Lyne A. Richardson has become managing partner of the growing Los Angeles office of Ford & Harrison , a national labor and...

FirstFed Financial Corp. of Santa Monica, the parent company for First Federal Bank of California, has agreed to purchase Torr...

Why does Randy Pech deserve to be punished by the federal government? That question ought to prevail above all others as the U...

In an interesting twist, the Cooley Godward layoffs came soon after associates honored the Bay Area law firm. In a survey comp...

Santa Clara's Silicon Valley Bancshares, parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, has signed an agreement to acquire Palo Alto i...

Palo Alto-based Alliant Partners is an investment banking firm that doles out advice, usually to companies that are about to m...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ali Kia isn't the first lawyer to trade his suit for a white apron. But he might be the first to pair an upsca...

An evening of hot dogs, peanuts and roller coasters awaits clients of Katten Muchin Zavis. The firm is hosting a client-apprec...

Employment law specialist Jonathan Light knows that businesses need to protect themselves against employee lawsuits by careful...

For the next year, San Jose attorney Jay Ross will maintain his high profile in municipal politics as he leads the city of San...

You are in the firm library researching for a summary-judgment motion. Still exhausted from yesterday's late-night work sessi...

Torrance-based Nissan Motors Acceptance Corp., a subsidiary of Nissan Motors North America, secured $3.5 billion in commercial...

If you spent the last week and a half on another planet, a deserted island or just out of the reach of the legal world, you ma...

With the passing of Labor Day, many of us reflect fondly on the summer's beach outings and poolside barbeques. The Bay Area's...

In the next few months, Oakland attorney Ron Murov will receive a call from a Sonoma County vineyard. When the call comes, it ...

San Rafael lawyer Steven Rhoads, along with Golden Gate University School of Law professor Neil M. Levy, has formed a business...

The American Bar Association has named Robert E. Gooding Jr., a specialist in the defense of securities class actions and Secu...

Paul H. Irving, chief executive officer and managing partner at Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips, is putting his time...

The common wisdom is that associates today are very different than they were 20 years ago. If such differences do exist, do th...

Cooley Godward had a problem: too many lawyers chasing too little work. So the firm retrenched, letting go 85 associates and, ...

LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Ronald S. W. Lew ruled Friday that a woman and her daughter can seek punitive damages from S...

San Rafael-based MCB Financial Corp., parent of Metro Commerce Bank, and Business Bancorp, parent of Business Bank of Californ...

A Fresno federal judge ordered the government to scale back measures to protect the endangered delta smelt fish Wednesday. ...

LOS ANGELES - Nonviolent drug offenders arrested for having only drug paraphernalia qualify for treatment under Proposition 36...

LOS ANGELES - First, Sue Gamet had to learn to walk again. After that, she had to learn to live again. Then she faced her toug...

SAN FRANCISCO - A January U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the usefulness of the Clean Water Act in protecting ponds that ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Matthew Cavanaugh of Los Angeles scored an upset victory and Marie Weiner of Burlingame won as expected Thursd...

Although three-quarters of the earth is covered with it and virtually every organism depends on it for life, I hate the stuff,...

LOS ANGELES - Two Hispanic men have sued Six Flags Magic Mountain, claiming that they were detained, searched and asked harass...