SAN JOSE - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, disqualified from a bankruptcy case for failing to disclose a conflict of interest...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 88-year-old mother of a death-row inmate has renewed hope that her son will be exonerated, now that a San ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit in Line for New Judgeship
By Dennis Pfaffn
WASHINGTON - California is in line to get a new judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals thanks to a bipartisan deal end...
LOS ANGELES - New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson announced Tuesday they have settled all litigation relating to the "Lord of th...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court Revives Religious Objections Over Blood Sample
By Amelia Hansenn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Los Angeles made a mistake by rejecting a man's religious arguments, based on his interpret...
Judges and Judiciary
Justice Touts His Memoir, and His Message, at Chapman
By Gabe Friedmann
Not two words into his appearance at Chapman University School of Law on Monday evening, it was clear why Clarence Thomas had ...
Judge Franklin Stephenson prefers his modest courtroom in the outlying community of Manteca to an appointment in a more urban ...
Corynne McSherry is representing the plaintiff in the latest in a series of battles between advocates of free online speech an...
Judges and Judiciary
Document Dispute Forces Prison Panel to Call Time-Out
By Dennis Pfaffn
A panel of federal judges has delayed proceedings in the massive prison overcrowding case, a move that almost certainly will p...
SAN FRANCISCO - Deborah Bailey-Wells, an intellectual property lawyer who blazed trails for women during her 25-year legal car...
LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Howard Matz has granted class status to immigrant groups and others who said police attacked...
Focus Column - By Simon J. Frankel and Bryanne J. Schmitt - What difference does it make whether Marilyn Monroe was a resident...
LOS ANGELES - Two more insurance recovery attorneys have left Morgan, Lewis & Bockius for Reed Smith, following the depart...
Real Estate/Development
Development Veteran Will Head City’s Real Estate Practice
By Peter Matuszakn
As the new head of the real estate and economic development practice for City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, longtime Assistant Ci...
Judges and Judiciary
Riverside County Courts Will Try New Calendaring System
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - Responding to criticism of Riverside County Superior Court's procedures, the state Judicial Council announced Mond...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit against the leading bar-review course provider that claimed the compa...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
New Year's Resolutions to Ease Immigration Law Compliance
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Kirsten Schlenger - 2008 is going to bring a new approach to the enforcement of immigration laws at the work...
Judge Dan T. Oki keeps lawyers abreast of his opinions by posting tentative rulings online in advance of hearings. ...
Center Kobie Conner scored eight points, hauled in five rebounds, blocked a shot and added a steal to help his former firm, Mo...
Phyllis Norton Cooper, the last surviving charter member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a pioneer for female law...
Industry Watch - By Fiona Smith - Real estate attorney E. Venessa Henlon, who helped move major developments in San Francisco ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A controversial proposal to require attorneys to tell their clients whether they carry malpractice insurance w...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Family Courts Reward Domestic Violence With Spousal Support
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - If we're to believe the bumper stickers preaching that "there's no excuse for domestic vio...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has greased the tracks for a settlement in the wrongful-death lawsuit brought against the city o...
Joseph G. Cavallo, best-known for his contentious representation of the son of an assistant sheriff in two sexual-assault tria...
Focus Column - By David J. Ozeran - Summary adjudication is a murky area for courts and practitioners and will remain so until...
Forum Column - By Tracy Evans Moyer - Taking on a management role in your firm can be challenging. Here's the playbook for suc...
Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges has opened a Tokyo office,...
Firm Watch
New Heller Ehrman Managing Partner Hopes to Redefine Role
By Devan Mcclainen
Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Heller Ehrman announced Barry S. Levin will become the new managing partner in the firm's...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw wooed real estate transactional attorneys Maura B. O'Connor a...