Forum Column - By Robert E. Hirshon - A major focus of my term as president of the American Bar Association is initiating a di...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Kern County judge unlawfully held a Fresno attorney in contempt for trying to disqualify him from a case inv...

RIVERSIDE - Eighteen months ago, Supervising Deputy District Attorney John Davis offered a Moreno Valley man a 16 1/2-year pri...

Dicta Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - A lawyer is, in essence, a storyteller. It is a lawyer's task to entertain, enthrall, and,...

Dicta Column - Court Jester - In Harrell v. Hannum & Coleman , 56 Ga. 508 (1876), Judge Logan E. Bleckley held the ...

WASHINGTON - Expanding law enforcement's ability to fight terrorism as well as more mundane crime, the Supreme Court on Monday...

Focus Column - By Jonathan Ocker and Michael Frank - In a Dec. 19, 2001 release, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued...

Forum Column - By Greg Meyer - Two less-lethal weapons are in the news. They are the so-called "beanbag guns" and the Taser M-...

Netflix Inc. secured more than $82 million in a May 22 initial public offering. Merrill Lynch & Co. led the offering, whil...

With 60 capital cases under his belt, no one Sacramento sole practitioner Kevin Clymo has represented in the penalty phase has...

The Closer - By Jeffrey Fillerup - Burned out? Thinking of leaving the legal profession? It may not be the work. It may be you...

On May 23 ESP Pharma Inc. closed its first round of funding, which brought in $28 million for the Flanders, N.J., company. The...

Brian Beard and Tony Allen , corporate securities lawyers at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian 's A...

Hitachi has acquired an 80 percent stake in AccSys Technology Inc. The deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed, ...

Much to our surprise, the lethargic economy did not impede brisk growth among $10 million rainmakers. On the climb since 1996,...

Since 1991, we have compiled a list of rainmakers each year. We survey hundreds of firms throughout the state asking for the n...

Rutan & Tucker has created a new practice group to sharpen its focus on land use and natural resources matters. The 30-att...

Cabazon Wind Partners, a wind energy project created by Cannon Power Corp., has secured nearly $55 million in construction deb...

Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew has named San Francisco's Mark Steiner the leader of its tradema...

Greenberg Traurig is beefing up its entertainment department in Santa Monica. The firm, which snatched music attorney Jay Coop...

Former San Jose City Attorney Joan R. Gallo has left Terra Law to start Realty Law , a new firm focused exclusively on real es...

Tier Technologies Inc. will acquire Official Payments Corp. for $75 million in cash. The deal was announced May 31. Walnut Cre...

Trial lawyer Kevin Coventon has brought his varied skills to Holland & Knight 's Los Angeles office, where he is practicin...

On May 1, Trans-Elect Inc. acquired Michigan Electric Transmission Co. Trans-Elect paid $290 million for the energy company. W...

Favrille Inc. netted $16.9 million in its recent second-round financing. The deal was announced June 11. Sanderling Ventures l...

Steve Wasserman's pitch to McDonald's executives worked. On June 12, Wasserman and several representatives accompanied him to ...

Cleveland's Jones Day Reavis & Pogue continues to expand its intellectual property litigation practice in Southern Califor...

Los Angeles-based uber bankruptcy boutique Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young & Jones has recruited Jason Pomerantz as of-counsel...

Brian Kabateck has taken three lawyers from Quisenberry & Kabateck to form The Kabateck Law Firm in Los Angeles, effective...

Attorney Anne Lee has left the San Diego office of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, where she was a corporate associate, and ha...