SAN JOSE - In a motion that Toshiba Corp. says could cost it billions of dollars in sales, attorneys for a Fremont technology...
Civil Rights
Advocacy Guns Take Aim at Press Critics of Notorious B.I.G. Case
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Perry R. Sanders Jr., the lead attorney for the estate of rap mogul Notorious B.I.G., came out with...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court dealt a sharp blow Monday to California's landmark financial privacy law, considered o...
SAN FRANCISCO - Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown, recently confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for...
SAN DIEGO - Randa M. Trapp's journey to the legal world was anything but direct, but she had two guideposts from her parents ...
Law Practice
IP Lawyer Rejoins Her Mentor At Heller Ehrman's S.F. Office
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Annette Hurst started working with Patricia Thayer her first day as a young associate at Howard Rice Nemerovs...
SAN DIEGO - The arraignment of six city employees caught up in San Diego's pension scandal took a surprise turn Monday, when ...
A Montebello Fire Department volunteer who worked just 84 hours over three and a half shifts for the city recently settled for...
With a high-profile client roster, multimillion-dollar jury verdicts and tenure at her law firm Vicki Freimann's practice was ...
Two students who gave up on their high school and joined independent studies after being spit on, shoved and threatened by oth...
Catherine Graham went to Santa Rosa doctor Eric Gordon for the treatment of Lyme disease. Joseph Leach sought out Gordon for t...
When Marsha Paskin went to Dr. Marc Kramer for surgery to reduce her snoring, Kramer told her about the risk of infection that...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Swank LLC purchased a 15,600-square-foot industrial building at 3376 Main St. from Virzi Wyatt Inc. fo...
LOS ANGELES - Celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano was charged Friday with criminal threats and conspiracy for his role in alle...
Entertainment & Sports
Theme Parks Don't Want to Play by Federal Rules
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney World may be the "Happiest Place on Earth," but, according to attorneys, activists and lawmakers fig...
June 9 was a night to remember. With all the pomp and glitz of the Academy Awards yet the practicality of eBay in the flesh, P...
There's always room for improvement, if you ask Bruce Friedman. "We have a great corporate group, but we want to make it stron...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Megafirm DLA Piper Attracts Six Winston & Strawn Finance Lawyers
By Amy Spees
A group of finance lawyers from Winston & Strawn are banking on new careers with megafirm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. Lur...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Attorneys Appreciate Mediator's 'Polite Persistence'
By Draeger Martinez
Under other circumstances, Kenneth Gack could have been a world-class diplomat or sales professional. In a decade as a mediato...
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Bar Association is beginning to sound the alarm about government policies that encourage corporat...
EXTRA Column - Entertainment Law - By Aaron J. Moss - In a decision with wide-ranging implications for writers, producers and ...
Ten years after Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi opened in Los Angeles, the office is stronger than ever, according to Roma...
Although teaching elementary school students about biodiversity, having close encounters with endangered species, playing a sa...
Constitutional Law
Discrimination Ruling Relies On 'Broad Reading' Standard
By Columnist
Focus Column - Constitutional Law - By Laura Schulking - What does the phrase discrimination "on the basis of sex" mean? The a...
Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - Can and should the federal government regulate wetlands? This hotly disputed question...
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Saturday for Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Preciliano P. Recendez. Recendez,...
Constitutional Law
Democrats Consider Filibuster Option for Judicial Nominee
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Democrats are keeping their options open over whether to filibuster controversial judicial nominee Terrence W. B...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco attorney John Zanghi discovered the hard way that pro pers can pack a punch in court. Zanghi, 4...
EXTRA Feature - Mitch Mitchell has built his career on being a man of many worlds. Early in his career, that meant putting his...