Sun Obtains Privately Held Afara
By Toni Vranjes
High-tech giant Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara has acquired Afara Websystems Inc., a privately held San Jose company tha...
Pumping Profits
By Contributing Writer
Column by Stephen P. Milner and Dennis McNally - Undoubtedly, most auditors are not involved in any sort of conspiracy with th...
Smoke Demurrers
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Watch out Marlboro Man: The Godfather of Tobacco Litigation is coming to town. On Tuesday, less than 24 hours ...
Tyrant REX
By Matthew Heller
On a cold, wintry night in February 2000, 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe returned to the Antelope Valley after a glamorous day i...
Deal in Assault by Deliveryman
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Clara auction house has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle claims it is responsible for a hom...
Lawyers Plan Suit on Another Firestone Tire
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys are raising alarms about another tire manufactured by Bridgestone/Firestone, despite a vote of confide...
Companies Should Be Candid About SEC Accounting Irregularities
By Columnist
Focus Column - By William E. Simpson - The epidemic of accounting abuses by corporations has shaken investors' confidence in t...
Landlord Cannot Sue Firm Partners for Fraud
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Former members of an Orange County law firm cannot be sued for fraud for taking partnership draws from their fai...
Circuit Warns IRS About Improper Bills In Partnerships
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The Internal Revenue Service practice of going after individual partners to collect the unpaid taxes assessed ...
Use of Annuities Is Effective for Structured Settlements
By Columnist
Forum Column - By William L. Winslow - Structured settlements that use annuity-funded periodic payments are now a regular feat...
IntelliSec Hires Irell to Steer Its Reorganization
By Toni Vranjes
Security company IntelliSec and several affiliates have selected Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella to represent them in th...
Using Limitus Tests
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Mark Kozlowski - The battles over the Senate's consideration of President Bush's judicial nominees continue ...
The 'L' Word Layoffs Reaches Wilson
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati told associates gathered for a town hall meeting earlier this month that ...
Companies Should Be Candid SEC About Accounting Irregularities
By Columnist
Focus Column - By William E. Simpson - The epidemic of accounting abuses by corporations has shaken investors' confidence in t...
New Girl Comes Forward to Accuse Avila
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A new girl has come forward and accused Alejandro Avila of molesting her before his arrest in the sexual abuse and...
Latham IP Partner Changes Firms
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Vernon Winters, a patent litigation partner with the San Francisco office...
IRS Can't Go After Partners for Unpaid Taxes
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The Internal Revenue Service practice of going after individual partners to collect the unpaid taxes assessed ...
'Hand In There,' Judge Tells People He Did
By Philip Carrizosa
SACRAMENTO - Doors open and close. Names hang in the air a few seconds and fade, replaced by more names. A blur of orange jump...
Citizen Detainees Should Have Lawyers, ABA Says
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The American Bar Association has plunged into the heart of controversies over the legal side of the war on terror...
Jury Continues to Deliberate in Girl's Murder
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Jurors ended their second day of deliberations Friday without reaching a decision in the trial of David A. Westerf...
9th Circuit Panel Is Busiest of All, Report Shows
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals remains the busiest appellate court in the country, with appeals filed i...
9th Circuit Is Really, Really Busy
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals remains the busiest appellate court in the country, with appeals filed i...
Using Limitus Tests
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Mark Kozlowski - The battles over the Senate's consideration of President Bush's judicial nominees continue ...
Citizen Detainees Should Have Lawyers, ABA Says
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The American Bar Association has plunged into the heart of controversies over the legal side of the war on terror...
Use of Annuities Is Effective for Structured Settlements
By Columnist
Focus Column - By William L. Winslow - Structured settlements that use annuity-funded periodic payments are now a regular fea...
Designated Hitter
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By John Selbak - Four years ago, a quiet revolution began spreading through the legal community, ushering in a ...
Courthouse Waiting Room Offers Kids Fun
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - It's a big room with a jungle-safari theme - and it's packed with stuffed animals, toys, books and all the color...
Davis Puts Commissioners on Superior Court
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis has promoted three Los Angeles-area court commissioners to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench:...
Firms Adjust to Oversight Rules
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - One month before President Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate responsibility, lawyers at Gray Car...
ADA Doesn't Guarantee Pit Bull Ownership, Judge Says
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Siding with landlords, a federal judge has held that a disabled tenant cannot insist on keeping his pit bull a...