Developing a consistent and effective approach for any negotiation includes a cautious assessment from the start, by X. M. Fra...
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s general counsel has turned to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to represent the technology giant in a series ...
Family
Clear and Convincing Evidence: Mandatory for Removal of Abused Child?
By Carla Pinedan
Parents who show an inability to protect their children weaken their rights to continued custody. But what is the criteria for...
Contrary to the principles of due process, the people of California were not given an opportunity to be heard on the constitut...
Many people trying to open child care centers say they often find themselves up against a wall of red tape, struggling to deci...
Creditors with outstanding claims against financier David Bergstein and five of his film companies claim they have found a smo...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel Revives Defamation Claim
By John Roemer
Televangelist and self-proclaimed "prophet of prosperity" Frederick K.C. Price will get another chance to prove that ABC News ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to turn over even one document in response to a request for information about i...
The State Bar has given 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye its highest possible rating of exceptionally ...
A U.S. District Court decision Monday imposed harsher restrictions on stem cell research than were in effect even under former...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Charity Can Fire Non-Christians
By Fiona Smith
The faith-based charity World Vision, Inc. had the right to fire employees for rejecting Christianity, a divided 9th U.S. Circ...
Perspective
Protecting Society from Sexually Violent Predators, Due Process Implications
By Carla Pinedan
”Sexually violent predator.” Even the term evokes a visceral response. But they are entitled to due process of law like everyo...
The chain of custody is open to attack if evidence such as DNA or blood samples were improperly collected, preserved and teste...
In a major coup, the Los Angeles office of DLA Piper has lured a five-partner group of intellectual property lawyers from Hoga...
In an opinioni cementing legal limits for Californians who have lost family members to medical errors, the California Supreme ...
Drawn to law by a police science class, Yolo County Judge Janet Gaard now runs her drug court with the understanding that peop...
A divided California Supreme Court on Monday barred an airline safety whistleblower's lawsuit because he failed to follow thro...
Days after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign said she would keep her vow to join litigation against fe...
Perspective
The Million Dollar Difference in Eminent Domain: Relocation Cost or Mitigation Cost?
By Carla Pinedan
Is it rational to spend more than $1 million in relocation costs for a business worth only $126,000? Here’s a story of a famil...
As a child of a difficult divorce, Superior Court Commissioner John W. Vineyard said the family law cases he presides over...
Vice President and General Counsel of Lewis Operating Corp. Upland ...
A large intellectual property group is moving from Hogan Lovells to DLA Piper in Los Angeles, rumored to include high-profile ...
California appears poised to offer more litigation relief for homeowners who are nearing foreclosure. ...
By David Fujimoto of the Los Angeles County public defender's office. ...
A state appellate court Friday said San Francisco Superior Court Judge affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of dog own...
Securities
Use of Credit Ratings Information After Passage of Dodd-Frank
By Carla Pinedan
The new financial reform law changes how issuer credit ratings information is disclosed in debt securities public offering sta...
Perspective
Will Global Warming Tort Claims Increase Coverage Litigation?
By Carla Pinedan
If the current crop of global warming tort claims is met with success, how will such an outcome affect comprehensive general l...
Proponents of repealing the 14th Amendment's citizenship rights misinterpret and dehumanize immigrants and why they migrate, b...
Christopher L. Diener, an Orange County lawyer facing criminal charges for alleged mortgage modification fraud, was sued Frida...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel Questions Cutting Black Juror
By Rebecca Beyer
A black man on death row found traction with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday on his claim that he did not receive...