• April 28, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Justices consider courts' role in arbitration

    The U.S. Supreme Court's pro-arbitration trend appears intact after oral arguments in a key case asking whether it should be courts or arbitrators themselves who rule on the enforceability of

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  • June 9, 2000 | Alm

    Court Tea Leaf Readers

    When the Supreme Court hands down its long-awaited decision on federal aid to parochial schools in Mitchell v. Helms, don't be surprised if Justice Clarence Thomas is the author of the

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  • August 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Health Care Reform Battle Heating Up

    The battle over health care reform will continue this fall, with three key challenges under way in the federal courts and several states considering ways to block the new law. The Obama admi

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  • May 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    DEALS IN BRIEF: Bargain Hunting

    Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co.,wasn't the only Wall Street sharpie looking for cheap acquisitions when U.S. markets floundered this winter. Wilbur Ross, who made a for

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  • November 25, 2002 | Legal Times

    In Brief

    SPEAKING UP The Los Angeles office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has snagged Robert Hertzberg, speaker emeritus of the California State Assembly. Hertzberg, a De

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  • February 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • S. Christopher Provenzano, a commercial and securities litigator, has joined Miller & Wrubel as counsel. Previously an asso

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  • October 16, 2013 | The Recorder

    Privacy Groups Wrestle Over Cy Pres Funds

    SACRAMENTO — Five consumer groups have asked U.S. District Judge Edward Davila to block the cy pres distribution plans lawyers have proposed as part of an $8.5 million Google searc

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  • August 11, 2008 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCO Jeffrey Lyddan has joined the San Francisco office of GORDON & REES as a partner in the tort/product li

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  • August 31, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Profile of GC David Stryker of BASF Corp.

    Name and title: David Stryker, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel of BASF Corp. He is also the United States corporate compliance officer. Age: 46

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  • May 12, 2006 | Legal Times

    Will Defense Lawyers Accept Help on High Court Criminal Cases?

    One by one, different segments of the bar have gotten the message in recent years: The Supreme Court is a scary place to be -- a place where novices, more often than not, should fear to tread.

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