AT&T Customers Win Appeal
By Pamela Mac Lean
By Pamela A. MacLean Nevada Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court handed a landmark arbitration victor...
Council Will Vote on Benefits for Partners
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles today is expected to become the largest city in the nation to force city contractors to extend bene...
Keep Close Watch
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey C. Eglash - The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners - the civilian body charged with overseein...
Landlord Wants Lyon & Lyon to Get Trustee
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Accusing Lyon & Lyon of squandering money on attorney and staff salaries, a landlord owed $2.7 million by t...
Piper Rudnick Welcomes Land-Use Partner
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Another partner from Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, the debt-laden San Francisco firm that intends to shut it...
Brobeck Staff Considers Suing Firm for Benefits, Sources Say
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Employees at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison are threatening to sue their firm for asking them to continue wo...
Burton Makes Progress With Bill Implementing 'Atkins'
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - For the second year in a row, criminal defense lawyers are trying to pass a bill in the Legislature that would i...
Disclosure Rules May Apply to Party-Appointed Arbitrators
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - A well-drafted arbitration clause will specify the numbe...
Panel Tosses Verdict Against Bank
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A government-funded community bank founded to foster development in riot-ravaged South Central Los Angeles does...
Bankruptcy Boutique Adds Name Partner
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones, the uber-bankruptcy boutique with offices in California, New York a...
Malpractice Counsel Loved Travel, 'Adventure Eating'
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - Product liability and medical malpractice attorney Alexander B.T. Cobb died Jan. 4 in a car accident near his h...
Herrera Sues S.F. Employee In Another Case of Fraud
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A complicated kickback scheme between a high-ranking San Francisco technology officer and a Washington state ...
Bingham McCutchen Nets Patent Lawyer
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Just two months after the defection of his longtime colleague Laurence Pretty, partner Robert Schroeder also is...
Case May Help Spouses Who Conceal Income and Assets
By Columnist
Focus Column Family Law By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus A spouse who can effectively conceal income and assets may ...
In-House and Out-House Treachery Sealed Brobeck's Wretched Fate
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams LOS ANGELES - Steven Zager, thy name is mud, or worse, in some quarters. In fact, I believe that Zager...
Intouch Loses Another Round in Its Online Music Battle
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has imposed sanctions against Intouch Group Inc. of San Francisco for pursuing a frivolous in...
This Might Hurt a
By Columnist
Forum Column By Peter H. Meyers The Bush administration's smallpox vaccination program contains a very serious omission. It f...
Edgy Brobeck Staff Says They'll Sue the Boss
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Employees at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison are threatening to sue their firm for asking them to continue wor...
Democrats Eye Filibuster for Bush Nominee
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Engaged in a test of strength and will, senators on Monday debated for a third day the nomination of Miguel A. E...
Upstart Bar Group Aims For Conservative County
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A national bar association with powerful conservative connections has set its sights on Orange County as a beachh...
Judges Must Halt Abuse of Family Law Judicial Orders
By Columnist
Forum Column By Fred Silberberg The frequency with which orders concerning a party's personal conduct are issued is much high...
Prosecutor Is Put on Unpaid Leave
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor accused of defrauding and embezzling funds from an NBA player while serving as his...
Sexual Priors Instruction OK'd
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a jury instruction commonly given in sexual assault cases is n...
Environmental Practice Grows at Farella
By Erik Cummins
The addition of three more environmental lawyers at San Francisco's Farella Braun + Martel is welcome growth for a practice gr...
Senior Attorney Crosses From Drummy King to Albert Weiland
By Staff Writer
Costa Mesa's Albert, Weiland & Golden has added John D. Ott as a senior attorney. Ott, who focuses on commercial litigati...
Document Triage Service Redefines Translation Firm
By Stefanie Knapp
When Jamie MacMillan was asked by a client to retool his services, he didn't expect that it would result in his own company. ...
Exit Strategy Gets Right Back to Basics
By Toni Vranjes
Bankruptcy attorneys are busy practicing their ABCs. An out-of-court process known as assignment for the benefit of creditors,...
Sales Tax Poaching Dispute Near Resolution
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Although the dispute now may be resolved, the city of Yorba Linda sued the city of Chino ...
Commercial Real Estate Designations
By Christine Malamanig
If you're swapping business cards with people in the commercial real estate industry, chances are you will see your fair share...
Courting Trouble
By Joan Osterwalder
Criminal defense attorney Matthew Fletcher admits his aggressive behavior might rub some judges the wrong way. But some of Fle...