Practitioner: Family Law By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Katherine A. Paspalis In re Marriage of Terry, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 51...

SAN FRANCISCO - A company that offers the lowest bid for a public contract but is wrongly rejected by a government agency dese...

Dicta: The Bookshelf By Susan Alexander Lawyers can learn a lot from Dr. Ellen Wachtel. She was trained as a lawyer at Harvard...

Dicta: The Rodent It used to be that associates ran around The Firm fearful of being let go, laid off, sacked, fired, canned o...

RIVERSIDE - The saga of an inmate accused of plotting to kidnap Riverside prosecutors involved in his conviction for attempted...

SAN FRANCISCO - June Borina Schnacke, who in 1947 became California's first female district attorney, died unexpectedly June 5...

Prominent East Bay bankruptcy attorney Irving J. Kornfield died Saturday of complications from lung cancer. He was 64. ...

A case that rocked the San Diego judiciary after the indictments were handed down in 1996 came to an end Monday when a Los Ang...

On the sixth anniversary of the slayings, O.J. Simpson on Monday lost another bid to obtain telephone records the ex-football ...

WASHINGTON - Ending nearly a decade of widespread confusion in the lower courts, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday th...

LONG BEACH - Fame can be an asset when you're trying to make an impact on public policy. It can also be a curse. Just ask Mich...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed health maintenance organizations an important victory, ruling unanimously...

SAN FRANCISCO - Choosing collegiality over action, the State Bar Board of Governors elected Palmer Brown Madden, a Bay a rea m...

On the Move: Menlo Park-based Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian has recruited rainmaker Christopher...

Deals: Varco International Inc. and Tuboscope Inc. have finalized merger negotiations. The transaction is valued north of $1 b...

Thrill Seekers: For five years, W. Scott Thomas flew back and forth across the Pacific, representing one of the beneficiaries ...

SAN DIEGO - More than 12 years after the shooting death of San Diego police Officer Jerry Hartless, the district attorney's of...

Deals: Irvine's Broadcom Corp., which specializes in broadband networking products, has acquired Pasadena's Pivotal Technologi...

Thrill Seekers: For self-professed workaholic Lisa Greer Quateman, partner at Century City's Quateman & Zidell, a break fr...

SAN DIEGO - Fire and water have something in common now that the 4th District Court of Appeal has ruled. Emergency rescue work...

Practitioner: Employment Law By Robert W. Tollen In the past decade, computer-consultant companies have flourished in the Unit...

Thrill Seeker: Clinging to the face of a Tibetan mountain, Edward "Ted" Vaill was on a quest. Like most attorneys - and many d...

The Advisor: Intellectual Law By Don Thornburgh and Jill Westmoreland The vast, untamed Internet frontier is finally being tam...

Thrill Seekers: Adam Dawson was feeling restless after watching his wife, Deborah Moore, travel all over the world. ...

Thrill Seekers: Howard Wexler steps up to the plate and searches for the top of the fence. Gray hairs peek out from his cap as...

Deals: ONI Systems, formerly Optical Networks, has announced its initial public offering with stock valued at $176 million. ...

WASHINGTON-As the days in this election-year congressional term dwindle, both parties continue to use federal judicial nominee...

The Adviser: Employment Law By Lisa Lawson After years of confusing guidance from the California Court of Appeal in regard to ...

TOGETHER A law firm went on a retreat to Mexico. By Liz Valsamis XX You wouldn't necessarily call Laura Christa's nine-month ...

Poor Bob Steinberg. The renowned plaintiffs' attorney and partner with Rose, Klein & Marias, who is legendary for his grou...