Angiosyn Inc., a San Diego startup working on a treatment for age-related blindness, has agreed to be acquired by Pfizer Inc. ...
Sharon Tomkins' resume may be decorated with countless awards, but the one she's most proud of is the only one not on display....
Rob Christopher, an intellectual-property and antitrust litigator from Coudert Brothers' recently shuttered Palo Alto office h...
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area hosted a luncheon Jan. 25 to give its members a much-des...
SANTA ANA - Joe Cavallo learned early on that nothing came easy. The son of poor Italian immigrants, Cavallo shared a bed with...
EXTRA Closer Column - Mediation - By Elizabeth A. Moreno - In California, ethnic minorities constitute the majority of the pop...
The magic has never worn off for Jay Cooper. As an attorney for Grammy-nominated artists like singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, b...
Students who enrolled in radiology technician-training at two Southern California technical schools claim their alma maters fa...
Considering a lawsuit against U-Haul? Better think twice. The moving industry giant is on a winning streak after unloading two...
INDUSTRIAL POWAY - Cruzan/Monroe sold Parkway Centre 6, a 125,196-square-foot research-and-development project located at 142...
An engagement ring loses its sentimental value after a divorce. But, following an 18-month marriage, Sarah J. Schauer didn't e...
Cisco Systems Inc. will acquire Airespace Inc., a leading provider of wireless local area networking systems, in a $450 millio...
The Shingle Springs band of Native Americans won the latest battle in its drive to build the state's newest supersize casino, ...
A Roseville attorney claims he's only trying to "improve" the teaching of evolution at a high-school district that his daughte...
A group of Glendale day laborers say they won't be fooled by the city's attempt to keep them from littering the streets. The D...
Trial attorney James F. Speyer says he has longtime ties with Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. Since the 1990s, he's worke...
Gone are the days when prim and proper ruled the dinner table and expectations of best behavior were an assumed law, even amon...
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Gregg A. Farley and Kimberly H. Clancy - In its recent decision in Elsner v. Uveges , 34 Ca...
Sony Pictures Entertainment has agreed to set up a $1.5-million fund to pay moviegoers who claimed they were tricked into buyi...
LOS ANGELES - U.S. Attorney Debra Yang has fired back at the federal judge who dismissed the criminal charges against accused ...
Bank of America on Friday settled a class action brought by a California nonprofit accusing the banking giant of illegally ch...
EXTRA Feature - Dan Winnike shakes your hand like a man who's sealed a few deals in his lifetime. That's because Winnike, whos...
LOS ANGELES "I've always dreamed of living in a beautiful community like Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach sits quietly against...
LOS ANGELES - City Controller Laura Chick issued a blistering assessment of Jim Hahn's performance in office, portraying the L...
Immigration
Marcos' Victims Suffer Another Setback in Bid for Restitution
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has ruled that a judge overstepped his authority in bringing contempt proceedings aga...
Labor/Employment
Governor Is Trying to Block Suits, Labor Lawyers Charge
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to relax workers' rights to meal and rest breaks is a backdoor attempt to ...
SAN JOSE - After a career as a civil litigator, in which he concentrated on medical malpractice and product liability defense...
After three years in Shook Hardy & Bacon's San Francisco outpost, product-liability litigator Joan Haratani has leapt to M...
SAN FRANCISCO - Even though a fetus is not a human being, if you kill one you can be charged with murder, a Sacramento appella...
Forum Column By Ray Jurado For years, commentators have opined that the right to remain silent safeguarded by Miranda v. Arizo...