Nossaman LLP associate Tae Yeon Do and her chef husband, Young Do, created this festively striped parfait that would make a sw...
Letter to the Editor
Bourbon Chocolate Bread Pudding with Caramel Whiskey Sauce
By Riley Guerin
Seyfarth Shaw LLP associate Coby Turner came up with a recipe that uses whiskey in chocolate bread pudding, which has become a...
While the law may be unsettled, it is clear that companies cannot take an ostrich approach to data security issues. By Todd C....
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral evaluation: a wake-up call for all
By Ben Armisteadn
This hybrid ADR process can provide litigators with a valuable tool for conducting a cost-effective reality check of their cas...
Can you learn anything about effective legal writing from a two-year-old? Recently, I did. By Janet Gusdorff ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California held its annual Bill of Rights dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel,...
Law Practice
Attorneys dodge potential sanctions from California Public Utilities Commission
By Joshua Seboldn
Attorneys representing Pacific Gas and Electric Co. avoided sanctions from the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday...
An Orange County judge has ruled proeseuctors failed to present exculpatory evidence to a grand jury in a $17 milliont fraud c...
Thomas P. Beck, founding partner of Pasadena-based Thon Beck Vanni Callahan & Powell PC, and Gloria S. Pitzer, a partner a...
A San Francisco federal judge sent a former bank executive to 20 months in prison earlier this week, and ordered he pay $360,0...
The California judicial branch generally complied with laws requiring fair and efficient contracting but in several instances ...
The Foster City-based financial giant announced Thursday that it had promoted M. Ellen Richey from within the company's ranks ...
Distinguished UC Davis School of Law alumni spoke to recent graduates at a Dec. 5 Young Alumni Association event about lessons...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Corporations can be liable for international law violations, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
In a blow to U.S. businesses accused of wrongdoing overseas, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Thursday held that c...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Brown appoints 2 to State Bar committee
By Paul Jones
Jason Kletter and Tracy LeSage joins the Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program Oversight Committee, established to provide...
Sidley Austin LLP welcomed securities litigation partner Norman J. Blears to its Palo Alto office Thursday from Hogan Lovells ...
The San Diego County Bar Association's appellate court committee hosted its annual holiday luncheon Dec. 13 at the W Hotel. S...
Community News
Arnold & Porter, BayBio host panel talk on FDA approval process
By Ben Adlin
Arnold & Porter LLP's San Francisco office hosted a panel discussion Monday aimed at providing an update on recent regulat...
Should the feuding toymakers Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. wish to continue their decadelong battle of the dolls, the...
The Bar Association of San Francisco held its annual membership luncheon and officer installation Dec. 17 at the Westin St. Fr...
Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP are among the firms who worked on Essex Property Trust Inc.'s approximately $...
With well over 200 bench and jury trials between them to date, the name partners at Marcin Lambirth LLP pride themselves on th...
Litigation
Second judge withdraws from case with 9th Circuit chief judge as objector
By Hadley Robinson
Another federal judge opted out of a case Thursday because 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski inserte...
Law Practice
Firms reinvent office managing role amid changing legal environment
By Kylie Reynolds
As practice group leaders take on greater responsibility for strategy and business development, firms are increasingly opening...
The Affordable Care Act's rollout has generated substantial legal work for attorneys in the health care industry. While some o...
California Supreme Court
Law professor may yet get data about California bar applicants
By Emily Green
A California law professor seeking to study what he contends are harmful effects of affirmative action policies on minority st...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
One year after retiring from the bench, Ware is diligently trying to drum up business for himself in the saturated world of ne...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
The state of Texas sued the EEOC requesting a federal district court to declare invalid the EEOC's enforcement guidance the us...