Alarm is spreading among neutrals throughout the state. They see a core principle of mediation - confidentiality - threatened ...

The old adage of law firms being boys' clubs still holds true, according to a study released by the National Association for L...

In Closing Column - By Nina B. Ries - The 1996 film "Jerry Maguire" coined the phrase, "Show me the money," and the term quick...

Litigation powerhouse Howrey Simon Arnold & White has focused most of its California expansion efforts of late on the firm...

A philanthropist who gave $1.6 million to USC wants his money back, and he's taking the issue to court. Paul F. Glenn, 71, hea...

Yo yo yo. John Kirkland is in the house. He's not a rapper, but he knows a thing or two about hip-hop culture. The Greenberg T...

Portland-based Bullivant Houser Bailey has added a pair of attorneys to the firm's San Francisco office, the firm announced O...

Minneapolis-based Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly also elevated a group of three associates to partner. Anthony Diepenbrock ...

Santa Ana's Callahan & Blaine is known more for its work in business and insurance litigation than personal injury, which ...

The partnership at Clifford Chance elected a new managing partner for its Americas region, the firm announced Oct. 11. John K...

Gladys Bohn carefully planned the details of her funeral, down to choosing peach carnations, yellow pompons and bronze and yel...

"Beer here - get your beer here!" That phrase, heard throughout sports stadiums in every part of the country, is so common tha...

The Automobile Club of Southern California has tapped Avery R. Brown as vice president and general counsel. His first day was...

It's been a yearlong coming-out party for Silicon Valley litigators now that the shine's off the dot-com boom's high fliers, l...

David Odrich has switched firms and his geographic base in a move designed to add corporate strength to Pillsbury Winthrop's S...

The Recording Industry of America, best known for successfully challenging Napster Inc. in court and effectively putting the m...

Business Center Column - Technology - By Paul R. Kiesel - "I have found it." The e-mail message arrived mysteriously and crypt...

A trio of lawyers in the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis just completed its first month as partner. The ...

Kerry Shapiro only had to move downstairs when he switched law firms. Shapiro left the San Francisco office of Baker & McK...

The good news is that some companies have gone public in the past few weeks. The bad news is that the initial public offering ...

Gordon & Rees has nabbed securities litigation expert Michael P. McCloskey from the San Diego office of Baker & McKen...

San Francisco lawyer Mike Bettinger believes a lemon helped him win a defense verdict in a patent infringement case over radia...

The National Youth Leadership Forum on Law rolled into Los Angeles on Oct. 22, bringing 350 eager students from around the cou...

Entertainment lawyer Randolph Paul has joined Greenberg Traurig from Los Angeles' Gipson, Hoffman & Pancione as partner. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Aiming to stem the exodus of experienced judges from the bench, the state Judicial Council has approved a pil...

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood is expanding its presence in Japan thanks to a joint venture with a group of lawyers there, th...

OAKLAND - A nine-year struggle between an Alameda County supervisor and the chief probation officer has culminated in a ballo...

LOS ANGELES - Officer William Shipman of the Pasadena Police Department climbed into his cruiser and hit the streets for his r...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.-based Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld laid off 12 attorneys and...

SAN FRANCISCO - With California's death penalty law approaching its 25th anniversary, a new rule will for the first time esta...