Patrick Jewik of Townsend and Townsend and Crew lays out the new 'count' system that will measure patent examiner productivity...
Letter to the Editor
Court Majority Rejected Justice O'Connor's 'Takings' Analysis in Eastern Enterprises
By Sharon Liangn
Glenn Sugameli of Judging the Environment Defenders of Wildlife says courts have rejected Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel's take ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Lawyers Accused Of Wrongdoing Will Plead Case
By Laura Ernden
Two lawyers involved in a fraudulent appeal will get a chance to plead for mercy before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Chief Justice Ronald M. George this weekend blasted California's money-driven ballot measure system, blaming it for creating a...
The Defunct San Francisco firm expects to be able to pay its bank lenders and certain employee claims in full as it liquidates...
San Diego Judge Polly Shamoon says her life as a Chaldean, an immigrant, a victim of violent crime and a prosecutor inform her...
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...
With U.S. attorney Joseph P. Russoniello still in place five months after the official search for his replacement began, North...
Barry G. Silverman, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge ...
Nathaniel Bruno of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton explains how pro bono service is the dessert of the legal profession....
Yoji Maeda and Mangyo Kinoshita of O'Melveny & Myers address the change in Japan's political scene and its impact on merge...
Heller Ehrman's bankruptcy lawyers hurriedly put the finishing touches on their proposed repayment plan Thursday, which they e...
Immigration
U.S. Wants L.A. Sheriffs to Head Local Immigration Enforcement
By Greg Katzn
A new agreement sought by federal immigration authorities would make the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department the county's ...
Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School comments on the U.S. Supreme Court Justices' attitudes toward oral argument. ...
Trademark attorney Rami Yanni and media consultant Jerod Partin talk about Google's effort to create a massive online library....
Eight individuals and a half-dozen businesses are accused of operating scams targeting small business owners. ...
NEW YORK - Appraisal reductions jumped significantly in September, when 219 loans had first-time appraisal cuts. These loans r...
Clariza C. Garcia, who still practices law, has broken into the mediation world with no judicial experience. ...
Hadar Aviram of UC Hastings College of Law examines the issues underlying the BART police's shooting of an unarmed man. ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit Thursday brought by Modesto-area Latinos who claim that the government...
Child advocates are seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the state from enacting a 10 percent cut in reimbursement...
Judges and Judiciary
Cost of Court Case Management System Grows By a Third
By Amy Yarbroughn
The Administrative Office of the Court's statewide computer system is expected to cost $1.75 billion to develop and implement,...
John D. Vandevelde dips his bicycle wheel into the Pacific before embarking on 3,160-mile ride across America to raise money f...
Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a judge to dismiss a racketeering suit filed by a former in-house counsel accusing the automaker ...
An appeals court has ruled the U.S. government breached its water supply contract with two Central Valley water districts. ...
Steven E. Otto of the Law Offices of Steven Edward Otto instructs on the complexities of recording foreign documents. ...
Civil rights attorney Donald Kilmer looks beneath the surface of McDonald v. City of Chicago, recently accepted for review by ...
A watchdog legislative committee will hold a hearing on the Administrative Office of the Courts' budget, staff growth and info...
In what may be a record, Santa Clara County has paid $500,000 in attorney fees as the result of losing a public records battle...
A cross built on federal land in the Mojave Desert violates the First Amendment, according to the ACLU. ...