Corky McMillan Cos. has purchased a 478-acre development near Temecula from Highpointe Communities Inc. for $37 million. The d...
Partner Ronn Davids led DaVita Inc. in its recent recapitalization, which included a new credit facility, stock tender offer a...
On May 31, Carbo Ceramics Inc. acquired Pinnacle Technologies Inc. for $24 million in cash and stock. Irving, Texas-based Carb...
Entertainment & Sports
Los Angeles Public Defenders Hope for Their Time on the Tube
By Katherine Gaidos
Public defenders, who for years on end have been getting a mediocre rap from the entertainment media, finally may get their tu...
DaVita Inc. repurchased more than 16 million shares and notes June 6, costing the company $400 million. Credit Suisse First Bo...
THe Closer- By Marina H. Park - Every attorney is different, so an important part of achieving one's vision involves taking th...
Firm Watch
Stradling Yocca: LIFE SCIENCES SPECIALIST GOES TO ORANGE COUNTY
By Staff Writer
Another lawyer who has returned to his roots is Robert C. Funsten , who left his post as in-house attorney at Watson Pharmaceu...
After working as a business executive for two years, litigator Charles H. Samel has returned to Howrey Simon Arnold & Whit...
Firm Watch
Thelen Reid: DOWNTOWN OFFICE SIGNS 12-YEAR LEASE AT BP PLAZA
By Staff Writer
The Los Angeles office of Thelen Reid & Priest will move across the street this fall. The New York-based firm has signed a...
Associate layoffs, partner defections and merger mania have your lawyerly head aching? You and your partners deserve a little ...
With some of the sporting world's most high-profile clients, Washington, D.C.-based Arnold & Porter has announced the crea...
Robert Ford has parted ways with Seyfarth Shaw 's San Francisco office after 25 years with the firm to join Jones Day Reavis &...
Scenic grounds and success rates will never erase the ugly events that took place at Barlow Respiratory Hospital - events that...
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc. has agreed to acquire the ice cream business of Nestlé Holdings USA Inc., a subsidiary of Nestl ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Subcontractor's Injured Workers May Still Have Options
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Richard L. Charnley - In the last 10 years, California courts have taken aim at "peculiar risk" claims - tor...
If it weren't for his wife's rejecting the notion of moving from Southern California to Tulsa, Okla., attorney John L. Simonso...
Labor/Employment
Think Carefully Before Stepping Into Corporate Shoes
By Contributing Writer
Employment Column - By Catherine K. Rogers and Martha Fay Africa - Eventually in your career as an attorney, you probably will...
Santa Monica neutral Deborah Rothman says she does "whatever it takes" to convince parties that litigation isn't the answer. ...
Round Table - In May, Verdicts & Settlements sat down with the following eight legal professionals to discuss the implicat...
Kids will be kids, as every parent knows, and often they play games that end in the occasional bruised knee or "strawberry" sk...
Focus on ADR - By Alexander S. Polsky - Practitioners of alternative dispute resolution are well aware that mediations have th...
SAN DIEGO - Jurors in the trial of David A. Westerfield will not be able to view images of people having sex with animals, but...
Constitutional Law
Pledge of Allegiance Ruling Is Put on Hold by Its Author
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a clear message that a decision declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional will be revisited, the ...
LOS ANGELES - A Laguna Niguel postal employee has sued the Coca-Cola Co., claiming a can of Coke he bought was not the "real t...
Q&ADR By Jeff Kichaven and Deborah Rothman - Q: What are your expectations regarding honesty at mediations? - A: From medi...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Earth First jury misunderstood the evidence and was unfairly swayed by the plaintiffs' lawyers, defense co...
LOS ANGELES - Farzad Yadollahi and Fariborz Biyazaei, two defendants in a breach of contract suit, had a run of bad luck. They...
Solo and Small Firms
Defense of Blake's Bodyguard Thrusts Attorney Into Spotlight
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - In her 18-year career as a criminal defense attorney, Century City attorney Arna H. Zlotnik has not become a hou...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court in Sacramento on Thursday refused an oil industry request to raise the amount of MTBE ...
REDWOOD CITY - A hearing on a precedent-setting proposal to forcibly medicate a murder defendant even though he has been decla...