U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Activist Blocks City's Leafleting Ban
By John Roemer
San Clemente's ban on leafleting parked cars collided with an activist's urge to criticize illegal immigrants - and the activi...
Venture Law Group founder Craig Johnson dies ...
In a rare move, a San Francisco federal judge granted the motion for a preliminary injunction sought by Volterra Semiconductor...
Judge Nelson Johnson explores how Atlantic City and its racketeers grew in power from the early 20th century through Prohibiti...
The federal government's top immigration legal advisor in Los Angeles has been replaced after nearly two decades on the job. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate Lawyers Shun Palma Notices As Unfair
By Laura Ernden
Appellate lawyers are condemning a procedural shortcut they say some California Court of Appeal justices are routinely using t...
Judge Carrie McIntyre Panetta has a worked as a civil litigator and a county prosecutor - experience that lawyers say makes he...
Disciplinary Actions Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar C...
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...
Commissioner Steven Berman, Los Angeles County (Torrance) Superior Court Commissioner, ...
United States Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of California Daniel Broderick was reappointed to a second four...
Perspective
Prisons and the Budget: Key Reforms Can Still Save Billions of Dollars
By Sharon Liangn
Natasha Minsker of the American Civil Liberties Union says Governor Schwarzenegger can act to achieve what the Legislature wou...
The California Supreme Court this week granted review in two cases dismissed for lack of a courtroom. ...
The Orange County Juvenile Court is launching a unique program today to help teenage girls in trouble, giving evaluation, over...
David Faustman and Cristina Armstrong of Fox Rothschild says businesses may ask credit card purchasers for their ZIP codes. ...
Seniors, disabled patients and unions for in-home health workers sued California officials on Thursday in San Francisco federa...
James Nelson of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold says the Good Samaritan law set by Van Horn v. Watson is no more. ...
A former plaintiffs' attorney from Irvine has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for squandering nearly all of...
Jennifer Taylor of Morrison & Foerster says proving fraud in trademark cases is now tougher. ...
Kendall H. MacVey, a partner at Best Best & Krieger represents San Bernardino government agencies in a lawsuit against the...
Bob Steinberg's experience in tax and business law makes him a stronger negotiator in business disputes. ...
Heavyweight plaintiffs' litigators Thomas V. Girardi and Walter J. Lack face a disciplinary hearing over their alleged unethic...
California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein won concessions Thursday to water down civil liberties safeguards in legislation to ...
Palo Alto-based Cooley Godward Kronish laid off 58 staff members, constituting a 7 percent reduction of its staff workforce na...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge Gives Preliminary OK to Writers' Settlement
By Jean Luc Renault
A judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between screenwriters and the Writers Guild of America West over tens o...
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson released a proposed rule Wednesday aimed at curbing climate change. ...
David Ackerly of Inner City Law Center says the battle between veterans and obtaining service-related disability compensation ...
Thomas Penfield of Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield tells the story of Lester Tenney, a Japanese prisoner o...
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against Stanford University in its patent infringement lawsuit on Wednes...
Jeffrey Freedman and Elizabeth Avedikian of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore address the effect of Rutti v. Lojack Corp., Inc. ...