Focus (Forum & Focus)
Word to the Wise: Language Is a Lawyer's Strongest Tool
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Mark Labaton - Words are among the most powerful tools for lawyers. ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices Tilt Against Limiting Patents in Licensing Case
By David Houstonn
Taking up a high-stakes patent case for the computer industry, the U.S. Supreme Court voiced skepticism Wednesday that a South...
Gregory L. Reyes, the former chief executive officer of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and first person to be convicted b...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Denies Sonar Tests Off Coast
By Fiona Smith
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday turned away a request by the U.S. Navy to continue to conduct unfettered ...
Since being sworn in as the U.S. attorney for the nation's largest federal district in October, Thomas P. O'Brien, has taken o...
Years teaching trial advocacy and courtroom skills to law students prepared Los Angeles Judge Darrell S. Mavis for his appoint...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge, MALDEF Co-Founder Considered a Renaissance Man
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - Richard A. Ibanez, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge for two decades, and one of the founders of the Mex...
SAN FRANCISCO - With one appointment to the 1st District Court of Appeal pending, the governor's office now has a second vacan...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Reform Needed in California's Death-Penalty Administration
By Sara Libbyn
Letter to the Editor - Fundamental changes need to be made addressing the state's overburdened system of death penalty adminis...
LOS ANGELES - Steve Cooley got a $56,000 raise Tuesday, making him the highest-paid district attorney in the state. The Los A...
Focus Column - By Barry Zalma - Several rulings indicate that insurance is considered neither a good nor a service under the l...
Forum Column - By Elaine Elinson - Today's female politicians can thank a little-known Jewish suffragette from San Francisco f...
A former California Assemblyman and partner at Mayer Brown has been appointed by Speaker Fabian Nunez to the California Transp...
Verdicts
Environmental Groups File Suit Over Water Desalination Plant
By Pat Broderickn
SAN DIEGO - Two environmental groups have sued the state Coastal Commission, claiming its conditional approval of a water desa...
Judges and Judiciary
Senators Hope to Ban Judges From Educational Junkets
By David Houstonn
Two U.S. senators are trying to make a proposed pay increase for the federal judiciary more palatable to Congress by inserting...
WASHINGTON - The business community won a big legal victory over investors Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that shar...
Corporate
Trial to Start in Bay Guardian’s Suit Over Rival’s Ad Costs
By Rebecca Beyer
Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in Bruce B. Brugmann's suit on behalf of his San Francisco Bay Guardian against the SF...
Longtime district attorney Robert J. Lemkau hit the books to prepare for his new role: presiding over civil commitment cas...
The difficult nature of trying cases in what some view as the Wild West of Internet advertising became apparent in a dispute b...
Focus Column - By Leonard S. Levy - Preparing clients before entering into mediation is key to a successful outcome. ...
Sidestepping an explosive health care issue, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case that asked whether ter...
LOS ANGELES - A prominent Encino lawyer recently joined the city's Board of Water and Power Commissioners, which oversees the ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Settling Suit, Wal-Mart Dodges Decision in Disabilities Case
By Martin Bergn
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an important employment-law case involving Wal-Mart after the company and the plain...
The Supreme Court expressed little sympathy for "Judge Alex" Ferrer in a fee dispute between the television jurist and his for...
SANTA ANA - Indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona stepped down Monday primarily to keep mega-firm Jones Day on his defens...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Robert C. Bonner, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President...
LOS ANGELES - After eight years at the helm of Loyola Law School, Dean David W. Burcham has accepted a promotion to provost of...
LOS ANGELES - University of Southern California law professor and Fox News commentator Susan Estrich joined litigation powerho...
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - Congress should move forward with plans to prohibit judges from accepting ethically que...