City Attorney Michael Aguirre and Rancho Santa Fe attorney Charles LiMandri will be squaring off today over whether the free s...
New Commissioner Scott Silverman strives to give all parties in his family law court a fair shake. ...
Chief Judge Anthony W. Ishii has asked 70 judges from outside the Eastern District to take 15 cases each, to bring its docket ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ plaintiff-friendly rulings in a series of environmental cases will face some tough scru...
Law Practice
Higher Penalties for Medical Errors Put Hospitals on Defensive
By Evan George
A new state law targeting medical mistakes allows for fines against hospitals of up to $50,000 for a first violation, and $75,...
Law Practice
It May Be a 'Sneaky' Tactic, but an Appeals Court Says Requesting a Speedy Trial by Letter is OK
By Laura Ernden
Web Exclusivie - Defense lawyers can demand a speedy trial for clients in writing rather than in open court, an appellate cour...
A turbulent economy may not be the best time for a wedding.
Law Practice
New Referee Named to Review Priests' Files in Clergy Abuse Settlement
By Sandra Hernandezn
Web Exclusive - A retired federal judge was named Tuesday to vet sensitive personnel documents in L.A.'s Catholic clergy abuse...
Law Practice
Judge Refuses to Lift a Ban on the Sale of DVD Copying Software
By Rebecca Beyern
Web Exclusive - A federal judge said Tuesday she wants to hear more evidence before deciding whether to allow RealNetworks Inc...
What can the government do to help ordinary homeowners and their communities? Use eminent domain, writes Lauren E. Willis.
The Chinese government recently released its proposals on the reform of digital copyright law in Hong Kong, writes Robin King.
Criminal defense lawyers seeking to expand the circumstances in which evidence should be suppressed following a police search ...
Campaign manager was also known as a legendary litigator.
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Federal Courts Are an Overlooked Part of Bush's Sad Legacy
By Sara Libbyn
With all the attention given other issues — Iraq, tax breaks for the wealthy, the financial crisis — our federal courts are a ...
Palo Alto-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has added a litigaton partner in its New York office.
Protesters line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court for the first day of the justices' 2008 term. The justices heard arguments o...
Justices will consider when a primary caregiver defense can be used in marijuana cases. California law allows groups of patien...
Law Practice
Judge Scolds Schwarzenegger Over Prison Health Care Funds
By Rebecca Beyer
A federal judge had harsh words on Monday for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose administration has failed to secure funding f...
Housing advocates say the multibillion-dollar deal announced Monday by Attorney General Jerry Brown to settle predatory lendin...
A fight between the State Bar and backers of a controversial study on affirmative action in law schools has moved to a new ven...
Satellite TV company Echostar Communications Corp. will have to pay $104 million in patent infringement damages to Alviso-base...
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a cooperating witness in the Milberg Weiss case to three months in prison, rejecting for a...
The moral of the city's failed efforts to build an airport in Palmdale: If you can’t build it, they won’t come, no matter how ...
A legal showdown between a coalition of Hollywood studios and a Seattle-based company that is trying to sell a product that wo...
A federal judge has rejected a last-ditch defense attempt to kick off the assistant U.S. attorneys prosecuting former Orange C...
Richard J. Riordan, the former Los Angeles mayor and state education secretary, had his law license suspended briefly for fail...
Law Practice
Mistrial Declared in Firefighters' Suit Over Gay Pride Parade
By Pat Broderick
Web Exclusive - A San Diego County Superior Court judge Monday declared a mistrial in a closely watched sexual harassment laws...
Web Exclusive - Prosecutors said Monday they would drop two charges that hung the jury deciding the options case against forme...
While Silicon Valley's Cooley Godward Kronish nabbed 15 partners from Heller Ehrman's Venture Law Group last week, several Was...
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Mediators Should Be Held to the Profession's Highest Standards
By Sara Libbyn
The prospective waiver of liability is a misguided effort at by mediators that lets them off the hook from performing ethicall...