Thrill Seekers: Howard Wexler steps up to the plate and searches for the top of the fence. Gray hairs peek out from his cap as...

Deals: ONI Systems, formerly Optical Networks, has announced its initial public offering with stock valued at $176 million. ...

WASHINGTON-As the days in this election-year congressional term dwindle, both parties continue to use federal judicial nominee...

The Adviser: Employment Law By Lisa Lawson After years of confusing guidance from the California Court of Appeal in regard to ...

TOGETHER A law firm went on a retreat to Mexico. By Liz Valsamis XX You wouldn't necessarily call Laura Christa's nine-month ...

Poor Bob Steinberg. The renowned plaintiffs' attorney and partner with Rose, Klein & Marias, who is legendary for his grou...

A former Long Beach policewoman who settled her sexual harassment lawsuit against the city and Police Chief William Ellis near...

Deals: Adept Technology Inc. has completed its acquisition of NanoMotion Inc. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. ...

Firm Watch: Andrea Sheridan Ordin, a partner at Los Angeles' Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, often jokes that she entered private...

Elder Law There's nothing worse than false promises, at least according to Prescott Cole, advocate for the elderly. ...

Forum: For the People By Jeffrey A. Lowe In recent years, reports of babies abandoned in trash bins, restrooms and parking lot...

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court judges adopted a resolution Friday approving a merger between the Orange County Marsh...

The Closer: By Jeffrey Krivis Every day, I meet with people and try to sort through their conflicts in order to achieve some m...

Deals: Corporate attorney Patrick Seaver has proven that oil and water do mix. ...

Deals: Santa Clara's Palm Inc., maker of handheld wireless organizer Palm Pilot and Palm VII, has acquired Cambridge, Mass.,-b...

Deals: California Pizza Kitchen, based in Los Angeles, will serve up an initial public offering worth an estimated $70 million...

On the Move: About 120 lawyers from Battle Fowler's New York office have joined Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker's office t...

Firm Watch: San Francisco and New York-based Thelen Reid & Priest has acquired San Francisco's Britton Silberman & Cer...

On the Move: Palo Alto's Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has chosen its first female managing partner - corporate and sec...

SAN FRANCISCO - The 1998 change in state law that allows personal injury suits against tobacco companies for smoking-related i...

SAN FRANCISCO - Reasserting the importance of independent environmental review, a federal appellate court has blocked resumpti...

More than eight months after the Rampart scandal came to light, blame continues to be cast on many in Los Angeles government w...

Dicta: By John Hilbert California attorneys may not be aware that rates for official transcripts of courtroom proceedings are ...

At Issue: By Deborah Rosenthal In order to curb litigation against employers for on-the-job injuries, California enacted a sys...

Seeking to qualify, for a possible death penalty, the 18-year-old reputed gang member charged with murdering the granddaughter...

Practitioner: Environmental Law By William D. Wick A California Court of Appeal last month upheld the state's listing of vario...

Tony Alvarado, a reformed gang member who faces deportation stemming from a 10-year-old crime he claims he didn't commit, has ...

COSTA MESA - Orange County's Public Law Center was awarded a check of $6,000 Wednesday night at the Association of Business Tr...

ADR Profile: By Rebecca Kuzins Eliot Disner has obtained multi million dollar verdicts in antitrust and business litigation an...

Keys to Victory: By Kelly E. Lee Dominic Surprenant, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges in Los Angeles, w...