LAPD Unveils New Misconduct Rules
By Chris Ford
LOS ANGELES - In theory, L.A.'s chief of police could receive a range of punishments - from 10 days' suspension to termination...
Killer Fires Lawyers, Faces Penalty Phase In Pro Per
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
INDIO - A man facing a possible death sentence for killing an elderly man in a home-invasion robbery has fired both of his cou...
DA Denies He Knew Staff Misuse Was Illegal
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Paul Pfingst's top aide disciplined former chief economic fraud prosecutor Peter Longanbach in 1...
Drunkeness No Defense to Arson
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Drunkenness is not a defense to arson, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The justices held that arson...
Partner Files Novel Suit in Dog-Mauling Victim's Death
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys for Diane Whipple's partner filed a wrongful death suit Monday that would require the San Francisco ...
The 'Pink Tarantula' Murder Trial Opens in S.F. Courtroom
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - After four years of delays, the notorious "Pink Tarantula" case went to trial Monday in San Francisco. Two men...
'Natural Born Killers' Evades Bayou Death Threat
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood got some good news Monday from a Louisiana district court in Tangipahoa Parish. In a major and perhaps...
Judge Excludes Statements by Retarded Man
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Statements made by a mentally disabled Glendale man are inadmissible in his upcoming trial on child pornography ...
Casting a Wider Net
By Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - How far the state should go in collecting DNA samples from convicted felons, and how those samples should be used...
Helping Hand
By Columnist
When it comes to partner mentoring for associates, more is better. Where one powerful mentor can provide many benefits, a netw...
Gray Cary: SUNNYVALE'S FINISAR TO BUY DALLAS' MARLOW INDUSTRIES
By Staff Writer
Sunnyvale's Finisar Corp. will buy Dallas's Marlow Industries Inc. The cash and stock deal is valued at $300 million. Finisar ...
Legal Gumbo
By Staff Writer
In the spirit of Fat Tuesday, 400 revelers kicked up their heels and opened their wallets at the Justice Allen E. Broussard Me...
Crosby Heafey: DUO WILL HELP LAUNCH CENTURY CITY I.P. PRACTICE
By Staff Writer
Oakland's Crosby Heafey Roach & May put down roots for an intellectual property practice in its Southern California office...
INSIDE JOB
By Diane Taylor
One big, happy family. Those are hardly the words used to describe most law firms today. Yet, that is precisely what the attor...
Teaming With Outpost Proves Winning Move
By Victoria Newman
'Location, location, location." The phrase is usually applied to the most important factors for real estate and restaurants. R...
Team Captain
By John Ryan
These are happy times for Bob Buell, managing partner of San Diego's Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps. His firm is doing gr...
Sherman & Sterling: GERMANY'S SIEMENS ACQUIRES DALLAS' EFFICENT NETWORKS
By Staff Writers
Siemens AG has agreed to acquire Efficient Networks Inc. in a cash deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion. Siemens, based i...
Maybe Hannibal Was Right - This Is Gonna Hurt
By Contributing Writer
In our last column, we chronicled the legal strategy of Martin D. Singer of Lavely & Singer. Singer is the press lawyer fo...
Shearman & Sterling: LITIGATOR MOVES IN FROM I.P. BOUTIQUE FISH & NEAVE
By Staff Writer
Less than six months after wishing his Fish & Neave partner Vicki Veenker well on her move to Shearman & Sterling, Ed ...
Latham & Watkins: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR ACQUIRES INNOCOMM WIRELESS
By Staff Writer
Santa Clara's National Semiconductor Corp. has bought San Diego's InnoCOMM Wireless Inc. The cash deal is worth $130 million. ...
Sponsor of Prop. 34 Fix Backs Away
By Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - The state Senate author of a bill to clean up Proposition 34, the voter-approved campaign finance initiative, has...
Pillsbury Winthrop: COX'S LEW FELDMAN HIRED TO EXPAND CORPORATE PRACTICE
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop started March with eight additions in two California offices. Seven of the lawyers came fro...
Wilson Sonsini: SANTA CLARA'S NEW FOCUS ACQUIRES JCA TECHNOLOGY
By Staff Writer
Santa Clara's New Focus Inc. has bought Camarillo's JCA Technology Inc. The stock and cash deal is worth $363 million. New Foc...
Lawyers Race To Do Deals Before Writers Strike Hits
By Contributing Writer
For the hundreds of entertainment lawyers working in Los Angeles, the concept of a work stoppage has been very, very good for ...
Stormy Weather
By Katherine Gaidos
Stormy weather doesn't often hit San Diego. If you believe the city's residents, life's a beach there, and 72 degrees all the ...
Greenberg Traurig: PROMISE OF GLOBAL REACH LURES SHOW BIZ LAWYER
By Staff Writer
Vincent Chieffo, an entertainment lawyer who does both litigation and transactional work, is now a partner in the Los Angeles ...
Baby Blues
By Columnist
Most employers know that it is illegal to discriminate against women on the basis of pregnancy and childbirth. However, despit...
Rapist to Get New Trial on Mental State
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors Friday decided to retry the mental soundness trial of a man who raped his own mother. San Bernard...
New Direction
By Jeffrey Anderson
Veteran legal aid director Gregory Knoll just received a visitor from Washington, D.C. Knoll wonders what took so long. ...
Paul Hastings: NAVATO'S BIOMARIN GETS EQUITY INVESTMENT
By Staff Writer
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has reached an agreement with Acqua Wellington North American Equities Fund Ltd. for an equity in...