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Top Northern California


The Evolution of Corporate Governance

Mar. 6, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

They've spent the past few years steering public companies through new regulatory twists and guiding them through scandal-stre...


Top Northern California


Last year was a whirlwind for the deal makers and the lawyers who advised them. At least the first half of 2007. Now northern ...


Top Northern California


California Republican Party chairmen come and go, but the legal counsel to those chairmen has remained the same for 25 years. ...


Top Northern California


Unstoppable Momentum

Mar. 6, 2008
By David Houstonn

Technology professionals working overtime, caregivers and pesky San Francisco legislators who liberally mandate employee benef...


Top Northern California


The Holdouts

Mar. 6, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

Larry Rabkin in the late 1990s found his firm facing a doomsday mantra - that the mid-sized law firm wouldn't survive in the i...


Top Northern California


The Promise of Renewable Power

Mar. 6, 2008
By Fiona Smith

Coal is out. Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, biofuels, tidal and wave energy are in. Renewable power, with its promise of sl...


Top Northern California


From backdating to plaintiff kickbacks, these leading northern California litigation firms handled cases for companies and ind...


Litigation


SAN JOSE - A Redwood Shores company that provides a free mobile e-mail service has reached a licensing agreement with Microsof...


Criminal


Six years have passed since a local reporter went to her car and discovered a dead fish, a rose, a bullet-shaped hole in the w...


Government


LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo announced a $10 million settlement Tuesday with a real estate management company ...


Law Practice


Former Latham Partner and SEC Chair Cox Gets Look-See

Mar. 6, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

WASHINGTON - With the economy sure to be a major issue in this year's presidential race, some conservatives are calling on pre...


Government


The San Diego Union-Tribune lost its bid in federal appellate court Tuesday to unseal highly sensitive documents in a massive ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Back in Commission

Mar. 6, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Focus Column - By Richard E. Posell - California's entertainment industry could be changed by a recent ruling allowing manager...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Forum Column - By Roberto Javier Frisancho - John Adams did more to establish the rule of law and the rights that accompany it...


Judicial Profile


No Nonsense

Mar. 6, 2008
By Fiona Smith

Oakland Judge Taylor Culver is responsible for settling disputes over child support payments and relishes the opportunity to...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Roger Dodger

Mar. 6, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By M. Katherine Baird Darmer - Baseball star Roger Clemens should be charged with perjury if he lied during his...


Healthcare/Hospital Law


Suit Challenges Health Safety-Net Program

Mar. 6, 2008
By Evan George

LOS ANGELES-When Cecilio Covarrubias went to a San Diego County emergency room with chest pains in January, all he could think...


Litigation


A Milberg Plaintiff Waits for His Check

Mar. 6, 2008
By Gabe Friedmann

LOS ANGELES - Even though a judge said the deal resembled an illegal kickback scheme and the money is long gone, Roger Lindmar...


California Supreme Court


Court Hears Same-Sex Marriage Case

Mar. 6, 2008
By Laura Ernden

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court asked probing questions Tuesday about every aspect of the same-sex marriage debat...


Judicial Profile


Marathon Man

Mar. 6, 2008
By Peter Matuszakn

When not competing in running events, Melvin D. Sandvig goes the distance as a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge. ...


Top Northern California


Top Northern California Law Firms

Mar. 5, 2008
By STEPHEN LARSON

A look at Northern California's largest law firms, leading litigation and corporate shops and the booming practices in corpora...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Mar. 5, 2008
By Jill Redhagen

Web Exclusive - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's la...


Top Northern California


From the Editor

Mar. 5, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

Plus ça change. There wasn't a tremendous amount of movement in the Daily Journal's annual rankings of northern California fir...


Civil Rights


A Great Love Story Goes to High Court

Mar. 5, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

Together for 15 years, Diane Sabin, left, and Jewelle Gomez are plaintiffs in the same-sex marriage case before the state Sup...


Judicial Profile


Beating the Odds

Mar. 5, 2008
By Amy Yarbroughn

Diane Price not only became the second woman on the Napa bench but also is presiding judge of the criminal division, despite h...


Firm Watch


Four McDermott, Will & Emery corporate finance attorneys, including Eric R. Reimer, chair of the firm's corporate finance ...


Immigration


UCLA Law School Adds Immigration Scholar

Mar. 5, 2008
By Sandra Hernandezn

LOS ANGELES - The UCLA School of Law has hired Hiroshi Motomura for the faculty, making him the first full-time tenured immigr...


Criminal


SANTA ANA - Six Californians are among the 18 lawyers, scholars and advocates to receive fellowship grants from George Soros' ...


Environmental


SAN FRANCISCO - With a string of losses under its belt, the Navy's last hope in its battle with environmentalists over sonar u...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


From Benchwarmers to Captains

Mar. 5, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Forum Column - By Linda Tarr-Whelan - The United States needs to follow the lead of other countries and elevate more women to ...