SAN FRANCISCO - The names of three Los Angeles Superior Court judges, a federal magistrate judge and an appellate attorney hav...
Judges and Judiciary
Abuse of Judicial Process Earns Executive 17-Year Sentence
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Friday sentenced a former Silicon Valley executive to 17 years in prison, calling him a "profe...
LOS ANGELES - Joseph Gabriel, a partner at Raskin Peter Rubin & Simon, will move in-house this month to become general cou...
SAN DIEGO - Lawyers for two Kurds who live in San Diego County had set their sights on suing Saddam Hussein for authorizing ge...
COLUMN - By Peter Blumberg - It's every appellate defense attorney's nightmare. You finally persuade a court that your client ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of highly regarded natural-resources, real estate, and land-use and environmental partners will join r...
FORUM COLUMN - By David M. Marquez - As the era of cheap and plentiful energy starts to wane, David Marquez examines the ramif...
LOS ANGELES - After a year of negotiations, Reed Smith and London-based Richards Butler officially merged Jan. 1. ...
LOS ANGELES - Like squirrels stashing acorns, law firms are preparing for colder economic times by amping up their bankruptcy ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday granted private eye Anthony Pellicano's request to represent himself at the 112-count,...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury verdict last week that will send a cop killer to prison for life without parole appears t...
WASHINGTON - In a case that could make it more difficult for shareholders to sue public companies for securities fraud, the U....
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Tenet Sues Kaiser Over Payment of Hospital Bills
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Two health care giants are going to court over hospital bills. Tenet Healthcare Corp., whose 2005 revenues were ...
LOS ANGELES - It's out with the old and in with the new at a pair of Los Angeles law firms. ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge said the U.S. government must provide a hearing for a Senegalese immigrant held for two years wh...
SAN FRANCISCO - After 11 years of hearing criminal and civil trials, the toughest decision for incoming San Francisco County S...
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo Superior Court Judge Robert D. Foiles believes in thorough preparation, a quality that likely will se...
The newly formed firm of Dreier Stein & Kahan established offices in Santa Monica's Water Garden complex and Century City'...
LOS ANGELES - On a recent Tuesday morning, Judge Victor E. Chavez admonished an experienced trial attorney who, while cross-ex...
SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer leaves the state's top law-enforcement office this week with an eight-year legacy o...
FOCUS COLUMN - By C. Matthew Schulz and Kelly Going - Some planning could help companies survive the government's stepped-up e...
SANTA ANA - Barely six months after the California Supreme Court declared roller coasters are "common carriers" with special d...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge Thursday set trial dates and consolidated more than 20 civil lawsuits involving sexual-abuse...
FORUM COLUMN - By Pamela Hartman - The United States has a moral responsibility to provide a haven for the refugees driven fro...
LOS ANGELES - Private-eye-to-the-stars Anthony Pellicano initially planned to represent himself against wiretapping and racket...
Law Practice
Physically Imposing Criminal Defense Attorney Was 'Top Gun' in Drug Cases
By Alexa Hylandn
LOS ANGELES - A private memorial will take place Feb. 10 to celebrate the life of criminal defense attorney Terrence Allan Rod...
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Mary C. Dollarhide - Wage-and-hour suits are not going away, so employers should conduct their own audi...
SACRAMENTO - Richard Costigan left the governor's office to join McKenna Long & Aldrich, an international full-service law...
FORUM COLUMN - By Mary Jane Weaver - Immigration lawyer Mary Jane Weaver snapped when a client asked whether it bothered her t...
Firm Watch
Top Lieff Cabraser Lawyer Finds Better Fit at Lewis Feinberg
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - Bill Lann Lee, the nation's chief civil rights prosecutor under President Clinton, has left Lieff Cabraser Hei...
