SAN FRANCISCO - A complicated kickback scheme between a high-ranking San Francisco technology officer and a Washington state ...

LOS ANGELES - Just two months after the defection of his longtime colleague Laurence Pretty, partner Robert Schroeder also is...

Focus Column Family Law By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus A spouse who can effectively conceal income and assets may ...

Column By Garry Abrams LOS ANGELES - Steven Zager, thy name is mud, or worse, in some quarters. In fact, I believe that Zager...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has imposed sanctions against Intouch Group Inc. of San Francisco for pursuing a frivolous in...

Forum Column By Peter H. Meyers The Bush administration's smallpox vaccination program contains a very serious omission. It f...

SAN FRANCISCO - Employees at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison are threatening to sue their firm for asking them to continue wor...

WASHINGTON - Engaged in a test of strength and will, senators on Monday debated for a third day the nomination of Miguel A. E...

SANTA ANA - A national bar association with powerful conservative connections has set its sights on Orange County as a beachh...

Forum Column By Fred Silberberg The frequency with which orders concerning a party's personal conduct are issued is much high...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor accused of defrauding and embezzling funds from an NBA player while serving as his...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a jury instruction commonly given in sexual assault cases is n...

The addition of three more environmental lawyers at San Francisco's Farella Braun + Martel is welcome growth for a practice gr...

Costa Mesa's Albert, Weiland & Golden has added John D. Ott as a senior attorney. Ott, who focuses on commercial litigati...

When Jamie MacMillan was asked by a client to retool his services, he didn't expect that it would result in his own company. ...

Bankruptcy attorneys are busy practicing their ABCs. An out-of-court process known as assignment for the benefit of creditors,...

Criminal defense attorney Matthew Fletcher admits his aggressive behavior might rub some judges the wrong way. But some of Fle...

If David S. Olson is superstitious, he'll have to hope that 13 is lucky for him. Olson is joining Sherman Oak's Kulik, Gottesm...

Consumer Attorneys of San Diego presented a President's Star Award to Thomas Penfield, partner at San Diego's Casey, Gerry, R...

Successful movie producers are outspoken, passionate and aggressive. But a student at The Peter Stark Producing Program at the...

Karyn B. Zeldman, who joined Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from Dewey Ballantine in July, has been elevated to special co...

Boston intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has acquired a group of intellectual property litigators from Phoenix'...

San Francisco attorney Arnold Levinson scored the largest-ever verdict in Marin County Superior Court last month. Levinson of ...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter and Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Walter Rogers were named outsta...

The organization behind the Grammy's, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc., has chosen Charles Ortner to s...

By Cassandra C. Shivers After a complaint is filed and an answer is served, the parties to any lawsuit get down to the real w...

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has filled two key administrative positions, the firm announced Jan. 21. Attorney Peter...

The three-year legal battle between Jennifer Merin and Los Angeles' Barlow Respiratory Hospital has been settled, attorneys fo...

Latham & Watkins has scored a big hire in its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of partner William R. Baker III....

Corporation Column - By Debra C. Scheufler - California's SB399, which went into effect Jan. 1, allows one business entity to...