Criminal
Northern District's First Capital Case Since 1948 Falls Short
By Laura Ernden
A federal jury spared the life Friday of a man who had faced the death penalty for killing three people in a gang-related shoo...
Managing Partner
An Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm Inspires Excitement in Recruits
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho
Thomas F. Zuber, who at 37 years old looks even younger than his age, is a large reason that seasoned attorneys are willing to...
Education
Nixing the SAT Will Help Schools Looking to Increase Diversity
By Sara Libbyn
Universities looking for a legally acceptable way to increase diversity should consider going SAT-free, writes Patrick Mattimore.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, bucking the trend, is expanding in San Diego, and shopping for lateral partners.
Child psychiatrist William Ayres is fighting charges of child molestation in a trial that has implicated much of San Mateo Cou...
With six months left in the year, it's a good time to take stock of what you can realistically accomplish professionally by De...
A State Bar Court judge publicly admonished well-known disability rights attorney Thomas Frankovich for a professional offense...
A portion of Jessica's law would have required paroled sex offenders who are homeless not to remain inside any building more t...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali made it clear Friday morning that no attorney working on the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy cou...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Order May Preclude Bybee Sanctions
By John Roemer
The 9th Circuit's Chief Judge Alex Kozinski appeared to rule out any action Wednesday against Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee for p...
Letter to the Editor
Paternalistic View of Justice System Favors 'Protection' Over Fairness
By Sara Libbyn
Public defenders take issue with a participant in the city attorney's Trial Advocacy Project.
A year has gone by since The Supreme Court's Heller decision, which has wreaked havoc on the courts and done nothing to curb g...
Law Practice
Laguna Beach Settles Suit Over Ticketing Sleeping Homeless
By Don Debenedictisn
The city of Laguna Beach on Thursday settled a federal lawsuit attacking the city's practice of arresting homeless people for ...
After referring Irell & Manella to the state bar for its tangled representation of multiple clients in the Broadcom stock ...
A federal jury Thursday convicted three immigration lawyers and two of their translators of a conspiracy to file false asylum ...
In a ruling that could have serious logistical consequences for prosecutors in California and across the nation, the U.S. Supr...
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday issued decisions in two school-related cases coming out of Arizona. In one, the court affirmed...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors made drastic cuts to the county's public defender and district attorney offices Thursd...
Those advocating for laws against bullying in the workplace are ignoring the measures that are already in place to protect emp...
The old adage that says you must spend money to make money might cause eyes to roll in this tough economy. But some law firms ...
The stimulus bill provides some changes to how health information is protected and regulated, writes Callan Carter.
Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a lawsuit against the city of Pleasanton Wednesday arguing that the Bay Area suburb is ref...
Law Practice
L.A. Sues Ex-Employee to Recover $800,000 in Misappropriated Funds
By Cat Ho
A former manager at the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles steered nearly $800,000 meant to help disabled low income...
Environmental
Justices Stick to the Narrow Issues on Environmental Cases
By Sara Libbyn
Many of the Supreme Court's most recent environmental cases were tailored very narrowly, writes Norman A. Dupont.
A federal appeals court said the judge should have taken testimony from a transsexual who says she was raped and abused by the...
The U.S. Supreme Court resolved the term's environmental caseload this week the same way the court started it - by ruling agai...
Neither Obama nor Santa should be giving out gifts to corporations - by definition, a gift requires no return consideration, w...
A critical juncture in stormwater regulation has arrived, write Paul N. Singarella and Shirin Zandpour.
Morrison & Foerster senior partner James Brosnahan has been in the business for five successful decades and he's not stopp...
In the Supreme Court's recent ruling on DNA evidence, procedure trumps vindication of the innocent, writes Charles S. Doskow.