Firm Watch
Morrison & Foerster: REAL ESTATE EXPERT GIVES UP OFFICE MANAGEMENT
By Staff Writer
Pam Reed , one of three managing partners for operations at San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster, simply didn't have enough...
Firm Watch
Weston Benshoof: CORPORATE GROUP ADDS DEAL MAKER TO ITS RANKS
By Staff Writer
Los Angeles' Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish snagged a business and corporate partner from the downtown off...
It's about to get a lot roomier over at Los Angeles' Lewis D'Amato Brisbois & Bisgaard . The 200-attorney firm is leasing ...
Stratos Lightwave Inc. has agreed to acquire Paracer Inc. in a deal announced March 19. The stock and cash transaction is wor...
Firm Watch
Sheppard Mullin: ATTORNEY LEAVES BOUTIQUE TO DRAW MAJOR LITIGATION
By Staff Writer
James McGinnis has left San Francisco litigation boutique Morgenstein & Jubelirer to join the local office of Sheppard Mul...
Agile Storage Inc. closed its Series B funding, which brought in $26 million. The venture capital deal was announced March 19....
Mechanical Dynamics Inc. has agreed to acquire MSC.Software Inc. for $120 million. The cash deal was announced March 18. Ann A...
During the first year of the 2001-2002 Legislative Session, the Legislature and Governor enacted over 100 bills that affect th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors have embarked on three risky and difficult trials to break up two notorious prison gangs a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Antitrust claims against Microsoft Corp. that have bounced from judge to judge on the San Francisco trial benc...
SAN FRANCISCO - An eagerly awaited ruling on a controversial San Francisco housing law appears to have done little to clarify ...
Tax
New Tax Law Provides Opportunity for Greater Savings in Retirement Plans
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Lawrence I. Davidson and Elliott Raff - On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed the Economic Growth and Tax R...
Forum Column - By Daniel D. Bland - Gloria Allred's recent article, "Bible Inspired Bias: Religious Bigotry Doesn't Belong in ...
Forum Column - By Susanne Browne - The 31-year-old war on drugs has consumed billions of dollars toward the eradication of ill...
LOS ANGELES - Two federal civil-rights suits pitting a Westlake Village businessman and a San Bernardino County attorney again...
LOS ANGELES -Some First Amendment experts said Friday that the Police Commission must open to the public its hearing on Chief ...
Administrative/Regulatory
New Laws Expand Cesar Chavez Day, Domestic Partners' Rights
By Contributing Writer
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed nearly 1,000 bills in 2001. On the civil side, Davis signed laws that revamp a process for...
SAN JOSE - Santa Cruz County District Attorney Kate Canlis has conceded defeat, saying she will not seek a recount of the Marc...
SACRAMENTO - A convicted sex offender who took pictures of young girls at a theme park cannot be prosecuted under a state stat...
LOS ANGELES - For the first time since Gov. Gray Davis declared Cesar Chavez Day a state holiday two years ago, the state cour...
LOS ANGELES - The director of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board had the unilateral right to fire a workers' compensation...
Personal Injury & Torts
Courts Will Dig Deep to Find Errors in Expert Opinions
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Michael K. Brown and Jennifer L. Dodge - A medical-malpractice case presents a number of challenges for a pl...
Viewpoint Column - By William A. Daniels - Insureds trying to decide whether their carrier has an honest difference of opinion...
Ethics Column - Brenda K. Radmacher - Attorneys are increasingly involved in dual representation of clients and their insurers...
At trial, plaintiff Kenneth R. Oberfelder recalled sitting in his car one day when suddenly, he said, he saw a "crazed" man ru...
Many lawyers would squirm at the thought of representing a convicted cocaine dealer in a civil rights case. But Jo Saxe Levy o...
Viewpoint Column - By John Cleaves - How is it that the television shows "60 Minutes," "20/20" and "Dateline" can introduce a ...
SAN DIEGO - A Sabre Springs man on Thursday denied charges that he kidnapped, then killed, 7-year-old Danielle van Dam last mo...
SAN JOSE - Nearly six years after he sentenced Richard Allen Davis to death for the murder of Polly Klaas, Santa Clara County ...