Saving Misbehaving LAPD
By Columnist
Once again, the Los Angeles Police Department, with a little help from Mayor Richard J. Riordan, is making sure to talk only t...
Mother Pleads Guilty in Baby's Death, Gets 20 Years
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - A Hemet woman who claimed she wasn't home when her boyfriend shook her baby to death has been sentenced to 20 year...
Judge Orders Ex-Nightclub Owner to Forfeit Bail
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday ordered former Hollywood nightclub owner Eddie Nash to forfeit $75,000 of the $1.5 millio...
McBride Wins Dismissal of Case
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Misdemeanor spousal abuse charges against San Francisco Superior Court Judge James McBride have been dismissed...
Forced to Reboot
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The $15 billion-a-year music industry can sing all the way to the bank. In a clear victory for the recording c...
Appellate Court Ruling Favors Cellphone Users
By Dawn Piimanu
LOS ANGELES - Cellphone users can pursue claims for damages against their wireless service providers in state court, an appel...
Ruling Seen as a Crippling Blow
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The anti-piracy opinion issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday will probably push Napster and ...
Users Lament End of Music File-Swapping
By Marisa Navarro
LOS ANGELES - As word of the Napster ruling spread Monday morning, some avid users rushed to their computers to download free...
Unabomber Kaczynski Loses His Bid for New Trial
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski cannot have a new trial, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ru...
Carnivorous Card Room Seeks Constitutional Meal of Tribal Gaming Laws
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - An 80-year-old San Bruno card room named after a mild-mannered gourmet vegetable wants to become The Little Shop...
OAKLAND'S BURNHAM BROWN NABS ROPERS' LITIGATION TRIO
By Staff Writer
Burnham Brown, a litigation firm in Oakland, has hired three litigators from San Jose's Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. Par...
Epstein Becker: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LITIGATOR JOINS OUTPOST
By Staff Writer
Labor and employment lawyer Angel Gomez has moved to a firm that's as well-known as he is for that practice area, New York's E...
SPIN CONTROLLERS STEER INTERTAINMENT LITIGATION
By Contributing Writer
I stopped by the Sunset Room, Hollywood's hottest nightclub since it opened in Fall 1999. I had a good talk with co-owner Brad...
Gibson Dunn: DEALS LAWYER HEADS TO CORPORATE BANK GROUP
By Staff Writer
Ken Lamb, a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, is going off to head mergers and acquisitions g...
JAFFE AND CLEMENS TALK DIVORCE HOLLYWOOD-STYLE
By Contributing Writer
Tom Cruise! Nicole Kidman! Going, going gone! Oh, Lawdy! Reeling from the announcement that the showbiz twosome of the decade ...
Steering Thousands Toward a Common Goal
By Victoria Newman
Ethan Feffer wants to take his clients' success to the next level. That's why the new partner with Brobeck Phleger & Harri...
Sonnenschein Nath: PRETTY & SCHROEDER FOUR SIGN ON FOLLOWING MERGER
By Staff Writer
Four lawyers from Los Angeles' Pretty & Schroeder decided to forgo the boutique lifestyle after theirs merged with the Pas...
Miller & Holguin: LOS ANGELES' UMEMBER ACQUIRES SUCCESS COS.
By Staff Writer
UMember.com has acquired the Success Companies for $75 million. Los Angeles' uMember.com is an online discount shopping servic...
Munger Tolles: CULVER CITY'S CARSDIRECT BUYS RIVAL GREENLIGHT
By Staff Writer
CarsDirect.com is buying online rival Greenlight.com. The terms of the stock deal will not be disclosed. Culver City's CarsDir...
NEW HIRES ROUND OUT CLIENT SERVICES AT COBLENTZ PATCH
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass has added three attorneys to its ranks: a former assistant public defender, an...
EMPLOYMENT LAW BOUTIQUE OPENS SHOP IN TRI-VALLEY
By Staff Writer
Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfield Kelly & Kraemer, a 30-lawyer San Francisco employment and labor law boutique, opened a thr...
Judge Seeks Additional Briefing in Profiling Case
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - Lawyers for a San Jose attorney who is accusing the California Highway Patrol of racial profiling have tried to per...
Fulbright & Jaworski: ENTERTAINMENT ANTITRUST ATTORNEY DEPARTS DEWEY
By Staff Writer
He wasn't complaining for the past 15 years, but partner Robert Fischer says that the Los Angeles office of Houston's Fulbrigh...
INSIDERS SAY TERMINATOR 3 WILL HAPPEN - MAYBE
By Contributing Writer
The folks who help run the career of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger read last month's column on the legal and financial situation...
Duty Calls
By John Ryan
In 1989, when the federal public defender's office in Los Angeles lacked the manpower to handle its heavy case load, the U.S. ...
At Warner Bros., a Dream Comes True
By Contributing Writer
Every year, thousands of hopefuls across America leave their small towns in search of fame and fortune in Hollywood. Most do n...
Duane Morris: FORMER SUPERVISOR BUILDS HIS PRACTICE FROM POLITICS
By Staff Writer
After a dozen years in public service, Michael Yaki found himself forced back into the law-firm game by San Francisco voters. ...
HELFEND-MEYER LAUNCHES NEW FIRM IN CENTURY CITY
By Staff Writer
Responding to the Jan. 29 news item on the dissolution of family law boutique Zolla & Meyer, partner Lisa Helfend Meyer an...
Wilson Sonsini: ALAMEDA'S XENOGEN ASKS FOR $296 MILLION IPO
By Staff Writer
Alameda biotech firm Xenogen Corp. has applied for an initial public offering estimated at $296 million. The company develops,...
Vargas' Inheritors Settle Bitter Feud
By Dawn Piimanu
LOS ANGELES - Beneficiaries of 1940s pin-up girl artist Alberto Vargas have settled their financial differences over the late ...