SACRAMENTO - Say you're a San Jose police detective trying to track down a local man who's been sending threatening e-mail me...
SAN FRANCISCO - You're a new entrepreneur, and you've got an idea for a business selling special-edition books on the Interne...
By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer Although a trial court has broad discretion in modifying spousal-supp...
^^Theory and Practice^^ By Conrad R. Aragon Sam Thompson was waiting for a bus in downtown Louisville, Ky., in January, 1959....
By Marjorie Cohn After World War II, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal was established to try Japanese military and political lea...
SAN FRANCISCO - A new battle in a long war between Sonoma County District Attorney J. Michael Mullins and local political act...
SAN JOSE - Hoping to block an effort by class-action plaintiffs' attorneys to get a look at documents from the Justice Depart...
By Gerry Holt Running a law firm without a carefully prepared business plan is like choosing a destination without selecting ...
A paraplegic man with a bladder problem who claims county jail personnel ignored court orders to provide him with a catheter ...
A civil rights attorney says the county will become "more vulnerable" to lawsuits alleging violations of the federal Voting R...
Personal Injury & Torts
Burn Victims Pledge Half of GM Award to Others
By Denise Levin
The six plaintiffs who were awarded a record $4.8 billion in punitive damages against General Motors have announced they will...
Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday for prominent Santa Monica-based defense attorney Charles R. English, who died Satur...
Judges and Judiciary
Unification Forces Presiding Judge to Pull Double Duty
By Mark Blumberg
Mark B. Simons Judge Contra Costa County Superior Court Mark B. Simons Judge Contra Costa County Superior Court Appointed by:...
SAN DIEGO - One can almost feel the ground stir while walking through the Gaslamp Quarter these days. That's because current ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court Monday upheld California's controversial teacher certification exam, finding ...
At one time, former entertainment attorney and federal prosecutor James Tierney considered himself Stephen Cooperman's best f...
To many in corporate America, it's more than just a misguided regulatory move by the federal government's accountants. It's m...
When Los Angeles lawyer Ron Goldie says in his heart of hearts he's a cowboy, he means it. His favorite pastime is a rodeo sp...
Delay Gratification Rewards of contingency representation extend beyond potential monetary benefits By Kurt Osenbaugh The hol...
Richard Peers is a Palo Alto man. The Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe partner grew up there, went to college there, works...
By Stacy L. Cohen A former social worker who watched over troubled teens and drug offenders, attorney Ronald Low today acts a...
By Eric M. Abramson Requirements of secrecy and confidentiality are frequently imposed as conditions of money payments to vic...
Corporate
Deals: Pharmaceutical Concerns Join Forces -- Alacatel Acquires Internet Devices Inc. -- Applied Digital Buys Hornbuckle Engineering -- Aladdin Captures Buffalo Capital -- Market Touch Receives Venture Funding -- Ask Jeeves Completes IPO -- Securfone....
By Jason Song And Nicholas English
Heller Ehrman PHARMACEUTICAL CONCERNS JOIN FORCES The Alza Corp. of Palo Alto will be acquired by Abbott Laboratories in a de...
Leased Domain CYBERSPACE LAW: A business that seeks to acquire an Internet address registered by another party can rent it fr...
SAN JOSE - Plaintiffs' attorneys who are pursuing a class action against a medical device company will ask a federal judge to...
By Leslie A. Gordon Littler Mendelson is not the largest firm on this year's list of San Francisco's Top 20 firms. Nor is it ...
By Pearl J. Piatt Los Angeles lawyer Jeffrey A. Berman has always been interested in religion. During his undergraduate years...
SAN FRANCISCO - At least three other lawsuits around the country may be influenced by Pacific Bell's agreement to credit the ...
^^Antitrust Law^^ Quick Fire Court Rejects Abbreviated Review of Restrictions on Dentists A factual inquiry into both the ant...
Law Practice
Firm Watch: Former Corporations Commissioner Joins in L.A. -- Associate Compensation System Gets Makeover -- Wetmore Takes Charge of S.F. Office -- Reding Tapped as Vice-Chair of Litigation -- L.A. Office Increases by One -- Merger Increases Ranks in.....
By Pearl Piatt, Leslie Gordon & J. Byrd
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or of divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of myste...