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A civil rights attorney says the county will become "more vulnerable" to lawsuits alleging violations of the federal Voting R...

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SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court Monday upheld California's controversial teacher certification exam, finding ...

At one time, former entertainment attorney and federal prosecutor James Tierney considered himself Stephen Cooperman's best f...

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When Los Angeles lawyer Ron Goldie says in his heart of hearts he's a cowboy, he means it. His favorite pastime is a rodeo sp...

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Richard Peers is a Palo Alto man. The Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe partner grew up there, went to college there, works...

By Stacy L. Cohen A former social worker who watched over troubled teens and drug offenders, attorney Ronald Low today acts a...

By Eric M. Abramson Requirements of secrecy and confidentiality are frequently imposed as conditions of money payments to vic...

Heller Ehrman PHARMACEUTICAL CONCERNS JOIN FORCES The Alza Corp. of Palo Alto will be acquired by Abbott Laboratories in a de...

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SAN JOSE - Plaintiffs' attorneys who are pursuing a class action against a medical device company will ask a federal judge to...

By Leslie A. Gordon Littler Mendelson is not the largest firm on this year's list of San Francisco's Top 20 firms. Nor is it ...

By Pearl J. Piatt Los Angeles lawyer Jeffrey A. Berman has always been interested in religion. During his undergraduate years...

SAN FRANCISCO - At least three other lawsuits around the country may be influenced by Pacific Bell's agreement to credit the ...

^^Antitrust Law^^ Quick Fire Court Rejects Abbreviated Review of Restrictions on Dentists A factual inquiry into both the ant...

It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or of divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of myste...

By Jennifer Byrd Silicon Valley has become the lawyers' land of milk and honey - a vibrant and competitive legal community wh...

SAN JOSE - A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts has issued a preliminary injunction ordering Silicon Valley's Hewlett...

The newest member of the State Bar Board of Governors said he was appointed in hopes he would "bring a fresh kind of eyes to ...

The author of legislation to restore the State Bar of California told lawyers Thursday night that his bill would establish ne...

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The verdict of nearly $5 billion that a Los Angeles Superior Court jury ordered the General Motors Corp. to pay a family and ...