SAN FERNANDO - Judge Ronald S. Coen keeps the law in four metal boxes on his bench. "The sun doesn't shine in my court without...

Stutman Triester & Glatt has welcomed home partner Jeffrey Krause , who left the Los Angeles bankruptcy boutique two-years...

Two new attorneys are opening a Los Angeles office for Orange County labor and employment boutique Carlton DiSante & Freud...

San Francisco's Renovis Inc. completed a second round of venture financing on Jan. 9. The round brought in more than $34 milli...

It's not exactly akin to crossing the Mason-Dixon line, but Burke Williams & Sorensen has moved beyond the Southland. Earl...

San Francisco's Volunteer Legal Services Program awarded its volunteer awards to local law offices at the Bar Association of S...

The Bay Area General Counsel, consisting of 100 corporate attorneys, and the United Way recently concluded the annual Koko Cha...

Writing a book based on a father's knowledge doesn't sound like a bad idea, but when two different generations collide, it can...

Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe, Incompetent defense attorneys in death penalty cases across the United States have caused t...

Kathy Woeber Gardner joined the Advisory Council of the U.C. Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum on Dec. 14. Gardner, a partner at Sa...

TIBCO Software Inc. acquired Talarian Corp. in a deal announced Jan. 7. The cash and stock deal is worth $115 million. Palo Al...

Dicta Column - By Chris Santella, Documents have been an essential element in the discovery process for hundreds of years. Tod...

After a brief stint at Latham & Watkins ' San Diego outpost, corporate rainmaker Craig Andrews is rejoining Brobeck Phlege...

San Jose's Skjerven Morrill MacPherson has laid off 18 associates and 27 support staff members, the firm announced Jan. 14. Th...

The Lawyers' Committee for Rights Under Law recently awarded San Francisco securities, patent and antitrust litigator Jack Lon...

Palo Alto's TIBCO Software Inc. has agreed to buy Los Altos' Talarian Corp. in a cash and stock deal worth $115 million. Kra...

International Business Machines Corp. has acquired CrossWorlds Software Inc. for $129 million. The deal closed Jan. 14. Armonk...

In the summer of 1971, armed with one year of law school, I began my legal career with a summer job at Pine Tree Legal Assista...

The Orange County chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, which provides educational programs for people interested i...

Skadden Fellowship Foundation, a public interest law foundation created by New York's Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, h...

The real estate section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association has elected Clifford Horner, partner at Walnut Creek's Morg...

Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan , an 84-attorney business and entertainment litigation firm in Los Angeles, has added Vin...

Michele O'Driscoll began her one-year term as president of the Legal Marketing Association's Bay Area chapter Jan 1. O'Drisco...

KB Home closed its offering of senior subordinated notes on Dec. 14. The transaction brought in $200 million for the company. ...

Thousand Oaks' Amgen Inc. and Sunnyvale's Hysec Pharmaceuticals Inc. have entered into an agreement to develop and sell alfime...

The Insolvency Committee of the State Bar business law section has named Los Angeles attorney Peter Bronson to the 25-member c...

The League of California Cities' City Attorneys Department elected Peter Brown president Dec. 18. Brown, partner at Santa Barb...

American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. went public on Dec. 13. The initial offering raised $144 million. The lead manager was C...

Movie Review - By Stephen Zager, "I am Sam" features fantastic performances by both Sean Penn and 7-year-old Dakota Fanning bu...

Becoming Ice Cream Partners USA's sole owner, Nestlé USA acquired the remaining 50 percent of the ice cream company from Gener...