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Worry Grows Over Municipal Debts

May 15, 2012
By Rene Cira Cruz

Dissolution of redevelopment agencies could force cities and counties to default on bond payments. ...


Power companies are getting so close to the state-mandated goal of purchasing 33 percent of the energy that they distribute fr...


The American Bar Association's Commission on Ethics 20/20 won't recommend policies allowing nonlawyer ownership of law firms. ...



LegalZoom.com Inc. has tapped Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton to file confidential papers for an initial public offering...



Crazy Copyright Cases

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Creative people are an odd lot, especially when they wind up in court. ...



Managing Partners Wear Two Hats Well

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Managing partners discuss the challenges of being their firm’s top administrator. ...



The Extricator

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

In the 1990s, Pierre-Richard Prosper made history in Rwanda by winning the world’s first conviction in a genocide trial. Now, ...



Hindsight: 126 Years Ago

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

California legal history: 1876 ...



Avoiding Jet Lag

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Frequent-flyer attorneys share tips and tricks on how they manage jet lag. ...



In Tablet Form

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Attorneys jump on the tablet computing bandwagon. ...



15 Years Old … to Life

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a life-without-parole sentence for juveniles constitutes cruel and unusual pun...



Who's Teaching Whom?

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

When UC Berkeley administrators refused to let lawyers speak for student protesters who faced the threat of disciplinary actio...



Document Summaries in Court

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

When a case involves millions of documents, litigators often resort to summaries to make their presentation feasible. But is a...



The Smartphone War Winners

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Calling all patent lawyers. ...



Coming of Age in Court

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

A lawyer recalls his first experience at the California Court of Appeal. ...



Cracks in Citizens United

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Montana upholds a state anticorruption law despite a likely reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court next term. ...



Statutes with Limitations

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos

Statutes should be informative, not mysterious and infuriating. ...



Making the Case for Gay Asylum

May 2, 2012
By Kari Santos



Editor's Note

May 1, 2012
By Karisantos



Participants

May 1, 2012
By Karisantos



Letters

May 1, 2012
By Karisantos



Reel Law

May 1, 2012
By Karisantos

Born Yesterday (1950)



Verbatim

May 1, 2012
By STEPHEN LARSON

Justice William W. Bedsworth



Did You Know?

May 1, 2012
By Karisantos

Female judges and justices are on the rise.



Antitrust

May 1, 2012
By Karisantos

Carr & Ferrell Holland & Knight Kaye Scholer Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Nixon Peabody California Depa...



May 1, 2012
By STEPHEN LARSON

Summaries of disciplinary action taken by the state Supreme Court or the State Bar Court.


Senator Dianne Feinstein wants the state legislature do something about abusive lawsuits. ...



CA Supreme Court Clarifies Rule on Breaks

Apr. 27, 2012
By Riley Guerin

Employers must give meal-and-rest breaks but do not have to make sure employees take them. ...



Patent Cases Going to Pilot Program

Apr. 24, 2012
By Rene Ciria Cruz

Judges join a pilot program to learn the complexities of patent law ...