company Issues: Once a dominant dot-corn that had some in the industry worried about its potential to corner the market on Internet-based real estate information, Homestore has seen its fortunes tumble. Four former executives have pleaded guilty to securities fraud (no charges were brought against the company). A shareholder lawsuit is outstanding, as is a dispute with Pendant Corp. over Homestore's purchase of its move.com unit... Though it settled a dispute with AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner over a $200 million marketing agreement that threatened its survival, the company suffered a blow when U.S. District Judge Manuel Real refused to stay litigation brought by Homestore insurers seeking to void existing policies on the grounds the company misled them. --Conor Dougherty THOMAS GEISER Executive Vice President and General Counsel Career Track: Named to the biennial peer-review publication "Best Lawyers in America"... Received JD. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a premier, first-tier law school located in downtown San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California, as the first law school of the University of in 1977... Before joining WellPoint as senior vice president arid general counsel in 1996, was a partner with Brobeck Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco. Earlier, was a partner with Epstein Becker & Green, and also with Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Stromberg...Promoted to executive vice president in 1997... Took in $473,770 in salary in 2001 plus a hefty $998,213 bonus, according to the company's proxy statements. WellPoint Health Networks Inc. Company Issues: The Thousand Oaks-based company is poised to challenge Aetna Inc. as the nation's largest health insurer after a series of acquisitions... Still pending is a deal to acquire Maryland-based CareFirst Inc. for $1.4 billion, which would give WellPoint an extensive presence in the mid-Atlantic area. Opposition by local regulators, physicians and consumer activists recently prompted the company to revise the deal, sweetening it by $70 million and making it all cash.... Last year, WellPoint acquired MethodistCare Inc. and Methodist Health Insurance, the managed care subsidiaries of Methodist Health Care System in Houston, and Camarillo-based Golden West Dental & Vision. The company also added RightChoice Managed Care Inc. to its roster as it expanded its presence in the Midwest... In July, WellPoint's Blue Cross of California unit agreed to pay $9.3 million to the government to settle allegations dating back to last decade that it overbilled the Medicare system. --Audrey Davidow LARRY D. HUNTER Senior Vice President and General Counsel ROBERT HALL Hughes Electronics Corp. Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel DirecTV Career Track: Hunter received bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in economics from the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. in 1971 and graduated from the University of Michigan Law School The University of Michigan Law School, located in Ann Arbor, is a unit of the University of Michigan. The Law School, founded in 1859, currently has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students, most of whom are earning the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LLM). in 1974. Began career with the Richmond, Va., law firm of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe and later moved to Detroit to become senior partner with Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn. Joined Hughes in 1993 and was chairman and president of DirecTV Japan from 1998 to 2000, during which time the unit combined its subscriber base with satellite entertainment provider SkyPerfect. Made senior vice president and general counsel in December 2002... Hall earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Stanford University in 1964 and later received a J.D. from USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . Prior to joining Hughes in 1976, he was an associate with the Los Angeles firm Dewar and Davis and later a partner in the firm Dewar and Hall... Company Issues: Hunter of late has been involved in the out-of-court restructuring of DirecTV Latin America... Hall has overseen the legal aspects of various Hughes acquisitions and sales, including the spin-off of the defense and aerospace business to Raytheon and the PanAmSat merger... More activity is underfoot, as Hughes, a unit of General Motors, prepares for a sale of its DirecTV division or a sale of the company altogether. Federal regulators blocked an attempted $18 billion merger between Hughes and satellite rival EchoStar Communication Corp. last fall. --Joshua Tompkins STEPHEN KAY Gemstar-TV Guide International Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. is a media company that licenses interactive program guide technology to multichannel operators, such as cable and satellite television providers, and consumer electronics manufacturers, video recorder scheduling code under brands such as VCR Executive Vice President and General Counsel Career Track: Bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and J.D. from Boston University, 1987. Started career at Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld in '87, elected partner in 1995. When Squadron Ellenoff merged with Hogan & Hartson in 2002, he became a partner at the resulting firm... Replaced Jonathan Orlick, appointed to newly created president of intellectual property at Gemstar, as executive vice president and general counsel in January. Relocated to Los Angeles from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Company Issues: Gemstar has had to restate results for the past three years multiple times, in part because it was booking licensing revenue it never received. Company is under formal investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission over accounting practices. Also has changed accounting firms... In November, Gemstar patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. suit against Scientific-Atlanta Inc. was thrown out by a federal judge in Georgia Days before the ruling, Gemstar said it had been booking licensing revenue from Scientific-Atlanta that hinged upon a legal victory. In February, Gemstar paid $6 million to settle Justice Department allegations that the company and TV Guide Inc. fixed prices before the two companies merged in 2000. --Conor Dougherty C. DOUGLAS KRANWINKLE Univision Communications Inc. Executive Vice President and General Counsel Career Track: Illinois native received undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. Graduated first in class at University of Michigan Law School, 1965... Started career at O'Melveny & Myers, left to clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1966 to 1967. That year joined Munger Tolles & Olson as associate, admitted to partnership in 1968... Went back to O'Melveny in 1989, left in 2000 to join Univision. First year took in $200,000 in salary plus 120,000 stock options, but received hefty raise in 2001: $600,000 annual salary and 150,000 in stock options, according to proxy statements. Company Issues: Univision's acquisition of Hispanic Broadcasting Corp., worth about $3.5 billion when it was announced last June, faces significant regulatory hurdles and opposition by competitor Spanish Broadcasting Corp.... The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. is exploring new antitrust interpretations that assume Spanish-language radio and television stations compete for the same advertisers. Under this interpretation, language would be the determinant for the number of stations a company could own in a given market. The FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. is also concerned about Univision's 30 percent stake in Entravision Communications Corp., the Santa Monica-based Spanish language radio company. --Conor Dougherty WAYNE J. LOVETT Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Mercury Air Group Career Track: Texas native graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor's degree in management. Attended South Texas College of Law South Texas College of Law is a private American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Located downtown Houston, Texas, it was founded in 1923—the oldest law school in Houston and the third-oldest in in Houston where he graduated in 1977. Started as a private practice trial attorney before joining Communications Transmissions Inc. as corporate counsel in 1987. Served as presiding judge presiding judge n. 1) in both state and federal appeals court, the judge who chairs the panel of three or more judges during hearings and supervises the business of the court. of the Lakeway, Texas municipal court from 1993 to 1997... Joined Mercury in 1997 as general counsel, promoted to corporate secretary in 1999 and executive vice president in 2001. Took home $174,900 in 2001 with a bonus of $25,000. Company Issues: The last two months of 2002 found the Los Angeles-based aviation services provider embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in several legal battles. Three separate suits were filed by shareholders alleging wrongful transactions involving distribution of funds, insider trading and fraud. "We popped on the radar screen when we had a late filing as a result of a restatement required by our auditors," explained Lovett. The first suit, brought by Investor Watch LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a Nevada corporation formed only five days prior to filing, was dismissed Feb. 18. Two suits brought by individual shareholders were also dismissed, pending the results of an independent investigation of wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . The company maintains there was nothing inappropriate about the transactions. "The transactions were fully disclosed," said Lovett. --Audrey Davidow JOHN MCSHANE General Counsel Global Crossing Ltd. Career Track: Holds bachelor's degree from St. John's College and a ID. from Harvard. Started career in 1987 as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Later was counsel at three different firms: Sherman & Sterling, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and Brown & Wood... Joined Global Crossing as European assistant general counsel in 1999, led negotiations to build Global's fiber optic lines there. Appointed general counsel a year ago.... Some have criticized ties between Global and Simpson Thacher, where McShane worked. The firm handled many acquisitions during Global's heyday and employed the company's last three general counsels. McShane replaced Simpson Thacher partner D. Rhett Brandon (who was Global's acting general counsel and has since returned to the firm), who replaced James Gorton, another Simpson alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. ... McShane oversees all legal matters, including the company's Chapter ii bankruptcy proceedings bankruptcy proceedings n. the bankruptcy procedure is: a) filing a petition (voluntary or involuntary) to declare a debtor person or business bankrupt, or, under Chapter 11 or 13, to allow reorganization or refinancing under a plan to meet the debts of the party . Company Issues: The federal government has decided not to pursue criminal charges against former Global Chairman Gary Winnick and other company executives. But there is still plenty to keep McShane busy. A series of class action complaints alleging senior executives tried to mask the company's financial difficulties, giving them more time to unload stock, were consolidated in January in federal court in Manhattan... Global, meantime, has signed a purchase agreement with Hutchison Whampoa of Hong Kong and Singapore Technologies, which offered $250 million for a 62 percent stake in the company. That deal received court approval, but faces regulatory hurdles. Last week, long-distance company IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology Corp. said it would submit a rival bid for $255 million. --Conor Dougherty ROBERT NORMILE Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Mattel Inc. Career Track: Normile entered the bar in 1986 after earning undergraduate degree from Fordham University and a J.D. degree from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the ... Before joining Mattel in 1992, he worked at the law firms of Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell. He became general counsel in 1999. Company Issues: El Segundo-based Mattel recently brought closure to a number of outstanding legal issues... A $122 million settlement was reached in December with shareholders over disastrous $3.5 billion acquisition of software publisher Learning Co.... In another case, a state judge threw out a whistleblower whis·tle·blow·er or whis·tle-blow·er or whistle blower n. One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority: "The Pentagon's most famous whistleblower is . . lawsuit filed by former financial analyst Christine Casey, who claimed she had been harassed into quitting after proposing a method to measure consumer demand ... In January, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an appeal by Mattel claiming that the sexually suggestive song "Barbie Girl," by the Danish band Aqua, violated U.S. trademark laws. Last year, licensing deal was inked with AOL Time Warner unit Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . that provides rights to produce toys based on characters from Batman, Superman, Looney Tunes, Baby Looney Tunes Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series that shows Looney Tunes characters as toddlers. The show premiered on WB stations usually before or after Kids' WB! on September 14, 2002. and the Justice League. --Joshua Tompkins DEBORAH SIEGEL General Counsel Guess Inc. Career Track: Bachelor's degree in political science from Tulane University in 1984 and J.D. from New York University School of Law The New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. in 1988. Started career at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles in '88, leaving to join Baby Guess, a Guess licensee, in '92. Hired away from licensee to join Guess in 2000... Says she much prefers working for a company than a law firm. ("You're much more business oriented. There are a lot of decisions that are made not just on legal ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl , but also business ramifications that are just as important-you have to be more practical," she notes.)