Bankruptcy
Judge Tosses Brobeck Partners' Lawsuit Against Morgan Lewis
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Employees of the defunct Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison cannot pursue allegations that Morgan, Lewis & B...
Judges and Judiciary
Justices Frown on State's Peremptory Challenge Rule
By Contributing Writer
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday appeared inclined to strike down the tough California rule that can protect p...
Duane Morris may be based in Philadelphia, but intrastate rival Buchanan Ingersoll wasn't feeling the brotherly love in San Di...
After seven years at Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers, patent litigator Bill J. O'Brien jumped to 92-lawyer Alschuler Grossm...
The divorce of the Walt Disney Co. and Miramax creators Bob and Harvey Weinstein, whose groundbreaking film company spawned aw...
For the third time this year, the San Diego office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker lost a group of intellectual prope...
Among the glitzy boutiques of Beverly Hills' world-famous Rodeo Drive shopping district sits David Orgell, purveyor of jewelry...
Intellectual Property
Judge Orders Sony to Pay Video-Game Firm $90 Million
By Draeger Martinez
San Jose-based video-game company Immersion received an eye-opening power-up from a federal court in Oakland, which ordered en...
Being chosen for a top-10 list is usually a compliment. But two candidates for seats on the Hollister City Council didn't feel...
SAN FRANCISCO - A long line of judges, court administrators, sheriff's deputies, litigants and disabled people testified to wo...
Dominique Shelton says it's no surprise to her that college classmate and longtime friend of 20 years, Nawal Nour would have b...
Two attorneys from different sections of the legal world will get an opportunity to bring their unique perspectives, skills an...
Sunnyvale technology company Finisar slapped El Segundo-based DirecTV with a potentially huge patent infringement lawsuit in T...
Entertainment & Sports
Theater Owner Wins $1.6 Million Settlement From MTA
By Draeger Martinez
Credited as Hollywood's first major venue for plays and films, the El Capitan Theatre has screened movies and other shows for ...
Entertainment attorney Alan U. Schwartz launched into cinematic history when his longtime client, director Mel Brooks, include...
LOS ANGELES - Courtesy is often court's casualty. That's why some defense attorneys take notice when Los Angeles Superior Cour...
Paul Escobosa, a partner with Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, recently helped two Mexican immigrants open a downtown San Fr...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral Loves Magic That Mediation Makes Possible
By Don Ray
Kenneth Cloke is in it for the magic. The veteran mediator, arbitrator, law professor, speaker and author sees his job as bein...
Los Angeles' Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith blew into the windy city this month with the acquisition of Chicago-based W...
Thirty-two years after her brother's death, Zita Cabello-Barrueto says she has seen his alleged murderer brought to justice an...
When corporate transactions partner Mark Wicker told his colleagues he was leaving DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary's North County ...
ChevronTexaco Corp. trampled over its competition to snap up smaller California rival Unocal Corp. for $16 billion, pocketing ...
Closer - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Gene Moscovitch - Hybrid cases that allege significant civil damages but take pla...
Criminal
Like Everyone Else, Jews' Feelings About Death Penalty Vary
By Contributing Writer
Forum Column - By Michael M. Rosen - "No Jewish person can sit on a death penalty jury and vote for death." Thus spake an Alam...
Criminal
As Clergy Trial Closes, Plaintiffs Lawyers Put Value on Victims' Loss
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - There is no Kelly Blue Book by which to calculate the value of religious faith, a plaintiffs lawyer told juror...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Ana Will Keep Appellate Court, Build New Building for It
By Tim Willert
SANTA ANA - An aggressive public relations campaign to keep the 4th District Court of Appeal from leaving the city has paid of...
LOS ANGELES - When Judge Nancy Wieben Stock gave O.J. Simpson custody of his two young children, outraged friends of his slain...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Eron Ben-Yehuda - Twin girls needed a heart procedure soon after their premature births, but ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Tom Shoesmith helped create international practices for Baker & McKenzie, Cooley Godward and Paul, Hasting...
LOS ANGELES - There's a timeworn maxim often bemoaned by critics of derivative TV pitches and rehashed movie scripts that says...