Litigation
'Evenhanded' Judge Retires After 18 Years on L.A. Superior Court
By Leslie Simmons
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Theodore D. Piatt, known for running an evenhanded court, retired July 31 after 18 years on t...
Think of a fashion model, and you're likely to conjure images of exotic fashions, glittering jewelry and unbelievable amounts ...
Firm Watch
Anderson McPharlin Loses Name Founder After Battle With Parkinson's
By Staff Writer
Anderson, McPharlin & Conners, an insurance defense firm with offices in Los Angeles and Riverside, has lost one of its th...
Have associate layoffs at Bay Area firms in the past year disproportionately affected minorities and women? Though many member...
Litigation
Stock Buyers Sue HPL Technologies For Overstating Its Revenues
By Staff Writer
Attorney Timothy J. Burke of Los Angeles' Stull, Stull & Brody filed suit on behalf of certain purchasers of HPL Technolog...
In just 10 days of trial and two days of jury deliberations, plaintiffs' attorneys Larry R. Feldman and Joel N. Klevens of San...
Excuse the cliché, but sometimes good things do come in small packages. Take, for example, the nine California law firms profi...
Despite a tough environment for venture capital deals, technology company Blue Falcon Networks Inc. has managed to obtain $8.5...
Litigation
Olson Joins Team Representing Burst.com in Antitrust Lawsuit
By Stefanie Knapp
Douglas Olson of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison announced July 24 that he has joined Spencer Hosie of Hosie Frost Large &...
Litigation
Preston Gates Patent Litigators Get Dismissal in WebGain Case
By Stefanie Knapp
A team of patent litigators at San Francisco's Preston Gates & Ellis wrangled a dismissal on behalf of WebGain Inc. in a p...
While the remaining 80 attorneys at dissolving Lyon & Lyon scatter to find new homes, the New York office is fast at work ...
High-tech giant Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara has acquired Afara Websystems Inc., a privately held San Jose company tha...
Column by Stephen P. Milner and Dennis McNally - Undoubtedly, most auditors are not involved in any sort of conspiracy with th...
On a cold, wintry night in February 2000, 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe returned to the Antelope Valley after a glamorous day i...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Clara auction house has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle claims it is responsible for a hom...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys are raising alarms about another tire manufactured by Bridgestone/Firestone, despite a vote of confide...
LOS ANGELES - Former members of an Orange County law firm cannot be sued for fraud for taking partnership draws from their fai...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Internal Revenue Service practice of going after individual partners to collect the unpaid taxes assessed ...
Security company IntelliSec and several affiliates have selected Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella to represent them in th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati told associates gathered for a town hall meeting earlier this month that ...
Focus Column - By William E. Simpson - The epidemic of accounting abuses by corporations has shaken investors' confidence in t...
RIVERSIDE - A new girl has come forward and accused Alejandro Avila of molesting her before his arrest in the sexual abuse and...
SAN FRANCISCO - Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Vernon Winters, a patent litigation partner with the San Francisco office...
SACRAMENTO - Doors open and close. Names hang in the air a few seconds and fade, replaced by more names. A blur of orange jump...
SAN DIEGO - Jurors ended their second day of deliberations Friday without reaching a decision in the trial of David A. Westerf...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals remains the busiest appellate court in the country, with appeals filed i...
Forum Column - By Mark Kozlowski - The battles over the Senate's consideration of President Bush's judicial nominees continue ...
Judges and Judiciary
Citizen Detainees Should Have Lawyers, ABA Says
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The American Bar Association has plunged into the heart of controversies over the legal side of the war on terror...
Focus Column - By William L. Winslow - Structured settlements that use annuity-funded periodic payments are now a regular fea...
LOS ANGELES - It's a big room with a jungle-safari theme - and it's packed with stuffed animals, toys, books and all the color...