Vocal and persistent, Justice Antonin Scalia can be a source of deep anxiety for counsel during Supreme Court oral arguments, ...
Chief Judge Irma E. Gonzalez hopes that the recent bombing of her federal courthouse in downtown San Diego will spur Congress ...
Heading into settlement negotiations with lawyers for the Buena Park police, the young civil rights lawyers from Morrison &...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Lawyers Can Help Protect and Serve Public Safety Officers
By Sara Libbyn
While no one can protect public safety employees from physical harm, lawyers can help ensure that they have their legal affair...
Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Corporate and securities partner Allen Z. Sussman has jumped from Morrison & Foerster t...
It is time for the California Supreme Court to strike down the state's ban on same-gender marriage as violative of the Califor...
Tom Muller has become the third O'Melveny & Myers real estate partner in two months to jump to Los Angeles-based Manatt, P...
After months of internal wrangling among city officials, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa used his veto power last week to force the...
Seizing on the recent convictions of several lawyers linked to securities class action firm Milberg Weiss, Republicans are cal...
As a new judge handling drug and misdemeanor cases in Victorville, Michael A. Sachs works hard to get lives back on track, as ...
Gerald A. "Jerry" Kurland, a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS, has been awarded the 2008 West Coast Casualty Jerrold S. Olive...
Twenty-four years as a lawyer, working in government and private offices, on criminal and civil cases, primed Marla Miller for...
Edward Weiss has one of the best seats in Ticketmaster’s house. A weekly conversation with influential state general counsel d...
Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson works to find the most efficient means to justice for all parties in his busy Oakland cou...
SACRAMENTO - The governing board of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine voted to distribute $271 million to 12 i...
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper said she erred when she shut down a lawsuit filed against the LAPD and some officers...
Labor/Employment
A Year On, Still No Decision for the Permanently Disabled
By Rebecca Beyer
Today marks a year since a workers' compensation judge threw out a key aspect of reforms Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed thr...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Architect of Agreements Thrives on Complexity
By Jonathan Vaniann
Gordon E. McClintock became a full-time mediator 15 years ago and specializes in construction cases - settling complex, multip...
Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter - All too often, attorneys can't see the forest for the trees. And if the attorneys do...
A nondenominational religious group claims a state regulation gives California parks officials unconstitutional power to block...
Attorneys from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Intel Corp. and Google Inc., r...
Employment Column - By Michael S. Kalt and Leonid M. Zilberman - Employers should get actively involved in the legislative pro...
Verdicts
S.F. Agrees to Pay $5.1 Million In Malpractice Case Settlement
By Nicolas Taborekn
A middle-aged man who checked into San Francisco General Hospital complaining of a fever and cough and ended up with severe br...
For months, the company has contended that General Counsel David Dull was not involved in the stock options scandal that envel...
California Courts of Appeal
State Justices Weigh Problems With Cold Case Prosecutions
By Laura Ernden
Web Exclusive - By Laura Ernde - The California Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday about how to determine whether a defen...
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor company led by a husband-and-wife team faced with stock options backdating alle...
Focus Column - By Dominique R. Shelton and Jennie Levin - Despite the prevalence of knock-offs and the claims of fashion desig...
Century City’s Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff has gained a former Katten Muchin estate planning attorney. Find out who else is ch...
The Assembly will soon cast votes on whether to allow the State Bar to charge members $10 annually above base dues for five ye...
After fighting organized crime as an FBI agent, Judge Joseph P. Brannigan always makes sure the 'right thing' is done. ...