Public Interest
California Lawyers for the Arts Will Honor Greenberg Glusker
By Peter Matuszakn
LOS ANGELES - The firm of Greenberg Glusker and local attorney Greg Victoroff, name partner of Rohde & Victoroff, will be ...
Judges and Judiciary
Women Lawyers Will Honor Retired Justice, a Legal Icon
By Rebecca U. Cho
LOS ANGELES - Retired 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Vaino Spencer, a longtime legal icon for women and African-American...
Employment Column - By Leonid M. Zilberman and Lisa A. Hill - A recent case reveals that courts are prepared to rein in employ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
About to Burn Out? Try These Tips to Survive Life as an Associate
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Michelle L. Fivel and Krista E. Kamper - Associates about to burn out from long workdays should master stres...
Focus Column - By Oliver Vallejo and Corey N. Friedman - Manufacturers who create component parts might face product liability...
LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court jury has returned a special verdict of fraud against Mercury Insurance, awarding more than $3 m...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal forest managers want to drill for oil and build roads where condors fly over California's wild woodlan...
LOS ANGELES - A former star expert witness for the securities' class-action bar on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to perjury ...
SAN JOSE - A patent-infringement case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court and established that patent holders are not automati...
The Daily Journal is accepting nominations for California's top women litigators. The results will be published in a May 14 su...
Web Exclusive - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law...
Four prominent attorneys offer tips on breaking into their practice areas and rememberance of exams passed. ...
Four top legal educators take legal education to the next level. ...
Test-takers from the July Bar Exam share that unforgettable moment last November, when they learned they had passed, from scre...
Prominent California lawyers describe their experiences of taking the State Bar Exam. ...
Are there other ways for lawyers to get paid? Some clients hope so. ...
Bar Exam coach suggests ways to do it better the next time around. ...
Before you take the Bar Exam, here are some things you should know. ...
Law Practice
Gibson Dunn Gains Expertise in Outsourcing With Partner
By Rebecca U. Cho
LOS ANGELES - A top lawyer in technology outsourcing, William J. Peters, joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in th...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court May Limit Damages in Exxon Valdez Case
By David Houstonn
Fitting for a case about maritime law, there was a sea of twists and turns at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday as the justices...
Judges and Judiciary
Critic of Governor's Judicial Picks Pushes for Changes to Ensure More Diversity
By David Houstonn
Web Exclusive - Data released by the State Bar Wednesday appears to show minority judicial applicants are being screened out b...
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a case being watched with trepidation by park districts across the st...
Forum Column - By Vera Valdivia - Haiti’s policies endanger children and make it difficult for adoptive parents to provide the...
Litigation
S.F. Settles White Officers' Discrimination Suit for $1.6 Million
By Rebecca Beyer
SAN FRANCISCO - The city of San Francisco will pay $1.6 million to settle lawsuits filed by 11 members of the San Francisco Po...
Coming Events
UCLA Will Hold Transnational Public-Interest Law Conference
By Anat Rubinn
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers and academics from South America, Canada, China, Eastern Europe, Ghana and the United States will gather...
SAN FRANCISCO - A death-penalty defense lawyer says the California Attorney General's Office is stonewalling attempts to get t...
Administrative/Regulatory
State Rejects Rules on HMO Patients' Waiting Time
By Evan Georgen
LOS ANGELES - State authorities Wednesday rejected a set of regulations that would have allowed health maintenance organizatio...
One of the nation's largest homebuilders has filed a lawsuit against one of the biggest law firms in the country over a troubl...
Norwalk Judge Dewey Falcone is known for his devotion to the long-cause criminal trials he presides over. ...
WASHINGTON - During the Civil War, President Lincoln pushed Congress to pass a law that allowed private citizens to make fraud...