U.S. and Italian Biotech Firms Celebrate Merger
By Toni Vranjes
Biotech company Versicor Inc. of Fremont and Italy's Biosearch Italia are breaking out the vino, celebrating their cross-Atlan...
'People's Lawyer,' Councilman Hit With Malpractice Verdict
By Christina Landers
Although he billed himself as the "People's Lawyer" in late-night television advertisements, Richmond City councilman and atto...
Union Bank Expands in State
By Toni Vranjes
You can expect to see a lot more red Union Bank of California signs popping up all over the state, if things go according to p...
Bryan Cave Attracts Labor Practitioner to Santa Monica
By Staff Writer
Jamie L. Johnson has joined the Santa Monica office of St. Louis' Bryan Cave as partner in the labor and employment group. Joh...
Follow up Act
By Katherine Gaidos
Psssst. Want to know a secret? Those maps to the stars they sell on Hollywood street corners? They're a rip. They tell you to ...
Marin District Attorney's Office Selects New Chief Investigator
By Staff Writer
The Marin County district attorney's office has a new chief investigator. He is Rob Guidi, who spent 16 years as a police offi...
Law Firm Decor Opts for A More Inviting Ambiance
By Staff Writer
Dark wood paneling, hunter green carpet and art of the firm's founders made way years ago for a modern, sleek design at most C...
Sealed Lips
By Toni Vranjes
Domestic guru Martha Stewart seems equally at home baking gingerbread cookies in the kitchen or ringing the opening bell at th...
Mayer Brown's N.Y. Antitrust Group Gets Its First Partner With Steuer
By Staff Writer
Chicago's Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has lured away the chair of Kaye Scholer's antitrust practice group. Richard M. Steuer ...
Reorganization Star Leads Firm
By Erik Cummins
Cecily Dumas, a corporate reorganization partner with San Francisco's Murphy Sheneman Julian & Rogers, has been elected ma...
Commissioners Fill Three Vacant Positions on L.A. Superior Court
By Staff Writer
Three Los Angeles-area court commissioners were appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to the Los Angeles Superior Court Aug. 8. Commiss...
Capital Gains
By David Pike
A growing number of firms have established practice groups in the nation's capital to handle Supreme Court and other appellate...
Back On Top
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Looking for relief in a soft office market, the commercial real estate industry tra...
Coke Employees Battle Bottler In Suits Seeking Class Status
By Staff Writer
Oakland attorney Scott Cole has filed suit in San Bernardino Superior Court in two cases on behalf of seven employees of Coca-...
More Facilities in Store
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Some people who are looking for stable real estate investments are putting their trust i...
Judge Bars Cypress From Seizing Church's Land
By Contributing Writer
BY JENNA BORDELON Special to the CREJ In a potentially groundbreaking decision, a federal judge ruled that the city of Cypress...
Controversial Med-Mal Case Returns to Court
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - A judge will decide Tuesday whether Los Angeles County will have to pay a $12.3 million medical malpractice judg...
Professor, Music Lawyer Played Instruments
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - Services for Donald E. Biederman, entertainment attorney and law professor, took place Monday morning at the Ste...
Whistle-Blower Bill Advances
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would punish corporate executives and others in key positions who are aware of financial fraud in the...
Jury Asks for Copy of Testimony by Expert
By Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - Jurors in the trial of David A. Westerfield were scheduled to begin their eighth day of deliberations today after ...
ABA Chairman Takes Back Comments on Role in Judicial Screenings
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - It was only a few weeks ago that Roscoe Trimmier Jr., the man in charge of the American Bar Association's vetting...
Deciding Who's to Blame
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - At long last, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared up the confusion and contra...
$2.7 Million Taken from Client Fund
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar has revoked the right of two San Francisco lawyers to practice after finding clear and convincin...
Same Killing, But Two Juries Were Told Different Tales
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court is investigating claims that a Los Angeles prosecutor gave jurors in two separate...
Creators Must Publish Older Works or Lose 45 Years of Copyright Protection
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Katherine Spelman and Katherine Keating - Clients might be about to lose 45 years of...
Nigerians' Rights Case Against Chevron May Expand
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - ChevronTexaco, already facing a federal human rights lawsuit over its oil development activities in Nigeria, m...
Korean-American Gets Bench Nod
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The first ever Korean-American woman judge in California was appointed Friday to the Los Angeles Superior Court....
Creator of Computer Source Code May Not Be 'Author'
In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion that clarified a very important issue in copyright law: Who owns the...
Government Needs to Put Its House in Order
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Chris Edwards - Now that the federal government has cracked down on corporate financial mischief, it should ...
Preston Gates' Practitioners in L.A. Will Go to Piper Rudnick
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - After years of struggling for success in Los Angeles, Seattle's Preston Gates & Ellis is losing its Los Ange...