Alternative Dispute Resolution
Collection Agency Ordered to Redact Personal Information
By Greg Katzn
As part of a lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum and a credit card company, San Francisco Judge Peter J. Busch has ...
One week after consumer advocates complained of inaction, state regulators announced Thursday that they will force three of th...
A key group of Heller Ehrman corporate attorneys in the firm's San Diego office are leaving for DLA Piper, Heller's managing p...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Ruling Ignores the Necessity of Impartiality in Government
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By John H. Sullivan - A recent 6th District decision dismissed longheld ideas about the necessity of impartiali...
Judges and Judiciary
Northern District Gears Up to Fill Jenkins' Spot on District Court
By Amy Yarbroughn
Web Exclusive - By Amy Yarbrough - The chair of a bipartisan committee that recommends President Bush's judge picks in Norther...
A senior Securities and Exchange Commission attorney urged defense lawyers Thursday to be proactive if investigators come call...
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Focus Column - By Gil Cabrera - San Diego's new disclosure requirements revolve around two key areas: who is a lobbyist and wh...
“This is the biggest mess I’ve seen the in city right now in which anyone has asked us to intervene in,” said Avis Ridley-Thom...
Law Practice
Union Opposition Weakens Bill Beefing Up Court Security
By David Houstonn
A powerful state union has forced the Judicial Council to slam the brakes on a legislative deal to beef up court security. ...
Focus Column - By Jay Folberg - Introducing deadlines into a negotiation is a way to create a perception of a vanishing oppor...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Judicial System Must Evolve, Adapt in Order to Meet Demand
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Rick Seabolt - If the public judicial system is to flourish in the face of stiff ADR competition, the system...
A Sacramento judge has approved a contested settlement agreement compensating 800,000 Ford Explorer owners whose vehicles lost...
During nearly three hours of withering cross-examination Wednesday, a federal prosecutor tried to portray a former police offi...
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger ruled Wednesday that government officials who oversee the massive Sacramento-San Joaqu...
A fractured U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the lethal injection procedures used by mos...
San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Brian McCarville keeps notes around his office reminding him to smile - and his sunny deme...
The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California took his expertise on child exploitation crimes to the U.S. Senate We...
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Two Supreme Court cases offer guidance for parents considering litigation against school d...
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Criminal
Judge Denies Pellicano Mistrial After Prosecutors Take the Stand
By Zack Vaneyckn
After prosecutors testified they did not rely on immunized statements to discredit one of Anthony Pellicano's co-defendants, a...
Leonard Goldstein, 1931-2008, a former presiding judge of the Orange County Superior Court who specialized in handling long, c...
Forum Column - By Ron Oliner - When times get rough for the economy, they get great for bankruptcy lawyers. ...
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin Strengthens Corporate Group in Los Angeles
By Rebecca U. Cho
Eric A. Klein, the former co-chair of Katten Muchin Rosenman's West Coast corporate practice, has taken his substantial book o...
Web Exclusive - A retired Modoc County judge entered a no contest plea late Tuesday to drunken driving charges. The future of...
Appellate Practice
Panel Overrules Schwarzenegger, Lets Killer Out on Parole
By John Roemer
A state appellate panel in San Diego Tuesday overruled Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and ordered the release from prison of a man...
Years after Blue Cross policyholders complained about being illegally dropped from coverage after they fell ill, they still ar...
Even with hearing aids and glasses, senior citizens can't hear or see very well. They are grandparents and great-grandparents,...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Developing a Trial Graphics Strategy is No Last-Minute Endeavor
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter and Andrew M. Spingler - Trial lawyers should realize that compelling, effective cour...
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