Law Practice
Justices Leery of Exceptions for Aslyum Seekers Who Persecuted
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Conservative members of the Supreme Court expressed doubt Wednesday as to whether immigration judges should be allowed to gran...
Training to become a temporary judge involves confronting one's biases, writes Nora Quinn. - Forum Column ...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
For Litigants, Having Their Story Heard Means as Much as the Verdict
By Sara Libbyn
Mediation is the ideal setting to let the parties simply tell their story in their own words, picking and choosing the facts a...
Two recent appellate decisions can guide family law attorneys who have clients seeking modification of child support due to ch...
Tuesday was a night of drama for the state's judicial races, including an upset in San Francisco and a hotly contested race in...
Law Practice
Governor Grants Ex-L.A. Mayor Hahn's Wish for a Judgeship
By Cortney Fieldingn
More than three years after losing his mayoral re-election bid, James K. Hahn is making a civic comeback - in a black robe. ...
Newly elected City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said that he intends to rebuild the office to focus on law, not politics. ...
O'Melveny & Myers gains a trio of patent litigtors from the dissolving Thelen.
Civil Rights
U.S. Citizen Held by Immigration Officials Abruptly Released, Told Case Is Over
By Sandra Hernandezn
A 25-year-old man held for two months at a Lancaster detention center because immigration officials doubted the validity of hi...
Partners at San Francisco-based Thelen completed the vote Tuesday to dissolve the 84-year-old firm, a firm spokesman confirmed...
Latham & Watkins associate Marc Wilson, center, with Election Protection, watches as election inspector Rose Jones, left, ...
California’s focus on sweepstakes as addressed by SB 1400 may mean that sweepstakes in general will face increased scrutiny, w...
The unequal distribution of health care resources undermines the promise of access for certain groups, regardless of insurance...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
In an Economic Downturn, It Pays to Be in the Golden State
By Sara Libbyn
The Southern California economy is not bulletproof, but certain trends have offset the dramatic downturn in real estate and co...
Law Practice
A Noisy but Fair Election Emerges Inside Nevada's Legal Command Center
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
Seven attorneys crammed into a tiny conference room in a downtown Las Vegas law office to help the Lawyers Committee for Civil...
The nation’s patent appeals court made its first appearance in Silicon Valley in more than a decade Tuesday, reminding everyon...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared split Tuesday over whether the Federal Communications Commission acted legally when it tighten...
Law Practice
High Court to Hear Challenge to Arbitration of Legal Fee Disputes
By Laura Ernden
The California Supreme Court will hear two cases Thursday that will affect the ability of lawyers to collect fees for their wo...
Davis Wright Tremaine grabs four attorneys for its life sciences practices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be leaning toward a narrow ruling in a key case argued Monday about whether state tort clai...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
High Court Should Give Employees a Break by Reversing 'Brinker'
By Sara Libbyn
The Supreme Court should buck the pro-business judicial trend and reverse the Court of Appeal in 'Brinker.' - Forum Column ...
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling over whether a convict...
Twelve hours before Chevron called upon the Nigerian military to subdue 150 protesters occupying an oil platform, company offi...
Law Practice
Judge Unseals Brief Slamming Prosecutors in Corruption Case
By Pat Broderick
A federal judge has released a highly unusual brief he filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals slamming federal pros...
Jose Ledesma has spent two months locked up in a Lancaster immigration detention facility fighting a deportation order, even t...
Promoting transit-oriented development is the subject of recent state legislation, and over the past few years, several state ...
Judge Carol C. Yaggy, whose tough court calendar includes murders and sex offenses, seeks contentment through serene artworks...
Richard Wiebe represented the Center for Biological Diversity in a case that used the Public Trust Doctrine to fight against a...
Heller Ehrman's demise has continued to scatter attorneys to various firms.
Law Practice
Former L.A. District Attorney Goes to High Court to Protect Immunity for Supervisors
By Lawrence Hurleyn
“If this case gets upheld, I don’t know why anyone would want to be a DA,” John Van de Kamp, a former Los Angeles district att...