SAN FRANCISCO - Five copyright suits against Napster Inc., scattered around the country, landed Monday in the lap of U.S. Dist...
SAN FRANCISCO - At the end of a meeting dedicated to planning, the State Bar Board of Governors decided unanimously Saturday t...
A federal judge plans to bar the city of Los Angeles from implementing a ban on "For Sale" signs in vehicles parked on city st...
A Los Angeles police officer testified Monday during the first trial to emerge from the Rampart corruption scandal that he doe...
Services have taken place for Gordon T. Stulberg, former president of Polygram Corp. and 20th Century Fox Films and a past par...
A state appellate court has pruned a $280,000 jury award to a Redondo Beach kindergarten, ruling that the owners of the school...
Judges and Judiciary
High Court Will Hear Tax Suit Filed By Judges 11 Years Ago
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Nearly 11 years have passed since 16 federal judges filed suit in the old U.S. Claims Court, contending that Cong...
To give the homeless of Riverside County a helping hand, officials are asking for a finger or two. Starting next month, the co...
Government
Officials Blast LAPD Over Costly Nationwide Recruitment Drive
By Chris Ford
Despite their vote last week to bolster the Los Angeles Police Department's recruiting budget by about $615,000, two members o...
SAN FRANCISCO - A former Sybase manager has sued San Francisco's Wotman Kors & Cloutier, saying its lawyers defamed him in...
Labor/Employment
In 'Guz,' High Court Shows a 'Worker Be Damned' Attitude
By Columnist
Twelve years ago, the California Supreme Court, in Foley v. Interactive Data Corp., pulled its head out of the musty old law b...
Among actions announced Monday by the justices were:
Litigators may want to avoid rogue clients whose dishonesty is going to be a big part of the case.
Transactions
Cooley Godward: OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS GOES AFTER $247 MILLION
By Staff Writers
San Jose's Oplink Communications has gone public with an initial public offering worth $247 million. Oplink makes components t...
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Steel Hector: TEHACHAPI'S ENRON SELLS WIND FARM TO FPL ENERGY
By Staff Writers
Enron Wind Corp. has sold its Lake Benton II wind farm - reportedly the largest wind farm ever built - to FPL Energy LLC. The ...
Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Stoever will receive the Pasadena Bar Association's Judge of the Year award during a dinner Wed...
A recent study indicates that states with capital punishment experience higher murder rates than states that do not. Apparentl...
Irvine's Rus Miliband & Smith has elevated one of its associates to the partnership ranks. Leo Presiado is partner No. 5 f...
With San Francisco-based Schachter Kristoff Orenstein & Berkowitz having closed its doors Sept. 15, the firm's Sacramento ...
Firm Watch
O'Melveny & Myers: VICE CHAIRS BEGIN WORK IN NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICE SETUP
By Staff Writer
This summer, Los Angeles giant O'Melveny & Myers moved from its traditional management committee leadership to a more stat...
The attorneys at Los Angeles' Cox Castle & Nicholson never know when John "Rocky" Miller Jr. will break out into song. Mil...
Two new attorneys now call the San Francisco office of Los Angeles-based Tatro Coffino Zeavin & Bloomgarden home. Diana Be...
Firm Watch
Pillsbury Madison: LITIGATOR LEAVES, TAKES IDEA OF 'HOME OFFICE' LITERALLY
By Staff Writers
Steve Kramer - a former litigation partner with the Costa Mesa office of Pillsbury Madision & Sutro - made a homecoming of...
The National Association of Women Judges will hold its annual conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, 9876 Wilshire Blvd., sta...
The State Bar Board of Governors needs to set measurable goals for the disciplinary system before it can make principled decis...
Neonatal intensive care units are often places of high tension, intense emotion and difficult choices. All this and more can b...
Bernie Simons, partner at the Century City office of Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, has been a civil litigator for...
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Manatt Phelps: HYDROGEN BURNER FILES OFFERING FOR $115 MILLION
By Staff Writers
Hydrogen Burner Technology Inc. has filed an initial public offering valued at $115 million. Rancho Dominguez-based HBT specia...
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Wilson Sonsini: SOFTWARE MAKER COMBINES WITH DESIGNER OF CIRCUITS
By Staff Writers
Integrated circuit design companies Simplex Solutions Inc. and Altius Solutions Inc. have merged. The value of the stock-for-s...
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Clifford Chance: SIEMENS MEDICAL WILL BUY MOUNTAIN VIEW'S ACUSON
By Staff Writers
Siemens Medical Engineering Group has agreed to acquire Acuson Corp. The deal is valued at $700 million. Based in Erlangen, Ge...