Perspective
"Clear Beyond the Peradventure of a Doubt," Or, Plain English
By Rei Estradan
There's a movement in the law-towards plain English. By Curtis E.A. Karnow ...
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. recently commented that the federal courts are going to be radically constrained by the bud...
Criminal
Federal investigators close probe in San Bernardino County corruption case
By Katie Lucia
A number of defendants, including a high profile Inland Empire developer, face state charges in a wide-ranging public corrupti...
Litigation
State Supreme Court may not reconsider punitive damages ceiling issue
By Omar Shamout
The high court appears to have punted on reconsidering the standard establishing a ratio of 10-to-1 for punitive to compensato...
Firms represent company and underwriters, respectively, in Auspex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s filing for a $61 million initial publ...
Gloria Borges, an O'Melveny & Myers LLP associate who dedicated much of her career to pro bono work, died Jan. 5 of colon ...
A leading maker of chemical flame retardants has sued the state of California to block its new furniture flammability standard...
On Jan. 13, a jury acquitted former officers Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli in a case concerning the death of the homeless and...
Criminal
Conviction under anti-hacking law could be decided by Supreme Court
By John Roemer
The criminal conviction of an executive search specialist could well end up at the U.S. Supreme Court because the 9th U.S. Cir...
Government
State Bar launches unit to go after the unauthorized practice of law
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar will hire a lawyer and two investigators to pursue nonlawyers who provide legal services that harm consumers. It...
Santa Clara's charismatic and likeable Judge Sharon Chatman is a former college basketball coach.
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