Maria Rodriguez, a longtime advocate for minority women's rights and Senior Council for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, died on...
Adam Brauner grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, before earning a degree in economics from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C....
Students at the UCI School of Law are taking courses such as "Common Law Analysis" and "Statutory Analysis" but some still cal...
The 'Bilski' case provides a good example of how amicus briefing can provide a court with resources that two parties alone pro...
The 9th Circuit recently took its first foray into what a plaintiff must show to establish a whistleblower claim under the Sar...
Public officials shouldn't be able to subvert the Public Records Act simply by using private e-mail accounts, writes Peter Sch...
Georgene Vairo asks: When it comes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, who should be allowed to make changes: the Supreme...
It is important for the parties in a patent license agreement to expressly address which third parties are covered and not cov...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Re-Trial Turns On Culpability Of Ex-CEO
By David Houstonn
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel's decision to overturn a former technology company chief executive's options backdat...
California Courts of Appeal
New High Court Ruling Leads to Murder Reversal
By Laura Ernden
A San Joaquin County murder conviction was thrown out Tuesday because the doctor who performed the autopsy was not allowed to ...
Law Practice
Associate Studied Great Law of China in Sister City Exchange Program
By Sara Randazzon
Derek Rockers went to China for nine weeks earlier this summer, becoming only the second American, and first lawyer, to take p...
Being held in contempt as a litigator had a searing affect on Michael A. Leversen. The Orange County judge, who has a reputati...
A former ballet dancer, Vegas showgirl and hard-charging sex crimes prosecutor, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Karla Kerlin...
The state's largest timber company has withdrawn plans to log certain forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a week after the...
Beatrice A. Tice, the associate dean of library and information services, oversaw all aspects of the innovative and creative n...
Federal authorities are dropping their investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and his wife, Delgadillo's ...
Catherine L. Fisk is the chancellor's professor at UC Irvine School of Law. She writes and teaches in the area of labor and em...
Government
Assembly Makes Heavy Amendments to Prison Reform Bill, Critics Cry Foul
By Evelyn Larrubian
Tension surrounding the controversial plan to reduce the state's prison budget ratcheted up another notch on Monday, when the ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Nonprofit Lacks Standing in Terrorist Designation Case
By Rebecca Beyer
A non-profit's fear of being labeled a terrorism supporter is not enough to give it standing to challenge the U.S. government'...
Bonifacio Bonny Garcia didn't eat a bite for a week after scarfing down a stack of Denny's French toast last Monday. He will f...
President Obama can take a small step toward his goal of bipartisanship by re-nominating James E. Rogan to the Central Distric...
Ronald S. Rosen asks: Were the Pirate Bay defendants buccaneers and thieves, or were they champions fighting for the right of ...
For lawyers who feel they need to be constantly accessible to clients, Phonetag.com will be a welcome help, writes Paul R. Kie...
Determining whether a filmmaker has infringed on the rights of a subject who has not consented to be portrayed can be a comple...
Saying the case has jurisdictional problems, a federal court judge Monday tossed out a closely watched suit by an Orange Count...
San Mateo County Superior Court has discovered a surprise $3.89 million deficit that it said will force layoffs of 60 court wo...
Among the many people who know Erwin Chemerinsky - and there are very many - there is wide agreement about one thing: No one b...
Corporate Counsel
Sunkist GC In Odd Role of Protecting Brand, Serving Growers
By Rebecca U. Cho
After nearly 30 years working on the outside for agricultural cooperatives, Charles L. Woltmann decided to join them, becoming...
Law Practice
With U.S. Economy in Dumps, UCI Looks Overseas for Funds
By Don Debenedictisn
In a difficult economy, UCI Law fundraisers are finding one approach that is paying off is seeking money from outside the coun...
Environmental
U.S. and State Climate Bills Conflict, But Should Work Out
By Fiona Smith
Topics discussed at Friday's climate change forum at UCLA included the interplay of federal and state environmental laws. ...