Legal filing deadlines are no joke. An attorney, whose paralegal failed to file a motion on time, learned this lesson the hard...
Letter to the Editor
Concerns Over Diversity in Mediation Offers Novel Solution
By Carla Pinedan
By Nancy L. Vanderlip of ITT Corp. ...
Ending a case Three Strikes critics called infamous, a homeless man serving a life sentence for attempting to steal food was o...
California's legal markets could be at the beginning of a slow uphill climb after bottoming out at the end of last year, accor...
As the fall recruiting season hits California law schools this month, law firms looking to hire next year's summer associate c...
Government
9th Circuit Grants Stay and Fast Tracks Appeal, Gay Marriage On Hold
By Rebecca Beyer
Gay couples cannot marry while the proponents of Proposition 8 appeal a federal judge's ruling striking down the same-sex marr...
Chinese solar company Solarfun Power Holdings Co. announced Aug. 9 that it entered into a strategic transaction with Hanwha Ch...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Chief Judge Blisters Judiciary
By John Roemer
As the 9th Circuit conference began in Maui, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski in a dissent accused federal judges of being overprivi...
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Allergan Inc. Irvine ...
Presiding Judge Kevin Enright denied a request by a Chula Vista attorney who wants lawyers to be automatically informed about ...
For the first time in nearly a century, the Northern District of California has a female U.S. Attorney. ...
After only 28 minutes of deliberations, a Los Angeles federal jury last week returned a complete defense verdict in a $5 milli...
San Francisco's practice of providing preferential treatment for city contract awards based on race and gender faces the ultim...
Good news plaintiffs' bar: a recent state Supreme Court ruling on age discrimination raises the compliance standard for summar...
A man who claims to be a former FBI informant who infiltrated Orange County mosques will get one final opportunity to keep a l...
The decorated 19-year veteran said superiors told him they were investigating him for violating the government's "don't ask, d...
Perspective
The Internet, Indispensable for Providing Class Action Notice
By Carla Pinedan
Provide notice for class actions electronically. Nothing beats fast and cheap, by Richard L. Kellner, Alfredo Torrijos and Dam...
Supporters of California's ban on same-sex marriage had some harsh words for U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker in their ...
Fear not the misconceptions surrounding "border town" jury trials and fight hard for your defendant with these techniques, by ...
Bankruptcy
Recreation Vehicle Lemon Law: No Squeeze on Successor Liability
By Carla Pinedan
Looking to motor-home across the country for your next vacation? Here's some advice if you get stuck with a faulty vehicle, by...
A federal judge's sentencing of two film producers convicted of bribing a Thai official for lucrative contracts has Hollywood-...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is keeping same-sex marriages on hold while a three-judge panel reviews the case on its ...
The patent and copyright infringement lawsuit is one of a series of high-stakes legal battles that is good news for intellectu...
It's not illegal for a boss to be a jerk. But anti-bullying campaigns in more than a dozen states are trying to change that. ...
Litigation
Four Finalists Vie for Seat on District Court in Los Angeles
By Gabe Friedmann
The names under consideration by the White House are Bradley S. Phillips, John A. Kronstadt, John S. Wiley Jr. and U.S. Magist...
Judge Ralph Hofer spends the time it takes to understand an issue and often writes long opinions detailing his rulings. Some l...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...
Orange County Court Commissioner Carmen Luege thrives on new challenges, even mastering the minutiae of traffic-ticket law.
Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker on Thursday denied a stay of his ruling striking down the voter-approved same-s...