Judges and Judiciary
Judge Balances Scales of Justice With Care, Control
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A single mother sat at the plaintiff's table, hunched over a stack of handwritten legal documents. The woman, wh...
Transactional Law Practitioner Column - By Robert Maysey and Craig Miller, Enron's bankruptcy has prompted congressional leade...
WASHINGTON - As dozens of al-Qaida and Taliban fighters arrive at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a political ...
LOS ANGELES - Expressing "grave doubts" over his power to rule, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz on Monday agreed to hold a ...
SAN FRANCISCO -By an 8-3 vote, a federal appeals court has reinstated the ability of trial judges to increase prison sentences...
Personal Injury & Torts
Lawyers Say Ford Hid Safety Issue
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
BARSTOW - Ford Motor Co. was aware it had safety problems with the suspension design of its 1991 to 1994 Explorers but may hav...
SAN FRANCISCO - On a March evening last year, San Francisco prosecutor Jim Hammer reviewed the testimony heard by the grand ju...
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff, Just when I thought that the Sept. 11 attacks and the war in Afghanistan had put the nonse...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge here late last year ordered the government to move ahead with deciding whether to grant protec...
SAN FRANCISCO -An Oakland activist group has filed suit against the state and Alameda County social services departments, clai...
SAN FRANCISCO - Four large Northern California law firms - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Heller Ehrman White & McAul...
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Kevin V. Ryan's chances of getting the U.S. attorney job in San Francisco rose dramatically after Leslie...
Personal Injury & Torts
Jury Gives $3.7 Million to Girl Born With Defects
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Friday awarded $3.7 million to a child born with spina bifida after finding...
SAN FERNANDO - Judge Ronald S. Coen keeps the law in four metal boxes on his bench. "The sun doesn't shine in my court without...
Firm Watch
Strutman Triester: PARTNER RETURNS AFTER TWO YEARS AT ATKIN GUMP
By Staff Writer
Stutman Triester & Glatt has welcomed home partner Jeffrey Krause , who left the Los Angeles bankruptcy boutique two-years...
Firm Watch
Carlton DiSante: PAIR OF LABOR LAWYERS KICK-STARTS OFFICE IN L.A.
By Staff Writer
Two new attorneys are opening a Los Angeles office for Orange County labor and employment boutique Carlton DiSante & Freud...
San Francisco's Renovis Inc. completed a second round of venture financing on Jan. 9. The round brought in more than $34 milli...
Firm Watch
Burke WIlliams: SOUTHLAND SHOP MOVES IN ON S.F. TORT BOUTIQUE
By Staff Writer
It's not exactly akin to crossing the Mason-Dixon line, but Burke Williams & Sorensen has moved beyond the Southland. Earl...
San Francisco's Volunteer Legal Services Program awarded its volunteer awards to local law offices at the Bar Association of S...
The Bay Area General Counsel, consisting of 100 corporate attorneys, and the United Way recently concluded the annual Koko Cha...
Solo and Small Firms
Father and Son Write the Book on Estate Planning
By Stefanie Knapp
Writing a book based on a father's knowledge doesn't sound like a bad idea, but when two different generations collide, it can...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe, Incompetent defense attorneys in death penalty cases across the United States have caused t...
Kathy Woeber Gardner joined the Advisory Council of the U.C. Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum on Dec. 14. Gardner, a partner at Sa...
TIBCO Software Inc. acquired Talarian Corp. in a deal announced Jan. 7. The cash and stock deal is worth $115 million. Palo Al...
Dicta Column - By Chris Santella, Documents have been an essential element in the discovery process for hundreds of years. Tod...
After a brief stint at Latham & Watkins ' San Diego outpost, corporate rainmaker Craig Andrews is rejoining Brobeck Phlege...
Firm Watch
Skjerven Morrill: SECOND-ROUND LAYOFFS FURTHER CUT WORK FORCE
By Staff Writer
San Jose's Skjerven Morrill MacPherson has laid off 18 associates and 27 support staff members, the firm announced Jan. 14. Th...
The Lawyers' Committee for Rights Under Law recently awarded San Francisco securities, patent and antitrust litigator Jack Lon...
Palo Alto's TIBCO Software Inc. has agreed to buy Los Altos' Talarian Corp. in a cash and stock deal worth $115 million. Kra...
International Business Machines Corp. has acquired CrossWorlds Software Inc. for $129 million. The deal closed Jan. 14. Armonk...