Focus Column - By Ilana S. Rubel - Internet aggregators who take information from other sites without authorization likely wil...
Industry Watch - By Amity Bacon - The U.S. Supreme Court has set a milestone with the appointment of the first woman as specia...
In his recently published book, "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Camp...
Government
Delgadillo Is Near to Exceeding Budget for Outside Counsel
By Peter Matuszakn
LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo acknowledges his office has spent almost all of his annual budget for outside cou...
Texas attorney David L. Sheller got what he wanted from the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, which erased his $95,...
Judge Susan Etezadi's experiences with the law have taken her as far as The Hague and, most recently, landed her on the bench ...
Constitutional Law
San Diego Lawyer Gets $188 Million Verdict in Defamation Case
By Pat Broderick
SAN DIEGO - A California lawyer has won a $188 million verdict for a Mexican businessman who claimed a Texan defamed him in a ...
Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's l...
Dispensing justice over a wide area in Northern California, Commissioner Peter Twede is known for his patience and his clear e...
Former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, who has been working in the private sector since leaving public office three years ago...
After a love of Los Angeles brought him across country, Magistrate Judge Frederick F. Mumm enjoyed 20 years in private practic...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Paraplegic Man Dumped on Skid Row Sues L.A. Hospital
By Evan George
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a homeless paraplegic man found 'dumped' in a Skid Row gutter last February filed a lawsuit Thursd...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired U.S. District Judge Sued and Lobbied for Raises
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service will take place tomorrow for retired U.S. District Judge Spencer M. Williams. Williams di...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel Won't Replace Lawyer Disliked by Murder Defendant
By Amelia Hansenn
A murder defendant who had a dysfunctional relationship with his court-appointed counsel is not guaranteed new legal represent...
RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which two former students of a religious high school claimed ad...
RIVERSIDE - A company that refuels commercial aircraft at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside has agreed to pay $100,000 to ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
In and Out and In Again: Repairing Los Angeles' Criminal Justice Conveyer Belt
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Joe Domanick - A conveyer-belt system of criminal justice in California has led to overcrowded prisons and a...
Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Paying employee wages with stored-value "pay cards" could be legally viable. ...
Focus Column - By Diane J. Klein - Several trademark dilution issues are at play in a suit filed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
Defections at Heller Ehrman continued this week when attorneys James Olson and Randall Schai relocated to Jones Day's four-yea...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral's Legal Work in Navy Prepared Him Well
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - As a young man in the U.S. Navy, Benjamin S. Seigel got his first taste of the law. His job: defend an officer a...
Amy Solomon, the newest president of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles was preparing for life as a world-traveling...
Appellate Practice
Zoo, S.F. Seek Tiger-Attack Evidence in Discovery
By Rebecca Beyern
SAN FRANCISCO - In the face of what seems to be inevitable litigation in the wake of a Christmas Day tiger attack, San Francis...
RIVERSIDE - A state appellate court has reversed a Riverside man's murder conviction, asserting that the judge in the trial co...
Michael Villalobos has returned to the West Covina misdemeanor court where he began his career as a prosecutor - but this time...
Susan Partovi, left, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles’ primary physician, and Mark Casanova, the Skid Row clinic’s executive d...
SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors in San Bernardino County have dismissed charges against a Murrieta attorney who had been accused ...
First Amendment groups are applauding a decision by a federal magistrate judge to grant Amnesty International the same rights ...
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Parents should be allowed to recover if their child is victimized as a result of their sch...
Focus Column - By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Chung Allred - For practitioners with clients trying to enforce in California mo...