Litigation
Fifth-Graders Participate in Mock Trial Hosted by Holland & Knight
By Staff Writer
Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, the Wicked Queen and the Mirror made an appearance at Esperanza Elementary School in Los Angeles...
Column by Karl J. Schulze - Business litigation today rarely progresses without the use of a variety of experts, whether as a ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
San Jose's NetIQ Will Buy PentaSafe for $255 Million
By Toni Vranjes
NetIQ Corp. of San Jose has agreed to buy a privately held computer security company in a deal valued at $255 million in cash ...
Litigation
Judge Joins JAMS After 35 Years Of Experience on Bench and Bar
By Staff Writer
Joseph Johnston is the latest judge to join JAMS, a private alternative dispute resolution provider. Johnston, 68, brings with...
Customers frequenting the dozens of Rent-A-Center stores in California should notice more female employees helping them, after...
The attorneys at Morrison & Foerster probably can't stand on the balance beam without risking bodily injury, and it's not ...
Eddie Rodriguez has left the San Diego office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and accepted an offer to establish a corporat...
In Closing Column - By Pamela J. Voich & Michele C.S. Lange - In October 2001, the California Legislature passed amendment...
Cord Blood Registry, which stores stem cells from newborns for use in case of a future medical emergency, has secured $18 mill...
Judges and Judiciary
County Defies Rules, Names New Court Building After Sitting Judge
By Karen Coleman
Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta's role in bringing a new family court services building to Contra Costa County was so exce...
John Russo, Oakland's first elected city attorney, recently became the first person in that position to take the top spot at t...
Litigation
Firm Sponsors Loyola Law Class In Litigation About Elder Abuse
By Staff Writer
Thanks to a donation from the San Pedro office of Wilkes & McHugh, students at Loyola Law School can learn about elder abu...
By John Ryan San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added a product liability strength to its West Coast liti...
LOS ANGELES - Alex Dang throws open the door to the room where his co-counsel, Estaban Morales, is rehearsing opening statemen...
After a year of virulent charges and countercharges in the race for San Diego County district attorney, the most inflammatory ...
LOS ANGELES - The Winona Ryder shoplifting trial got off to a rocky start last week with the media and the judge tussling over...
LOS ANGELES - Four hours into opening trial statements, Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who claim...
Some jurists might have felt uncomfortable casting the lone vote in favor of letting victims of gun violence sue firearms manu...
Nicholas Trainer's constant blurred vision reminds him of the day he claims two bullies harassed him at school and one shot a ...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego police detective testified Friday that Kristin M. Rossum begged her to destroy methamphetamine and dru...
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego Judicial Race Gets Downright Personal
By Claude Walbert
In San Diego County's only campaign against a sitting judge, Richard S. Whitney says voters see one overriding issue in his ef...
SAN FRANCISCO - A March primary filled with mixed results for Northern California's incumbent judges and district attorneys ha...
LOS ANGELES - MTV Networks is the television home of Ozzy Osbourne, an occasional music video, masochistic pranksters - and no...
SAN FRANCISCO - The worlds of Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ar...
SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge Friday rejected a preliminary injunction application by judicial candidate G...
Sometimes investment advice doesn't pay off. A federal jury awarded $5 million to a Hollywood film producer and entertainment ...
LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit defendant who didn't sign a settlement agreement and didn't send the settlement payments on time canno...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice Accepts Award Given for His Reform Efforts
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - California Chief Justice Ronald M. George isn't about to rest on his laurels - not even the prestigious 2002 Will...
SACRAMENTO - The San Francisco city attorney's office will challenge last week's federal appeals court's decision to throw out...
In the final scramble for votes, several of the judicial candidates in Orange County are dishing the dirt on each other, but c...