Poor writing lands an attorney in the hot seat. ...
One solution to help solve California's prison realignment problems. ...
Certification standards for securities class actions are under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
When a property's value declines, the expert researching the appraisal faces a unique challenge. ...
When electronically stored information must be preserved, the key is demonstrating that you have made a good faith effort to d...
Politeness and civility are keys to persuasion—and for attorneys they're written into California's statutes, to boot. ...
A Q&A with U.S. State Department legal adviser Harold Koh on drones and international law. ...
In Sacramento, the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board is supposed to see to it that wrongfully convicted defendan...
Human rights hit company homepages with the state’s Transparency in Supply Chain Act. ...
Gerald Uelmen reviews Failing Law Schools by Brian Tamanaha—and gets depressed. ...
Lawyers and law firms are funding the 2012 campaigns. ...
An undocumented immigrant passed the California bar exam on his first try—but the biggest challenge of his life is still ahead...
New software tools give lawyers a leg up in the courtroom. ...
We look at four busy practice areas that will likely remain very active next year: corporate, employment, energy, and intellec...
American Property, by Stuart Banner, reviewed. ...
The U.S. State Department's top lawyer talks about drones, the war in Libya, and American exceptionalism. ...
A lawyer describes her career path from securities litigator in New York to sole practitioner in Australia representing Califo...
Silicon Valley offices—by the numbers. ...
In the 1980s, judge-made law turned the 200-year-old Alien Tort Statute into a weapon for human rights lawyers. Now judge-made...
New approaches to the perennial problem of bringing first-years up to speed. ...
When it came to death penalty cases, Stanley Mosk bowed to the will of the electorate. But the state Supreme Court justice did...
Mediation doesn’t always promote civility among lawyers. In fact, it can sometimes enable bad behavior. ...
The availability of cheap computer storage capacity only whets the appetite for more. Here are some of the options. ...
The doctrine of "minimum contacts" takes on a new dimension when applied to a defendant who does business only over the Intern...
Silicon Valley offices—by the numbers. ...