Community News
Photos from The State Bar of California 86th Annual Meeting
By Riley Guerin
Community News
Female lawyers of Contra Costa County host data security talk
By Ben Adlin
The women's section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association hosted a data security presentation by Eliza M. Rodrigues, the ...
The Northern District of California announced Thursday all of its employees are essential to the function of the court and wil...
State Bar & Bar Associations
VIDEO: Nanci Nishimura on the state of court reporting
By Riley Guerin
Nanci E. Nishimura, a Burlingame-based partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, discussed with the Daily Journal some ...
Litigation
Misbehavior in the courtroom shouldn't be tolerated, judicial watchdog tells lawyers
By Riley Guerin
Panelists at a State Bar convention in San Jose discussed what happens when judges misbehave and what lawyers can do about it...
California Supreme Court
Justices skeptical of challenge to breathalyzer test
By Emily Green
Sometimes science and the law don't match up, and that was the situation in a case heard by the state Supreme Court Thursday i...
UC Berkeley School of Law hosted its 2013 Supreme Court of California Conference last Friday. The conference, put on by the la...
State Bar & Bar Associations
VIDEO: Advice for lawyers using social media
By Rei Estrada
Deputy District Attorney of San Diego Wendy Patrick offers advice for lawyers using social media. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
New law forces web companies to review privacy policies
By Paul Jones
AB 370, a law requiring companies tell web surfers how they respond to requests not to track users' online activity, is intend...
Government
Recent law could help state cut prison crowding, advocates say
By Hamed Aleazizn
Proposition 36 could provide a "significant response" to the state's prison overcrowding crisis, according to an amicus brief ...
The social media dilemma has become increasingly complex as globalization puts lawyers at risk of breaches of confidentiality ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawyers share stories about judges, urged to report bad behavior
By Craig Andersonn
At the State Bar convention in San Jose, the chief counsel and director of the state Commission on Judicial Performance also t...
The San Bernardino County Bar Association held its annual installation and awards banquet Oct. 3 at the National Orange Show i...
The California Minority Counsel Program held its 24th annual business conference at the end of September, honoring firms and b...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar prosecutor advises lawyers on how to stay out of trouble
By David Ruiz
Avoiding disciplinary actions for misconduct is a simple process when boiled down to a few rules, according to California Stat...
Law Practice
Despite statute, ruling leaves question of billing for paralegal time unclear
By Don Debenedictisn
California paralegals have been waiting for a court to make clear when law firms can and cannot bill for their work. A new app...
Jury instead found Olga Bello, a 90-year-old woman who ran a stop sign, broadsided the crash victim and set off the string of ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Brown vetoes bill to punish unauthorized practice of law
By Paul Jones
AB 888 would have expanded the State Bar's authority to regulate those practicing law illegally. ...
Litigation
Wilson Sonsini helps Google score defense win in privacy case
By Saul Sugarman
Google Inc. has thwarted claims in Delaware federal court that it used software to circumvent advertising controls in Apple In...
The Washington, D.C.-based firm reached deeper into the California market when it opened its second West Coast office in San F...
The Association of Corporate Counsel unveiled a new online contracts center designed to help members improve contract quality....
The U.S. high court is looking to resolve a circuit split on whether laches is available as a defense in copyright cases. By J...
So-called double escrow deals arise when buyers accept a higher offer before the original sale closes. ...
California Supreme Court
Professor appears to have upper hand before state high court
By Emily Green
The state Supreme Court showed little sympathy Wednesday for the State Bar's position that it does not have to disclose data a...
When Patrick Kelly gave his first speech as State Bar president, he ticked off a half-dozen issues he wanted to tackle. Now, a...
General Counsel for Trigild Inc. San Diego ...
It turns out that stars really must align in order for a billed hour to ripen into a collected greenback. By Alex Craigie ...
It is important not to lose sight of both the value of the legal profession as well as our fundamental values as lawyers and w...
Administrative/Regulatory
State proposes strict water standard, but who picks up the tab?
By Ben Armisteadn
California is the first to propose a maximum contaminant level for one naturally occurring metal, but without consulting sound...