Litigation
Graduates accuse law school of shredding documents, discovery abuse in suit
By Don Debenedictisn
Thomas Jefferson School of Law falsified its graduate employment figures and destroyed documents with accurate numbers, former...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Betty Binns Fletcher, liberal stalwart on 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has died
By John Roemer
Senior Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, a liberal lioness at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Monday night at a ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Del Norte DA defends himself against State Bar corruption charges
By Saul Sugarman
Del Norte County's district attorney took the stand in State Bar Court Monday to defend himself against seven corruption charg...
Days before assuming the leadership of the Administrative Office of the Courts, a retired superior court judge vowed to bring ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and its top litigator, Mark C. Holscher, have gone all in with their pro bono work on behalf of the c...
It's imperative to have policies that demarcate the boundary between professional and personal use of social media. By Julia E...
In a bid to further expand its reach, plaintiff's trial firm AlderLaw PC is opening an office in Orange County on November 1. ...
Litigation
Judge orders FBI to pay journalist's attorney fees over Reagan information requests
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to pay nearly half a million dollars to a journalist to cover the ...
Public Interest
With pro bono help, East Palo Alto agency seeks to help illegal immigrants
By David Ruiz
An organization in East Palo Alto, with the pro bono help of number of law firms in the area, is working to help illegal immig...
Constitutional Law
Federal judge strikes down California's political party recognition deadline
By Ben Adlin
Minor political parties won a major victory Friday with a federal court decision permanently barring the enforcement of state ...
Lawyers representing former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP leaders claimed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Friday that keeping litigator Hen...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar prosecutors play recording in Del Norte DA trial
By Saul Sugarman
Prosecutors in a State Bar corruption trial against Del Norte County District Attorney Jon M. Alexander on Friday played a rec...
Santa Monica attorney Christine D. Spagnoli has become the first woman to win the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angele...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit decides federal judges must follow restrictive immigration rules
By John Roemer
In a blow to illegal immigrants seeking legal residence status, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel on Friday la...
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Kim Koopersmith as chairperson of the firm effective April 1, 2013. Koopersmi...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A "technology-aware" mediator can expedite an agreement that allows both parties to maintain oversight of the keyword selectio...
Humboldt County (Eureka) ...
Larry Rubin keeps his feet on the ground while impressing lawyers with his intellectual curiosity
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Allergan Inc. Irvine ...
Entertainment lawyers say endorsement deals have morphed into complex arrangements involving an array of responsibilities for ...
Adidas is closing its factory in China, Starbucks will move manufacturing of its mugs back to the U.S., and Home Depot plans t...
Perspective
New law to require factual description of claimed privileges
By Ben Armisteadn
The bill states that it should not be "construed to constitute a substantive change in case law," but its effects could prove ...
A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a major victory to studios by rejecting arguments that the heirs of the creator of "...
Government
San Diego lawyers, retired judges spread word about bench candidates' qualifications
By Pat Broderick
Thursday's gathering came less than three weeks before voters' Nov. 6 choice between Deputy District Attorney Robert Amador an...
Solo and Small Firms
Irvine law firm saw healing, growth post-9/11
By Alexandra Schwappach
Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP saw an opportunity to give back to the community after the trauma of 9/11 and as a result has...
Attorneys from all over the United States gathered in Northern California last week for California Minority Counsel Program's ...
Donald Polden, the dean of the Santa Clara University School of Law, announced Wednesday he will step down as dean this summer...
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the U.S. Navy from moving forward on a recently approved sonar system us...