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...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
For Associates Facing Long Workdays, Preparation Is Key
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Krista E. Kamper and Michelle L. Fivel - For associates facing impossibly long workdays, preparation and con...
It's another strike against California's efforts to impose pollution controls tougher than the national standards. The 9th Cir...
Civil Rights
Civil Liberties Groups Ask Judge to Lift Order Shutting Site
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Civil liberties groups have asked a federal judge to reconsider his broad order shutting down a Web site that ...
Four legal educators imagine the future Prominent attorneys give tips on getting started Bar examiners offer help to second...
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...
Five varied careers later, Stockton Judge Jose L. Alva has found the one that makes perfect use of the previous four. ...
Education
City Attorney Opposes $1 a Year Lease for Literary Center
By Peter Matuszakn
Officials from the Los Angeles city attorney's office reported last week that they would not recommend approval of a 25-year l...
SAN FRANCISCO - Whales get their day in court today. A federal appeals court will hear arguments on whether the Bush administ...
Lawyers can't sue each other for stealing clients, at least in most cases, an appellate court ruled Tuesday. ...
LOS ANGELES - A U.S. citizen who was wrongly deported to Mexico is suing federal and local authorities, alleging his civil rig...
WASHINGTON -Sidestepping a major ruling in an employment-discrimination case, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to tak...
Focus Column - By Kirk Pasich - Many of the past year's insurance-related appellate-court decisions went against providers. ...
SACRAMENTO-The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved a bill to enable counties to transfer court facilities to the state...
Public Interest
D.C.’s Equal Justice Works Will Expand to San Francisco
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the nation's biggest legal fellowship organizations is heading west. Equal Justice Works plans to ope...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Crisis in Africa: Mediation Could Play a Crucial Role in Healing
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Roger D. Hartstone - Mediation could play a significant role in solving the humanitarian crisis in Africa. ...
LOS ANGELES-Three of Anthony Pellicano's co-defendants are locked in last-minute settlement talks with federal prosecutors and...
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Irate Kozinski Seeks Review of Fraud Case
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A securities-fraud ruling by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned into a judicial brawl Tuesday as...
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...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Civil Rights Lawyer Sues Over Skid Row Activist’s Arrest
By Anat Rubinn
Civil rights attorney Carol Sobel filed a federal civil rights lawsuiton behalf of Pete White, co-director of the Los Angeles ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Conference Withdraws Controversial Discipline Rule
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Weeks before a showdown over new rules on disciplining errant federal judges was set to erupt, the 9th U.S. Ci...
A Superior Court jury took less than two hours to find that U.S. District Judge George Schiavelli tumbled on his own accord fr...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Off the Record, on Deep Background: What Does It All Mean?
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Elizabeth Lampert and William-Arthur Haynes - Lawyers and reporters should establish clear ground rules befo...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Disclosures Shouldn't Always Waive Privilege, Judge Says
By Alexia Garamfalvin
SAN FRANCISCO - Fourteen months ago, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer for the Northern District of California ruled that a l...