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Reports on the criminal indictments (CI) issued by the Santa Clara County Criminal Grand Jury against Avant! Corp. (AC) for allegedly conspiring to steal trade secrets from Cadence Design Systems. Prevention of the sale, licensing and copying of AC's Aquarius place and route software tools; Justification of the CI by the nature of the alleged offense.

Reports on the lawsuits filed by Mentor Graphics (MG) against Quickturn and Cadence Design Systems (CDS). Reaction to the decision of Quickturn to merge with CDS; Allegation on the breach of fiduciary duties in adopting a poison pill amendment; Speculations on the face-saving tactic of MG.

Focuses on Avant! Corp.'s growth strategies driven by the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Cadence. Mergers and acquisitions; Development of a 0.25-micron technology; Introduction of products derived from the combination of newly developed and acquired technology; Competition with Galax!.

Reports on the decision by the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a March 1997 ruling by the US District Court to allow the sale of Avant! Corp.'s ArcCell products. Details of the suit filed by Cadence Design Systems against Avant!; Speculations on the impact of the decision on Avant!'s operations.

Reports on the felony charges filed by Cadence Design Systems against Avant! Corp. for alleged conspiracy and theft of trade secrets. Avant! executives and employees as co-respondents to the suit; Arraignment of six defendants in a San Jose, California municipal court on April 18, 1997; Impact of the lawsuit on Avant!'s stock; Cadence's estimated losses due to theft of trade secrets.

Focuses on the U.S. District Court's ruling which partly granted and partly denied Cadence Design Systems' motion for a preliminary injunction order finding Avant! had copied Cadence framework source code. Likelihood of success in Cadence's case of copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets; Denial of Cadence's motion to enjoin the sale and support of Avant!'s IC place-and-route software.

Reports that Cadence Design Systems filed a civil lawsuit against Avant! Corp. Accusation that Avant! copied source code from a Cadence integrated circuit (IC) layout package; Specifics of the allegations.

Editorial. Asserts that it is not wise to dismiss anything as impossible with regards to the dispute between Cadence and Avant!. Comparison to the effort to impeach United States President Bill Clinton against the voters' wish; Claim of pundits on the settlement of the intellectual property infringement suit; Similarity to the cases of Franklin Computer and Digital Equipment.

Reports that Avant! Corp. has refiled its counterclaim against Cadence Design Systems Inc.

Reports on US District Court Judge Ronald White's decision on the lawsuit filed by Cadence Design Systems against Avant! Corp. Conflict over whether Avant!'s production of products was based on pirated information; Avant!'s products affected by the order; Significance of the ruling to Cadence Design.

Reports that a federal judge agreed to put off a trial on the civil lawsuit Cadence Design Systems Inc. filed against Avant! until the criminal charges pending against Avant! are resolved. Order for Avant! to post a bond of $5 million pending the resumption of the civil action; Denials of the legal skirmish.

Reports that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's (DA) office has accumulated 43 gigabytes of disk space on the Avant!-Cadence Design Systems source-code civil lawsuit.

Reports that Cadence Design Systems is lined up for back-to-back courtroom appearances against Avant! and Cooper & Chyan Technology.

Focuses on Avant!'s release of its memorandum opposing Cadence Design Systems' motion for preliminary injunction. Release by the Santa Ana County, California district attorney's affidavit supporting its search warrant used in the raid of Avant!; Highlights.

Reports on Avant! Corp.'s claims that experts found a complete lack of technical evidence in Cadence Design Systems' lawsuit against it. Background information on the lawsuit.

Focuses on Cadence Design Systems' filing of redacted brief on April 19, 1996, consisting of evidence gathered to substantiate its December 1995 lawsuit against Avant! Corp.

Reports that Avant! Corp. filed an amended counterclaim against Cadence Design Systems and its chief executive officer, Joseph Costello. Opposition to Costello's requested RICO dismissal; Motion to bifurcate the trial; Request to dismiss counterclaims.

Reveals that Avant! Corp. plans to file a countersuit against Cadence Design Systems. Reasons for the suit; The intention of naming Cadence President/CEO Joseph Costello as a defendant in the lawsuit; Three unidentified semiconductor manufacturers placing orders with Avant!

Reports that Cadence Design Systems Inc. took a 1Q charge against earnings as a provision for the tentative settlement of two pending lawsuits against them. Financial performance of Cadence for the first quarter of its fiscal year 1994; Effect of the class-action lawsuits from stockholders; Economic trends; Observations of Cadence president Joseph Costello.