Focus Column - By William F. Sullivan, Peter M. Stone and D. Scott Carlton - A recent Supreme Court decision did away with 'sc...
Presiding over an isolated courthouse in Joshua Tree gives Judge Rod Cortez the opportunity to hear a wide variety of cases. ...
Public Interest
Tommy Breslin 1932-2007: Public Defender Known as Dedicated, Compassionate
By Zack Vaneyckn
LOS ANGELES - Memorial services are planned this spring following the death of veteran public defender Tommy Breslin. Breslin...
Forum Column - By Chris Hoffman - Employers should discourage their employees from having intimate relationships with co-worke...
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based talent management company Marathon Entertainment filed a petition Wednesday with the state Sup...
SANTA ANA - Attorneys for Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and his wife let loose a double-barreled attack on the prosecution...
When actor Kirk Douglas applied to get his famous name trademarked 50 years after his storied career began, he just wanted to ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Trying to right itself from an international stolen antiquities scandal and embarrassing governance shortcomin...
Morrison & Foerster's last corporate partner based in its Orange County office has moved to Bingham McCutchen. MoFo chairm...
SAN FRANCISCO - After a seven-year court battle over its effort to get cleaner-burning vehicle fleets on Southern California's...
Judges and Judiciary
In Rare Move, Attorney Runs for Two San Diego County Seats
By Pat Broderick
SAN DIEGO — A local lawyer has filed to run for two judicial seats, a rare political maneuver that is adding some color to th...
LOS ANGELES - Corporate attorney Jai Pathak, who helped develop Jones Day's India practice and headed its Singapore office, ha...
LOS ANGELES - After impassioned arguments on both sides, the American Bar Association has endorsed a pair of recommendations a...
Government
Senators From Both Parties Object to Disparity in Cocaine Sentencing
By Alexia Garamfalvin
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of senators is stepping up efforts to reduce the 100-1 sentencing ratio between crack and powd...
LOS ANGELES - Indicted attorney Terry Christensen fired back at federal prosecutors in court papers Monday, claiming they stru...
SANTA ANA — Southern California’s first Vietnamese-born judge will be the only sitting Orange County judge facing an election ...
Before plaintiffs' lawyer William S. Lerach received a two-year prison sentence Monday, his lawyers compiled an impressive col...
Forum Column - By Jean Hardisty - The Bush administration’s marriage-promotion programs are based on false logic and harm the ...
Focus Column - By Michael Paul Thomas - The issue of whether a party may be estopped from asserting mediation confidentiality ...
Judges and Judiciary
Most-Sought-After Riverside Seat Draws Four Candidates
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - Four candidates are challenging a Riverside County Superior Court judge for the county's most-sought-after judicia...
Intellectual Property
Former Executive Is Defiant in Patent Lawsuit
By Alexia Garamfalvin
SAN JOSE - A former Rambus Inc. executive who attended meetings of an organization that set standards for memory chips was def...
Administrative/Regulatory
Before He Can Sue the Government, Man Needs Rare Certificate
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - Richard Finley had a dream of opening 20 legal bookstores across the nation. Instead, at the age of 67, he went ...
LOS ANGELES - The upcoming June 3 judicial elections will feature a spoons-playing musician/attorney pitted against a sitting ...
A lifelong athlete, Alameda Judge Sandra K. Bean thrives in the competitive legal world. ...
A federal judge sentenced fallen class-action lawyer William S. Lerach on Monday to the maximum, 24 months, for what he called...
U.S. Supreme Court
S.F. Restaurant Group Seeks Stay of Health Care Coverage
By Evan George
A San Francisco Bay-area restaurant association has filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel Orders Protesters to Pay Interest on Punitives
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Planned Parenthood in Oregon won another round in federal appellate court Monday in its lengthy campaign again...
Firm Watch
Christensen Glaser Establishes Las Vegas Real Estate Practice
By Rebecca U. Cho
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles litigation powerhouse Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro has opened a Las Vegas o...
Focus Column - By David A. Gerber - Two different pieces of copyright legislation, separated by nearly 70 years, produced oppo...
SACRAMENTO - Frustrated by their failure to get permanent disability benefits boosted for injured workers, lawyers are seeking...