LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of a former Los Angeles nurse who could become ...
SAN DIEGO - Jurors in the trial of David A. Westerfield ended their third day of deliberations Monday without deciding the gui...
OAKLAND - Judge Steven A Brick has some succinct advice for attorneys who appear in his courtroom: "Have a very good idea of w...
SAN FRANCISCO - A man who is not related to four young girls whom he molested but served as the "functional equivalent" of a g...
LOS ANGELES - Latino advocates filed an appeal Monday in federal court requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court reconsider the d...
SAN FRANCISCO - Free speech does not give a graduate student the right to a passing grade on a master's thesis that is academi...
Education
Multijurisdictional Practice Rule Passes Over California Protests
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - California lawyers' concerns about the American Bar Association's first guidelines on multijurisdictional practic...
SAN JOSE - Veteran litigator James P. Kleinberg, who has worked for more than three decades handling commercial lawsuits invol...
SAN LUIS OBISPO - Judge Donald G. Umhofer, who enjoys a reputation as an evenhanded jurist with a willing ear, unwinds on week...
LOS ANGELES - In a possible sign of things to come in the era of corporate accounting scandals, the San Francisco business law...
Personal Injury & Torts
Plaintiffs Must See Negligence To Claim They Are Distressed
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Monday protected hospitals from emotional distress suits filed by relatives of...
SAN FRANCISCO - Marisa Arrona, one of seven summer associates at Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft this year, expected to be wine...
Focus Column - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus - In a recent case, a wife's insistence on a postnuptial agreement ca...
Forum Column - By Sanjay M. Ranchod - Two weeks ago, Gov. Gray Davis signed landmark legislation that will require automakers ...
Dicta Column - By Paul French - Lawyers seeking electronic evidence through the discovery process cannot do so in the traditio...
Firm Watch
MGM Studios Inks Packman as Deputy General Counsel, Senior Vice President
By Staff Writer
Scott Packman has become senior vice president and deputy general counsel of Santa Monica's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. P...
Litigation
Moreno Is Slated as Keynote Speaker at Trial Lawyers Event
By Stefanie Knapp
Associate Judge Carlos Moreno of the California Supreme Court will be the keynote speaker Sept. 20 at the Association of Busin...
Intellectual Property
Houston Shootout Will Pit Compaq Against eMachines
By Eron Yehuda
Two California high-tech companies are prepping for a Texas shootout in a patent infringement trial in a Houston courtroom. ...
Prominent entertainment and business litigator John Gatti has joined Santa Monica's Alschuler, Grossman, Stein & Kahan as ...
San Diego's Klinedinst, Fliehman & McKillop has added two litigators to its month-old Los Angeles office. Partner Neil Gun...
Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava MacCuish hosted the Dupont Legal Minority Job Fair at its Los Angeles office Aug. 3. The f...
Santa Monica's Macerich Co. has acquired a privately held real estate developer in a $1.5 billion deal, picking up 26 malls an...
Security company IntelliSec and several affiliates have selected Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella to represent them in th...
Debra Yang, U.S. attorney for the Central District, stepped up to the podium in the Loyola Law School student lounge as more t...
Add litigation to the list of practice areas handled by Baker & Hostetler's Costa Mesa office. The Cleveland-based firm pi...
Column by Jane Shay Wald & Kyhm Penfil - Although relatively few trademark matters go to full trial on the merits, we can ...
Transactions
Hodges Focuses on Intellectual Property Issues at IP Infusion
By Staff Writer
David Hodges has joined IP Infusion Inc. as vice president and general counsel. Hodges will handle general legal matters with ...
Firm Watch
Lawyer Takes Matters Into Own Hands; Opens Solo Practice in Beverly Hills
By Stefanie Knapp
Ryan Lapidus decided that big firms weren't for him. So, he made himself the boss and opened his own litigation practice last ...
Kelly Ryan, a partner at Pasadena's Russakow, Ryan & Johnson, needed a fresh approach to a stock fraud case that he was wo...
Firm Watch
Procopio Cory Moves 13 Attorneys into New Northern San Diego Office
By Stefanie Knapp
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch has opened the doors to its new office in northern San Diego County. Procopio Cory es...