In the wake of last month's pro-business arbitration decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic lawmakers announced legisl...
What ought to be good news may be a problem for the State Bar: a $12 million surplus. ...
The state Supreme Court took a strong stand Monday against attorneys exploiting confidential information they learned while re...
Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. was forced to run for reelection soon after he took the bench. He says he trusted the voters' intel...
General Counsel and Managing Director for VantagePoint Capital Partners San Bruno ...
UCSF and UC Hastings pioneer partnership to double-team issues in health and law. ...
Kasowitz associate Jacob Foster temporarily left his corporate law practice for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help prose...
Hundreds of law students in California flock each spring, summer and fall to the chambers of federal and state judges to learn...
The New Lawyer Supplement
A Friend Indeed: New Lawyers Receive a Boost in a Bad Economy
By Susan Mcraen
Plaintiffs' lawyer Thomas V. Girardi offered his recent crop of former law clerks $100,000 fellowships to see them through tou...
Soon after graduating from UC Berkeley School of Law this year, Sushil Jacob will be bringing the green-collar economy to San ...
Berkeley Law's newest institute brings Jewish and Israeli studies into the limelight. ...
Over the past few recruiting seasons, job prospects for JD-MBA graduates have ebbed. Even so, California law schools continue ...
Commercial Law
Court Relaxes Attachment Law for Purposes of Arbitration
By Seena Nikravann
Ex parte grounds in state attachment law need not be strictly met when considering a right to attach order in arbitration. By ...
Beginning well is as important to a new lawyer's career as choosing the right job. By Valerie Fontaine of Seltzer Fontain Beck...
A first-year associate's transition from the classroom to the workplace. By Melissa Nadal of White & Case LLP ...
Law Practice
Law Schools’ Next Big Challenge: Creating Lawyer-Patriots
By Karen Natividadn
Why a federal judge decided to return to academic life as dean of the School of Law at Pepperdine University. By Deanell Reece...
The State Bar will soon post large "Consumer Alerts" on its webpage warning the public against lawyers charged stealing $25,00...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a bid by the Winklevoss twins for an en banc rehearing of a ruling th...
Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Sharmin Bock will formally announce today that she is running for San Fransico distric...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a California...
In a case with implications for land-use matters in California, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would not hear a de...
Federal judges have the authority to reform pension plans in response to improperly noticed changes to those plans, the U.S. S...
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed a sealed lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. on Monday claiming the company engaged in anti-co...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police did not violate the Constitution when they busted into an apartment without a ...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to revive the lawsuit claiming a Boeing Co. subsidiary aided a Bush administration program tha...
Gov. Jerry Brown allocated an additional $41.8 million to the courts Monday as part of his May revise budget plan, in a nod to...
Whistle-blowers can't bring lawsuits against government contractors for fraudulent billing that are based on records obtained ...
The class-action specialists of the plaintiffs' bar are not only disheartened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision certain ...
Plaintiffs' lawyers suing Toyota over unintentional acceleration are seeking information about repurchased vehicles that they ...