... Focuses mostly on licensing and intellectual property issues, but also does a fair amount of employment work and coordinating outside counsel brought in for special litigation. Company Issues: Has had a number of employee related suits filed against it, including unfair labor practices Conduct prohibited by federal law regulating relations between employers, employees, and labor organizations. Before 1935 U.S. labor unions received little protection from the law. and incorrectly classifying store managers as exempt from overtime laws. Many suits have been dismissed or settled quietly... Guess' restatement of financial results for the first three quarters of 2000 led to a series of class action and derivative shareholder suits. Company scored a major victory in April when several class action and derivative shareholder suits were dismissed without settlement... In 1999, the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees “UNITE” redirects here. For the UK student accommodation company, see UNITE Group plc. The Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE filed an unfair labor practices charge. The NLRB issued a complaint, which was dismissed, but has appealed and is awaiting a decision. --Conor Dougherty CHARLES STRATHMAN Chief Legal Officer Unocal Corp. Career flack: Los Angeles native received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State and a master's degree in economics from California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University system. The University is located in the city of Fullerton, California, in northern Orange County. ... After graduating from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Law School in 1979, Strathman joined Unocal's law department in 1980. Was named deputy general counsel in 1990 and had a short stint as vice president of corporate human resources before returning to the legal department. Named chief legal officer in December. Company Issues: Burmese villagers are attempting to sue Unocal in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming they were forced to work on the company's Myanmar pipeline by Burmese military authorities in slave-like conditions... A three-judge panel of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the case last September after a local court threw it out. Unocal may have "aided and abetted" human rights abuses by the military in Myanmar, the panel said. The lawsuit was again thrown into limbo in February, when the Pasadena-based appeals court announced it would re-hear the case with 11 judges... Unocal also faces charges from the Federal Trade Commission that the company's clean-fuel formula, which was a blend to meet California clean air requirements, could drive up prices in California and other states. --Conor Dougherty CHRISTI R. SULZBACH Chief Corporate Officer and General Counsel Tenet Healthcare Corp. Career Track: Graduate of Loyola University Law School, Sulzbach was a member of the law review. Joined Tenet in 1983, holding various positions in the legal department before becoming associate general counsel in 1993. Named general counsel in 1999... Among highest-paid general counsels in Los Angeles, her 2002 salary of $426,500 was supplemented by a $951,700 bonus. Also holds options on 187,500 shares of Tenet stock... Serves on the boards of the National Health Foundation and the Federal Bar Association. Company Issues: The Santa Barbara-based hospital chain has been one of the most aggressive and profitable in recent years. Acquired Daniel Freeman hospitals in Marina del Rey and Inglewood from Carondelet Health System in December 2001... Became embroiled last year over aggressive pricing that generated huge Medicare payments for difficult-to-treat patients. Ensuing controversy spawned state and federal investigations, as well as shareholder lawsuits.. .Also, five Tenet subsidiaries in South Florida reached a $4.2 million settlement with Justice Department over unrelated allegations of improper Medicare billing dating back several years... Two doctors working at a Tenet facility in Northern California are under investigation for performing unnecessary cardiac procedures that generated big revenue for the hospital. --Audrey Davidow VICTOR S. SZE SZE Shared Zone Entry General Counsel and Vice President, Corporate Affairs OSI Systems Inc. Career Track: Bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA... Graduate of Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Jesuit school in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Like Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (separate and unaffiliated ... Stints with Los Angeles law firms Wolf, Rifkin & Shapiro and Ku, Fong, Larsen & Chen before joining OSI (1) (Open System Interconnection) An ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the application layer in one station, proceeding to the in March 2002... Prior to that, was director of corporate affairs at Interplay Entertainment Corp. in Irvine, a developer of entertainment software... Took over last November as corporate secretary from executive vice president Ajay Mehra... Company Issues: OSI filed suit in federal court last December seeking $100 million in damages from L-3 Communications, after L-3 canceled a joint bid by companies for a baggage screening unit of PerkinElmer Inc. L-3 later bought the unit on its own. OSI accuses L-3 of fraud and breach of its fiduciary duties. Companies bickered over intellectual property issues, product line definitions and the rights of OSI to conduct due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. ... OSI, which sells airport security scanners along with other inspection and medical imaging devices, faces uncertainty over which screening methods the new Transportation Security Agency will ultimately mandate. --Joshua Tompkins |
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