When Maurice J. Attie says he has been mediating disputes since before he can remember, he means it. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Philippine Government Should Hold Military Accountable for Violence
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By John Hall - Faced with widespread human rights abuses by the Philippines' military, a new legal movement hop...
Parties whose only offense was being on the losing side of an important appellate ruling should not have to pay their opponent...
Employment Column - By Robert S. Nelson - Employers should consider several factors in allowing employees to use service or co...
Entertainment & Sports
New Lawsuits Might Prevent Movie About Sammy Davis Jr.
By Alexa Hylandn
LOS ANGELES - It's beginning to look like one of two Sammy Davis Jr. biopics may never grace the big screen. ...
Forum Column - By Kevin Martin and Kara Suro - Proposed changes to the way the SEC approaches settlements of potential enforce...
Focus Column - By Jay Folberg - Negotiating legal settlements can be a lot like striking a deal in a pawnshop. ...
Medical marijuana advocates said they would turn to lawmakers for help after the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that ...
WASHINGTON - Democratic senators excoriated the Bush administration's Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its refusa...
When artist Chris Moreno and her husband, California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, became the primary caretakers of a d...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Drug-Test Data On Ballplayers Must Go Back
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - In a setback for the government's probe into sports steroid use, a federal appellate court reversed course wit...
When they met five years ago, Jayne Fleming was a second-year associate, and Raul Aktanov was a young political refugee, fight...
Government
Jury Doesn't Buy SEC's Case Against Financial Commentator
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles rejected all but a thin portion of the Securities and Exchange Commission's case a...
The University of California will have to pay at least $40 million for drastically hiking fees for thousands of students - inc...
Jay Leno, NBC Studios and a group of fellow comedians settled their federal copyright-infringement lawsuit against Brown and a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Food safety activists and environmentalists Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a federal decision to relax ...
Olympic gold medal sprinter Justin Gatlin has appealed a four-year doping suspension that bars him from defending his 100-mete...
Forum Column - By Tim Keller - The 9th Circuit should uphold an Arizona education program that gives parents more control over...
Focus Column - By Joanne Lichtman and Gil Keteltas - California is paving the way for climate-related tort litigation - cases ...
Real Estate/Development
The Book Stops Here: Firm Known for Real Estate Treatises
By Devan Mcclainen
CBS Outdoor, the nation's largest outdoor advertiser, could choose any number of prominent law firms to do its real estate wor...
SACRAMENTO - Expressing dissatisfaction with the progress of improving medical care in California's prisons, a U.S. judge on W...
Government
Feinstein Seeks Court Review of Suits Against AT&T, Verizon
By David Houstonn
WASHINGTON - With the Senate due to take up a controversial surveillance bill today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is attempting to na...
A plan to blanket the state of Israel with the first-ever nationwide electric-car network faces many hurdles, but a $200 milli...
Moving from associate to partner is not the sure thing it used to be, legal experts say. Today's young lawyers need more than ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Transfers Two Cases, Raising Hopes for the Defense
By David Houstonn
SAN JOSE - Two rulings by federal District Judge John Ward of the Eastern District of Texas this month raise the question of w...
Law Practice
Jay Wheeler (1947-2008): Attorney Was Known for Winning Verdicts, Mentoring Talent
By Pat Broderick
SAN DIEGO - Trial attorney Jay Wheeler loved a good joke, hated dishonesty and would push his young litigators to center stage...
LOS ANGELES - The protracted battle between two contentious figures in Los Angeles' federal bar continues, with a beleaguered ...
Forum Column - By Lynn Duryee and Matthew N. White - When settlement negotiations grind to a halt, plenty of techniques are av...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Atlanta-based labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins is opening in San Francisco to handle an upsurge ...
Focus Column - By Paul V. Carelli IV - An amendment to the Tort Reform Act has implications for anyone considering filing a se...