SAN JOSE -- In an effort to protect residents and neighbors of halfway houses designed for drug and alcohol addicts, the Santa...

Services for Bernard M. Silbert, a veteran Los Angeles attorney, have taken place. Silbert died Feb. 20. He was 85. "He loved ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Associate Justice Zerne P. Haning III said last week he will retire from the 1st District Court of Appeal, giv...

Luce Forward WHITE-COLLAR DEFENSE LAWYER JOINS IN SAN DIEGO San Diego-based Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has recruit...

Dewey Ballantine WALKER TAKES REINS OF LOS ANGELES OFFICE Real estate attorney Paul R. Walker , who left Los Angeles-based Pa...

PLANNING COMMISSION PLANS TO USE ZERUNYAN The planning commission of the city of Rolling Hills Estates appointed Frank V. Zer...

BOTTOM LINE Document imaging, a valuable tool in litigation, is now in affordable reach to most, not just the big law offices....

Jones Day LITTLER REFUGEE BECOMES NEW EMPLOYMENT HEAD Labor and employment attorney Allison R. Michael has left Littler Mende...

SAN JOSE - A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Thursday gutted a former San Jose deputy city attorney's lawsuit against ...

By John M. Curtis Scrambling to find a way to pay the astronomical sums from Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart scandal, ...

By Marty Graham Last summer, Oren Klaff went looking for an idea worth "the calamitous exercise of will" necessary to start a...

With Beverly Hills-based Friedman & Friedman, the phrase "all in the family" takes on new meaning. Not only does the husb...

Shearman & Sterling RAPID GROWTH OF IPO IS IN SEQUENOM'S GENES Redwood City's Sequenom began its initial public offering ...

COBLENTZ PATCH ELEVATES STEINHAUER TO PARTNER Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass of San Francisco has elevated special counsel...

Wilson Sonsini IPO IS PARKING ITSELF IN THE GARAGE.COM Palo Alto's Garage.com recently filed for an initial public offering, ...

BARTKO ZANKEL WELCOMES ASSOCIATES TO TWO GROUPS San Francisco's Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller has added associates Rob...

Gray Cary ANOTHER VALLEY FIRM SETS UP SHOP IN SEATTLE Palo Alto-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich has opened an office i...

MILLER'S NAME IS IN THE CENTER OF LONG BEACH California State University, Long Beach has named its new library resources cent...

Morrison & Foerster SOFTBANK INVESTS $35 MILLION IN ITS RIVALS Seattle-based Rivals.com closed a $35 million equity inves...

COX CASTLE GAINS MORE MEMBERS ON ALL LEVELS Los Angeles-based Cox, Castle & Nicholson added one partner and eight associa...

Skadden Arps TUMBLEWEED ROLLS INTO COMPUTER SECURITY CO. Redwood City's Tumbleweed Communications Corp. completed its acquisi...

NORTH, EAST BAY OFFICES ADDS NEW SHAREHOLDERS San Leandro-based Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson announced that Rich...

Considering the size of the deals he's done and the velocity at which he's accomplished them, it just figures that the only w...

Gadfly Sentenced For Flier Handout WESTMINSTER - John Merzweiler, the Huntington Beach political gadfly who was prosecuted las...

Pillsbury Madison NINE PLUS S3(R) ADDS UP TO NEW PURCHASE Santa Clara-based S3(R) Inc. acquired Number Nine Visual Technology...

THE CLOSER Ethical rules ought to accommodate a public-sector attorney's special role to serve the public trust. By Richard C....

The intellectual-property and free-access communities will be watching the MP3.com lawsuits closely. Audio Stream MP3.com Chal...

Davis Wright SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE GAINS ENERGY ASSOCIATE Laura K. O'Connor , former in-house counsel to the Sacramento Munici...

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