Firm Watch
Townsend and Townsend: TOWNSEND WELCOMES NEW BAY AREA PATENT LAWYERS
By Liz Valsamis
News: San Francisco-based Townsend and Townsend and Crew has added three new associates: Kenneth R. Backus and Eric J. Baude h...
One of Joe De Briyn's most memorable fly-fishing experiences occurred last year, when he was fishing the Madison River in Mont...
Firm Watch
Ballard Rosenberg: LITIGATOR SAVITT MOVES TO EMPLOYMENT LAW BOUTIQUE
By Melissa Onstad
News: Litigator Linda C. Miller Savitt has joined employment law boutique Ballard, Rosenberg & Golper, effective July 1. S...
Forum: Spin Report By John M. Curtis "Where were the police?" asked Stephen E. Auth, president of Kaiser Bros. Oldsmobile, one...
Firm Watch
Jacobson White: JACOBSON WHITE ELEVATES ANDREW LEVEY TO PARTNER
By Liz Valsamis
News: Beverly Hills' Jacobson White Diamond & Bordy has elevated Andrew S. Levey to partner, effective June 14. Levey, who...
On the Move: Prominent Los Angeles litigator Deborah David, who has tried about 30 cases to completion and settled thousands o...
Firm Watch
Quisenberry & Barbanel: QUISENBERRY FIRM CEASES DOING INSURANCE DEFENSE
By Liz Valsamis
News: Insurance litigation firm Quisenberry & Barbanel, which is located in Century City and employs 22 attorneys, has cha...
Firm Watch
Snell & Wilmer: REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY GOES TO IRVINE'S SNELL & WILMER
By Liz Valsamis
News: Real estate and commercial finance attorney Joseph L. Coleman has joined the Irvine office of Phoenix-based Snell & ...
Firm Watch
Coblentz Patch: COBLENTZ PATCH RECRUITS FOUR MORE S.F. ASSOCIATES
By Liz Valsamis
News: San Francisco's Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass has recruited four new associates: Matthew Dickstein, Jennifer S. Goro...
PUBLIC INTEREST: By Susan McRae Fed up waiting for the traditional wheels of justice to make their rounds, private practitione...
Firm Watch
Sheppard Mullin: HIGH-PROFILE LITIGATOR JOINS SAN DIEGO OFFICE FROM BAKER
By Tamara Scott
High-profile litigator Pamela J. Naughton is joining the San Diego office of Los Angeles-based Sheppard Mullin Richter & ...
Women Lawyers Set Casino Night Women Lawyers of Long Beach will host Casino Night from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., July 10. The fund-ra...
Firm Watch
Cooley Godward: SEC COUNSEL MAKES MOVE TO PALO ALTO, VIRGINIA OFFICES
By Tamara Scott
Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott Corporate finance attorney Gregg W. Corso, former senior counsel to the Securities and Exchange Co...
The same judge who sentenced an Orange County teen-ager to 12 years in prison for robbing a juice bar said Friday that he wil...
A Los Angeles County probation worker who was found factually innocent by a judge after a jury acquitted her of child molestat...
If you don't fill up the tank of your rental car, a state appellate court has ruled, you might get stuck with gasoline prices...
SAN DIEGO - Ruling that David James Genzler could get a fair murder retrial despite allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, a...
Judges and Judiciary
S.F. Courts Working to Repair E-filing Glitches and Kinks
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - After a rocky debut marred by technical glitches, San Francisco court executives are trying to revive a high-...
Former Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo wants his old seat back at City Hall, but City Clerk J. Michael Carey says the...
School's out - and it's back to the business of law for Howard Miller, 62, the former chief operating officer of the Los Angel...
The judge of television's syndicated "Divorce Court," Mablean Ephriam, may be getting good ratings from television viewers, bu...
A girl who was born with severe birth defects because of her mother's exposure to raw meat at work can sue the employer for da...
Technology & Science
.Web and Similar Suffixes Can't Be Trademarked, Judge Rules
By Contributing Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Web suffixes, such as .com, .net and the like, cannot be tradema...
Firm Watch
Crosby Heafey: SCHIAVELLI EXCHANGES BENCH FOR BAR TO HELP OUT FAMILY
By Tamara Scott
Firm Watch: By Tamara Scott The presiding judge of Los Angeles Superior Court's appellate division, George P. Schiavelli , is ...
Rancho Cucamonga Rays of hope The Hope Through Housing Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, receive...
A major shift has taken place at Marcus & Millichap Investment Brokerage Co. in Palo Alto. Name partner Bill Millichap ha...
Real Estate/Development
Internet video seller in trouble but real stores prosper
By John Mc Cloud
In another sign of turmoil in the emerging e-commerce industry, the parent company of Reel.com, an Internet-based video selle...
Real Estate/Development
Plaza Sorrento Shopping Center acquired for $13.4M
By Ron Mc Nees
Plaza Sorrento LLC, with Christopher Coseo as managing member, purchased Plaza Sorrento Shopping Center for $13.4 million. Th...
In terms of local taxes, businesses will find a soft spot in the heart of Silicon Valley. Santa Clara County cities, for the ...
Real Estate/Development
Daly City mixed-use project lands first office tenant
By John Mc Cloud
Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology Inc., has become the first office tenant in Pacific Plaza, a $160 million, 720,000-...