In a single acquisition, Philadelphia's Duane Morris has added a San Diego office and picked up a reinsurance practice group. ...
Joining Morrison & Foerster opened up a whole world of possibilities for William Veatch. In his first week at the 1,000-la...
Two more lawyers from Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly's Palo Alto office, which closed in May, have found homes with Alexandr...
Theater aficionados don't want the curtain to fall at the Raymond Theatre in Pasadena and are taking their legal battle to sto...
Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. of Milpitas has signed a deal to buy its rival Handspring Inc. for $170 million in stock. ...
Column - Public Relations - By John J. Buchanan - With corporate scandals, terrorism and economic chaos appearing in the headl...
Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Jeff Kichaven and Deborah Rothman - Question: In the real world of litigated case...
Natalie Pierce first met Angela Bradstreet last year when Bradstreet, a partner at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, spoke at ...
Realizing the job of running its Northern California offices was too big for any one partner, Coudert Brothers Chairman David ...
Milwaukee beer maker Miller Brewing Co. has signed a $143 million agreement to outsource its information technology to Affilia...
Guy Maisnik, formerly of Los Angeles' Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, has joined the real estate department of Jeffer, ...
In an effort to broaden the scope of their charitable activities, Hospice of Marin and Hospice By The Bay have united. Hospice...
Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, known for its class-action securities suits on behalf of shareholders, shook up the ...
Litigation
Medical Exams of Plaintiffs Require Lawyers' Wariness
By Contributing Writer
Column - Trial Strategy - By Martin Blake - The recent decision in Golfland Entertainment Centers Inc. v. Superior Court of...
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton firm withdrew last month from defending a wrongful-termination suit after a judge rule...
Armed with little more than artistic vision, independent film producers sometimes flounder through the legal complications of ...
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Prosecutors have powerful tools, such as wiretaps and search warrants, t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Donald S. Mitchell is interested in nearly everything. A 90-minute conversation with him moves from Nort...
Forum Column - By Robert DeKoven - School officials have lamented for years that they have to put up with many "discipline" pr...
Employment Column - By Kevin Lilly - In the past, managers arrived at a workplace investigation like a coroner at a crime scen...
SAN FRANCISCO - Patrons of the San Francisco Law Library's downtown branch will have to trek to the library's two Civic Center...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Jose Miramontes, president of the National Latino Peace Officers Association, to...
Focus Column - Litigation - By Julie Locke - In the past several months, courts around the country have issued landmark ruling...
LOS ANGELES - Two former Roman Catholic priests were arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation, the same day that a ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal fi...
LOS ANGELES - In a bizarre new twist to allegations that Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has routinely blocked...
LOS ANGELES - Senate Judiciary Chairman Orin Hatch says he will push forward with the controversial nomination of Los Angeles ...
LOS ANGELES -Accused Chinese double agent Katrina Leung smiled and hugged her attorneys Thursday after U.S. District Judge Flo...
LOS ANGELES - New court fees proposed to help plug the state's budget gap would hit hardest against the working poor - people ...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's 1998 experiment with electric utility deregulation spawned the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S....