The Daily Journal recently published four articles on the future of alternative fee arrangements co-authored by a Fortune 500 ...
Patrick McKenna, Edwin Reeser, Jeffrey Carr and Patrick Lamb conclude their series on law firms and alternative billing. ...
Jeffrey Carr, Patrick Lamb, Patrick L. McKenna and Edwin B. Reeser look at alternative fee arrangements from yet another lens....
Patrick Lamb, Patrick McKenna, Jeffrey Carr and Edwin Reeser present another approach to initiating alternative fee arrangemen...
Edwin B. Reeser, Patrick Lamb, Patrick J. McKenna and Jeffrey Carr join forces to address how to approach this issue with BigL...
Dennis Cahillane of Knobbe Martens talks about how the law firm is operating in the midst of a recession. ...
Bryan A. Liang and Judith S.P. McCarter of Cal. Western School of Law write on how to proactively fight against healthcare fra...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
No End in Sight for Wiretap Litigation
By John Roemer
How did the telecom industry win immunity for its role in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping? Tony West, who ov...
The first official meeting of Thelen's creditors ended in a fracas when two of the firm's largest creditors attempted to oust ...
Due to staff shortages, the California Attorney General's Office said it declined to represent state departments and agencies ...
Labor/Employment, Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law
Ill Workers Denied Benefits Face Fight Alone
By Evelyn Larrubian
First in a two-part series. A Daily Journal investigation finds that disabled workers are denied the disability coverage their...
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...
Investments
Southern California Gains as Venture Capital Investment Climbs
By Pat Broderick
Entrepreneurs are starting to see encouraging signs in the market for venture capital funding, but the fierce competition for ...
Entertainment & Sports
Dispute Grows Over Athletes' Images In Video Games
By Jean Luc Renault
Two recent cases illustrate a growing dispute in the exploding multi-billion dollar videogame entertainment industry: the righ...
Andrea Bryan's courtroom seems to attract high-profile cases, which she handles with aplomb and professionalism.
Dole Food Co. is withdrawing a defamation suit against a filmmaker who made a documentary about alleged harms to Nicaraguan pl...
Government
Philip Morris Drops Challenge To San Francisco Cigarette Ban
By Dhyana Levey
Philip Morris USA on Thursday bowed out from the war against San Francisco's ban on cigarettes in drug stores, leaving Walgree...
Kathleen Kuhn of HouseMaster guides first-time home buyers trying to meet the federal government's Nov. 20 tax credit deadline...
A group of pharmacies that sued to prevent Pfizer's $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth suffered two quick knock-out punches when...
Personal Injury & Torts
Appeals Panel Takes Swipe at Defense, Judge and Summary Judgment
By Rebecca Beyer
In one fell reversing swoop, a state appellate panel managed to criticize simultaneously a mainstay of civil procedure - the s...
In marked contrast to the rest of the country, a majority of California companies expect their litigation caseload to decline ...
O'Melveny & Myers Settles in SONICblue Bankruptcy Case ...
Perspective
Translate This: Interpreter Protocol for Judicial Proceedings
By Sharon Liangn
Elda Yazmin Ellis of E.Y.E. Legal Language Solutions simplifies the updated ethics code required for California court interpre...
Government
Obama's Judge Nominees for California Clear Senate Committee
By Robert Iafolla
President Barack Obama's first four California judicial nominees cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, although one...
John A. Sturgeon of White & Case examines the evidentiary standards for class certification. ...
Appellate law specialist Sarvenaz Bahar explains why it's time to set guidelines for use of certified reporter's transcripts o...
William A. Polkinghorn Jr.'s sheer doggedness serves him well in helping persuade clients to settle cases. ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Litigators Under Fire Before 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
Prominent Los Angeles litigator Walter J. Lack seemed to dig himself a deeper hole Thursday before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...
Metrolink has agreed to pay $30 million to settle 90 percent of lawsuits arising from the 2005 Glendale crash, victims' attorn...