SAN FRANCISCO - San Diego immigration lawyer Andrea Guerrero couldn't have planned a better publication date for her first bo...
SAN FRANCISCO - The transfer of assets and liabilities from one corporation to another does not automatically include insuran...
Judges and Judiciary
Job Allows Jurist to Expand His Public Service
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
FONTANA - San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Michael R. Libutti had a no-frills childhood, living with his mother and two bro...
LOS ANGELES - Robert L. Shapiro, credited with assembling the renowned "dream team" in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, is repr...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Monday that a Nevada public defender's office may be sued for alle...
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday quietly backed off plans to impose punitive fees on applicants...
While preparing for his most recent trial, attorney Gary Barr had a little difficulty with his research. Barr wanted to use a ...
In 1989, Houston's Fulbright & Jaworski acquired Reavis & McGrath. The New York-based firm had a second office in Los ...
Orange County Superior Court Judges Christopher Strople and David H. Brickner are slated for retirement in February. The two ...
Are bad times a good time to invest? Chicago's Winston & Strawn seems to think so. The 850-lawyer business and litigation ...
Andrea Wirum has done it before, and she'll do it again. Wirum, a securities, finance and insolvency partner with Pillsbury Wi...
What is believed to be the only legal advocacy group in California with its own television show broadcasts its message of tort...
Donna Melby didn't just crack the glass ceiling with her Jan 18 induction as the vice president of the American Board of Trial...
Contrary to published reports, Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Joseph L. Lodge did not preside last month over the wedding ...
After four years serving as Munger Tolles & Olson's co-managing partner, Ruth Fisher stepped down from the position Dec. 3...
News came in a flurry this month for Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson. First, the public agency law boutique moved it...
Four months after seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, San Diego software company Peregrine Systems Inc. has filed a plan...
In the wee hours of Jan. 1, a team of Morrison & Foerster attorneys had more to celebrate than just the start of another y...
Litigation
ABA Picks Two Attorneys to head White-Collar Crime Subcommittee
By Stefanie Knapp
The American Bar Association has selected Daniel Bookin and Douglas Young to head the white-collar crime sub-committee of the...
The Impact Fund, a Berkeley-based foundation that awards grants to those litigating public-interest cases, marked its 10th ann...
"L.A. Angel," a neon-and-metal sculpture in downtown Los Angeles, became the centerpiece of a December dispute that was far fr...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge J. Michael Byrne will retire March 8 after 21 years on the bench, both as a Municipal Court ...
Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has recruited Ellen Marshall, a 15-year veteran of Morrison & Foerster's Irvine...
H. Don Christian, a sole practitioner from Covina, was elected a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner by the court's judge...
By Tara Fass Using a little intuition and knowing the psychology behind deal making, you can improve your negotiation skills ...
Irvine's Alvarado, Smith & Sanchez will be relying on the help of state Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, R-Orange, to counsel the...
By Jeffrey Anderson The Scene turned out a week ago Saturday for Bet Tzedek Legal Services' annual fundraiser. The place: Cen...
Transactions
CollabNet Raises $13 Million To Aid Global Expansion Efforts
By Toni Vranjes
Software company CollabNet Inc. of Brisbane raised $13 million in its third round of private financing, which will help it exp...
The landslide created little mounds of dirt before it suddenly dropped, creating a scarp and 35-foot-deep fissures. The roiled...
By Daniel R. Miller and Ted Brooks In the motion picture "Minority Report," a thriller set in 2054, Tom Cruise plays a police...