DAs Challenge Expanded Preliminary Hearing
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge's ruling that allows the defendant in a murder case to challenge the prosecution's evidenc...
Breaking Up
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Any way you slice it, carving up a law firm is a messy proposition. Even the smallest firm that fails must co...
Partners Find Work, Brobeck Nears End
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Three of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's largest remaining practice groups found new homes Wednesday, as th...
1990 Murder Case Is Reopened
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - At Anthony Taylor's Los Angeles murder trial 12 years ago, the state's two chief witnesses both recanted the ...
Public Defender Is Sued by Renters
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite repeated warnings from city health and building officials, longtime San Francisco Deputy Public Defen...
Circuit Strikes AT&T's Consumer Contracts
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel handed a landmark arbitration victory to seven million California consumers Tuesday, ...
Alleged Attorney-Poseur Fails at 'Catch Me If You Can'
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - If Hollywood moguls are casting around for a sequel to the hit Leonardo DiCaprio movie, "Catch Me If You Can," ...
Mary Dunlap Memorial Set
By John Roemer
From Staff Reports SAN FRANCISCO - Friends will celebrate the life and career of feminist attorney and Equal Rights Advocates...
AT&T Customers Win Appeal
By Pamela Mac Lean
By Pamela A. MacLean Nevada Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court handed a landmark arbitration victor...
Council Will Vote on Benefits for Partners
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles today is expected to become the largest city in the nation to force city contractors to extend bene...
Keep Close Watch
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey C. Eglash - The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners - the civilian body charged with overseein...
Landlord Wants Lyon & Lyon to Get Trustee
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Accusing Lyon & Lyon of squandering money on attorney and staff salaries, a landlord owed $2.7 million by t...
Piper Rudnick Welcomes Land-Use Partner
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Another partner from Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, the debt-laden San Francisco firm that intends to shut it...
Brobeck Staff Considers Suing Firm for Benefits, Sources Say
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Employees at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison are threatening to sue their firm for asking them to continue wo...
Burton Makes Progress With Bill Implementing 'Atkins'
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - For the second year in a row, criminal defense lawyers are trying to pass a bill in the Legislature that would i...
Disclosure Rules May Apply to Party-Appointed Arbitrators
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - A well-drafted arbitration clause will specify the numbe...
Panel Tosses Verdict Against Bank
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A government-funded community bank founded to foster development in riot-ravaged South Central Los Angeles does...
Bankruptcy Boutique Adds Name Partner
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones, the uber-bankruptcy boutique with offices in California, New York a...
Malpractice Counsel Loved Travel, 'Adventure Eating'
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - Product liability and medical malpractice attorney Alexander B.T. Cobb died Jan. 4 in a car accident near his h...
Herrera Sues S.F. Employee In Another Case of Fraud
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A complicated kickback scheme between a high-ranking San Francisco technology officer and a Washington state ...
Bingham McCutchen Nets Patent Lawyer
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Just two months after the defection of his longtime colleague Laurence Pretty, partner Robert Schroeder also is...
Case May Help Spouses Who Conceal Income and Assets
By Columnist
Focus Column Family Law By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus A spouse who can effectively conceal income and assets may ...
In-House and Out-House Treachery Sealed Brobeck's Wretched Fate
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams LOS ANGELES - Steven Zager, thy name is mud, or worse, in some quarters. In fact, I believe that Zager...
Intouch Loses Another Round in Its Online Music Battle
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has imposed sanctions against Intouch Group Inc. of San Francisco for pursuing a frivolous in...
This Might Hurt a
By Columnist
Forum Column By Peter H. Meyers The Bush administration's smallpox vaccination program contains a very serious omission. It f...
Edgy Brobeck Staff Says They'll Sue the Boss
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Employees at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison are threatening to sue their firm for asking them to continue wor...
Democrats Eye Filibuster for Bush Nominee
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Engaged in a test of strength and will, senators on Monday debated for a third day the nomination of Miguel A. E...
Upstart Bar Group Aims For Conservative County
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A national bar association with powerful conservative connections has set its sights on Orange County as a beachh...
Judges Must Halt Abuse of Family Law Judicial Orders
By Columnist
Forum Column By Fred Silberberg The frequency with which orders concerning a party's personal conduct are issued is much high...
Prosecutor Is Put on Unpaid Leave
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor accused of defrauding and embezzling funds from an NBA player while serving as his...