FTC to Host Hearings on New IP Laws
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice will hold a series of public hearings beginnin...
Nintendo Subsidiary Wins Big Cybersquatting Award
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Video game maker Nintendo Inc.'s American subsidiary has won one of the biggest multiple cybersquatting damage...
Judge OKs Delay of Official's Trial
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A Los Angeles federal judge Friday granted a joint request by defense attorneys and prosecutors to postpone f...
Ex-Billionaire Boy Sues Prosecutors
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A Billionaire Boys Club defendant has sued his former prosecutors, claiming they hid exculpatory evidence and ...
Securities Lawyers Face Thorny Problems Ahead
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Two trends emerged at the 33rd annual Institute on Securities Regulation, held in New York City Nov. 7-10, acc...
Newspaper Protests Exclusion
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A plea hearing in an Internet teen sex case led to a media protest when a federal judge ordered reporters excl...
'Tis the Season for Suits Over School Dress Codes
By Columnist
With the days of summer finally behind us, it is time to look forward to the annual rites of autumn and winter - Thanksgiving,...
Tech Minefield
By Columnist
A patent attorney should recommend which of the client's inventions to patent based on the business goals and needs of the cli...
Pro Bono Aid for Sept. 11 Victims
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys from prominent firms in San Francisco and Los Angeles have volunteered to provide pro bono legal ser...
INTERTAINMENT LITIGATION KNOWS WAY TO SANTA ANA
By Columnist
The dueling lawsuits between Franchise Pictures and Intertainment Licensing GmbH have been reassigned to U.S. District Judge A...
Affirmative Assent
By Columnist
The law's patience with the fiction of posted online agreements may be nearing an end. The U.S. District Court in New York, ap...
'Tis the Season for Suits Over School Dress Codes
By Columnist
With the days of summer finally behind us, it is time to look forward to the annual rites of autumn and winter - Thanksgiving,...
Tech Minefield
By Columnist
A patent attorney should recommend which of the client's inventions to patent based on the business goals and needs of the cli...
An Antidote to Panic
By Columnist
The effective creation of disruption and even terror in the United States by the mailing of a small number of letters containi...
Security Devices Offer Order in the Court
By Columnist
The recent events on the East Coast have brought a tremendous focus on security. Security is designed to make us feel safe and...
Bar Group Will Track Information on Judges
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - Want to know how many days Los Angeles Superior Court Judge X spent in trial last year or how Judge Y has ruled ...
MoFo Adds Another Ex-DOJ Attorney
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster, continuing to bring more government prosecutors into the fold, has recruited Tony Wes...
Prosecutor May Be Immune for Jailing
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge indicated Thursday she would probably dismiss a civil false imprisonment complaint again...
Auditor Tells Jury of Lab Dangers
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A 1994 chemical explosion that killed two scientists at Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura Coun...
Terrorists' Assets Should Be Attached for Victims' Benefit
By Columnist
On Sept. 11, terrorists attacked a great deal more than our New York skyline. They attacked the United States' way of life. An...
Veteran Dies on Street After Court's Bureaucratic Error
By Amy Tatko
LOS ANGELES - Erwin Supoly's apartment walls were filthy from years of chain-smoking, he didn't wash his clothes and at times ...
Stabbing Victim Has Long Record
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor and the man he stabbed in a fight last week in San Rafael both have criminal histor...
Verdict Tossed Because PD Let Prosecutor Take the Stand
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court has overturned a felony child-endangerment conviction in an unusual case in which the ...
Behind Bars
On Nov. 2, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, for the first time, invalidated a sentence under California's three-strikes ...
Lawmakers Hope to Appoint New Counsel by January
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Five people have emerged as potential successors to state Legislative Counsel Bion Gregory, and some legislative ...
Gun Lover Misstates The Case
By Columnist
People's views, including those of legal scholars and historians, differ widely about the nature of the right protected by the...
Davis Selects New Justice for 2nd District
By Amy Koval
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis announced Thursday the appointment of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Judith Ashmann as an asso...
5th District Dumps Conviction Because Prosecutor Testified
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court has overturned a felony child-endangerment conviction in an unusual case in which the ...
Pilot Program Will Target Criminal Noncitizens
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Catching and prosecuting criminal noncitizens will get easier soon, with the launching this month of an interage...
Brobeck Picks L.A. Lawyer to Lead the Firm
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Richard Odom, a Los Angeles lawyer who most recently led Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's complex litigation ...