"I simply cannot imagine operating in a system without live witnesses and a full and informed opportunity for cross-examinatio...

Redwood Trust Inc. announced its offering of 500,000 shares, which will bring in $13.5 million for the company. The deal was a...

Minneapolis' Dorsey & Whitney has set up shop in the Bay Area. The 800 attorney, full-service firm has acquired San Franci...

In more Brobeck Phleger news, the firm's associates are not the only ones feeling the harsh realities of the tech downturn. It...

Fleming Companies Inc. announced the acquisition of Core-Mark International Inc. The deal, valued at $390 million, was announc...

Smiths Aerospace Inc. has acquired Able Corp. in a deal worth more than $27 million. The transaction closed April 1. Grand Rap...

Biopure Corp. closed its public offering of 2.7 million shares on April 24. The deal brought in $20.7 million for the company....

Digirad Corp. brought in $16 million in its first round of funding. The deal was announced April 24. GE Equity, Merrill Lynch ...

After attorney Philip DeJong devoted three years to his successful defense of Eugene "Bear" Lincoln against a first-degree mur...

Re-evaluating your service proposition from the "outside-in" via six sigma client surveys and applying new governance standard...

Rewarding my tenacity, agent Scott Boras conceded to an interview and invited this CLB reporter for a night out at the ballpar...

Mentor Graphics Corp. will acquire Innoveda Inc. in a cash deal worth $160 million. The deal was announced April 23. Wilsonvil...

Lured by the prospect of economic growth in China, Los Angeles' Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker acquired the Hong Kong law...

Cavium Networks raised $15.8 million in its second round of funding. The deal was announced April 22. Menlo Ventures led the r...

The TriZetto Group Inc. has agreed to acquire personnel, intellectual property including Commerce Broker software, and assets ...

Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. completed a public offering of more than 3 million shares, bringing in $45.5 million. The deal wa...

LOS ANGELES - For those who die poor and lonely in Los Angeles, little has changed in the past century. Ledgers kept in the ch...

LOS ANGELES - My grandfather died in 1984 at 96. Shortly after his death, I remember sitting on the floor in my living room, s...

LOS ANGELES - In the first word from a state appellate court since a federal appeals court cast doubt on California's three st...

LOS ANGELES - The only entrance to the grass-covered, 4-acre patch is largely obscured by shrubbery. Out front, there's a bare...

OAKLAND - Anne Flower Cumings , one of the first female criminal defense lawyers in the country, was honored last week by Wome...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge has sued a local family lawyer, claiming she botched his divorce and exposed him to fals...

SACRAMENTO - A measure that would dramatically reduce the role of mediators in custody disputes has generated strong feelings ...

LOS ANGELES - Baby Boy Johnson didn't live long enough to be given a first name. Nearly 2 days old when he died on Jan. 7, 200...

Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed without comment a case that affected the job ...

LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve Cooley may unveil today his long-promised, written policy for prosecutors and law enforc...

SAN FRANCISCO - The misconduct case against former Sonoma County Judge Pat Gray, who faces ethics charges over scathing mailer...

LOS ANGELES - A white-haired woman who appeared to be in her 80s lay nude on a gurney, patiently waiting her turn while a grou...

Partner Kenneth Guernsey led Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. in its public offering that brought in $45.5 million for the company...

Focus Column - By Howard N. Madris - Bankruptcy Court can be a strange foray for a litigator accustomed to practicing in state...