LOS ANGELES - In an opinion with potentially far-reaching consequences, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on...
SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster will be awarded one of five annual Pro Bono Publico awards for providing legal servic...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Remains in Command Of His Courtroom, Peers Say
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The reluctant witness slouched in her seat in the Van Nuys courtroom as she snapped that she would not return to...
SAN DIEGO - On the day Danielle van Dam's parents discovered she was missing, witnesses testified Monday, David A. Westerfield...
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge James Warren on Monday granted attorney Marjorie Knoller a new trial on her second-degree...
SAN FRANCISCO - A law aimed specifically at incest perpetrators and other so-called "resident molesters" who repeatedly abuse ...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that local governments may not require religious, political and other noncommer...
SAN FRANCISCO - A last-minute settlement could derail the high-profile Maria Teresa Macias federal civil rights trial testing ...
Forum Column - By Robert E. Hirshon - A major focus of my term as president of the American Bar Association is initiating a di...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Kern County judge unlawfully held a Fresno attorney in contempt for trying to disqualify him from a case inv...
Criminal
Conviction for Threatening DA Could Mean Life
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Eighteen months ago, Supervising Deputy District Attorney John Davis offered a Moreno Valley man a 16 1/2-year pri...
Dicta Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - A lawyer is, in essence, a storyteller. It is a lawyer's task to entertain, enthrall, and,...
Dicta Column - Court Jester - In Harrell v. Hannum & Coleman , 56 Ga. 508 (1876), Judge Logan E. Bleckley held the ...
WASHINGTON - Expanding law enforcement's ability to fight terrorism as well as more mundane crime, the Supreme Court on Monday...
Securities
Increased Disclosure for Equity Compensation Plans Is Required
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Jonathan Ocker and Michael Frank - In a Dec. 19, 2001 release, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued...
Forum Column - By Greg Meyer - Two less-lethal weapons are in the news. They are the so-called "beanbag guns" and the Taser M-...
Netflix Inc. secured more than $82 million in a May 22 initial public offering. Merrill Lynch & Co. led the offering, whil...
Solo and Small Firms
Death-Penalty Road Warrior Has Kept His Capital-Case Clients Off Death Row
By Erik Cummins
With 60 capital cases under his belt, no one Sacramento sole practitioner Kevin Clymo has represented in the penalty phase has...
The Closer - By Jeffrey Fillerup - Burned out? Thinking of leaving the legal profession? It may not be the work. It may be you...
On May 23 ESP Pharma Inc. closed its first round of funding, which brought in $28 million for the Flanders, N.J., company. The...
Brian Beard and Tony Allen , corporate securities lawyers at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian 's A...
Hitachi has acquired an 80 percent stake in AccSys Technology Inc. The deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed, ...
Much to our surprise, the lethargic economy did not impede brisk growth among $10 million rainmakers. On the climb since 1996,...
Since 1991, we have compiled a list of rainmakers each year. We survey hundreds of firms throughout the state asking for the n...
Firm Watch
Rutan & Tucker: PUBLIC LAW, REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS START GROUP
By Staff Writer
Rutan & Tucker has created a new practice group to sharpen its focus on land use and natural resources matters. The 30-att...
Cabazon Wind Partners, a wind energy project created by Cannon Power Corp., has secured nearly $55 million in construction deb...
Firm Watch
Townsend and Townsend: BAY AREA BOUTIQUE PICKS TRADEMAKR STAR AS HEAD
By Staff Writer
Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew has named San Francisco's Mark Steiner the leader of its tradema...
Firm Watch
Greenberg Traurig: TWO BRING STAR-STUDDED CLIENTS TO SANTA MONICA
By Staff Writer
Greenberg Traurig is beefing up its entertainment department in Santa Monica. The firm, which snatched music attorney Jay Coop...
Former San Jose City Attorney Joan R. Gallo has left Terra Law to start Realty Law , a new firm focused exclusively on real es...
Tier Technologies Inc. will acquire Official Payments Corp. for $75 million in cash. The deal was announced May 31. Walnut Cre...