By Laura Wides Associated Press Writer State Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a complaint Tuesday against two pharmaceutic...

By Joel Rosenblatt Palo Alto's Tomlinson Zisko has elected James R. Janz, the mayor of Atherton, as its managing partner. Jan...

Construction litigator Paul A. Lax has left Castle & Lax to form Lax & Stevens, a new firm specializing in representi...

A Paris-based software publisher has invested $4 million in Elibrium Inc., the second round of financing for the San Mateo com...

By Erik Cummins Carroll, Burdick & McDonough will continue its lateral hiring spree in 2003 under Jim Walsh, the firm's n...

By Joan Ostewalder Orange County picked on the wrong guy when it challenged an administrative ruling that put a $100 property...

By Joan Osterwalder A San Francisco Superior Court jury rejected claims by an investment bank saleswoman who alleged her boss...

Irvine's Kring & Chung has promoted John R. Blakely to partner and, at the same time, managing partner of the Ontario off...

By Stefanie Knapp The Judicial Council of California will present its 10th Annual Distinguished Service Awards at the 2003 Ca...

By Eron Ben-Yehuda The Union Pacific Railroad is scheduled to be arraigned next month in three Central Valley counties on doz...

LOS ANGELES - San Diego business litigator Michael J. Perez has filed a breach-of-contract suit against Haight, Brown & B...

The California Judges Association honored retired Judge Roy Wonder with its 2002 President's Award for Outstanding Service to...

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe made a big change in the marketing department, hiring a chief marketing officer for the f...

By Toni Vranjes Business information provider First American Corp. of Santa Ana has agreed to merge its background-screening ...

The St. Francis Winery & Vineyards has appointed a former Los Angeles litigator as its president and chief executive offi...

By Erik Cummins Kenneth Seeger, Adam Salvas and Brian Devine really got to know one another in the last couple of years. In f...

Robert Zelnick, a partner in McDermott, Will & Emery's Washington, D.C. office has been named head of the firm's trademar...

The Chief Probation Officers of California selected assistant presiding Judge Mark Forcum as its Judicial Officer of the Year...

Longtime Solano County Superior Court Judge Eric Uldall retired Dec. 16, just weeks shy of the 19 th anniversary of his appoi...

By Karen Coleman Former Eureka defense lawyer Paul Gallegos upset the established order of things in the Humboldt County when...

By Liz Valsamis Neil R. O'Hanlon spent the last month of 2002 getting accustomed to his new role of managing partner at the C...

LAW FIRM MANAGMENT By Sandy Lechtick In the Chinese language there is a well-known symbol with two distinct meanings - danger...

The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel will hold its annual seminar Feb. 27-28 at the Century Plaza Hotel and...

By Karen Coleman California litigants rang in 2003 with another round of statutory hikes in court fees. The increases, effect...

By Liz Valsamis Manatt, Phelps & Phillips began 2003 by taking a bite out of the Big Apple. On Jan. 1, the Los Angeles-ba...

Litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges brushed up on its real estate when it signed a new lease for...

Longtime Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioners Robert A. Schnider and David Sotelo were appointed judges by Gov. Gr...

The Orange County Women Lawyers Association has honored Jennifer Keller with its Attorney of the Year Award. The association ...

By Andrew Dunn Bloomberg News Vinson & Elkins, Baker & McKenzie and other U.S. law firms have won permission from the...

By Stefanie Knapp The most memorable moment of Bill Wegner's career came when the litigator put Marilyn Monroe on the witness...