VICTORVILLE - A Berkeley attorney is suing an Apple Valley sect of the Jehovah's Witnesses, claiming the church turned a blind...
SAN BERNARDINO - Choking smoke from mountain wildfires led officials to close downtown San Bernardino's trial and juvenile cou...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Disappointment Guaranteed: Expectations Twist Education Standards
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Focusing on the racial "achievement gap" in education virtually ensures a future of medi...
Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A forthcoming decision from the Supreme Court will settle the question of whether the pr...
Advocates for the poor and homeless hope to boost legal assistance in Skid Row through an all-day educational program for lawy...
Technology & Science
Google, Viacom Could Be Inching Toward Settlement, Experts Say
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - During the past week and a half, Viacom Inc. and Google Inc. have made public announcements that legal observers sa...
If any Internet companies weren’t thinking about how to better protect copyrights, they’re thinking about it now. A series of ...
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - As fires continue to rage throughout Southern California, this comprehensive overview of ho...
SANTA ANA - Southern California law firm Irell & Manella is caught in the crossfire between one of the world's richest men...
How do top rainmakers turn adversity into opportunity? Do you have be overseas to develop and maintain business there? Get the...
Corporate
Opening Statements Begin in Securities Suit That Could Cost JDSU Billions
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - After five years of heavy pretrial litigation, the plaintiffs' lawyer in the JDSU securities class action made a...
Firm Watch
Client Conflict Propels Patent Litigator From Manatt to Liner
By Rebecca U. Cho
LOS ANGELES - James Doroshow, a patent litigator formerly with Baker Hostetler who announced two weeks ago that he was joining...
Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - A lawsuit by the city of Riverside that prevented a challenge to local eminent-domain p...
Focus Column - By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran - A new ruling from the California Court of Appeal is making it easier ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Show Political Fealty, Threaten the Innocent
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Gerald F. Uelmen - The governor's decision to reject a trio of bills intended to cut down on wrongful incarc...
Environmental
San Diego Courts Remain Closed; Deputies Called to Fire Patrols
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County's trial courts will remain closed to the public until Monday, officials said, because sheriff's d...
Government
With U.S. Brief, Case on Funding Anti-Unionizing Efforts Speeds Up
By Brent Kendall
If the Bush administration has its way, California officials soon will find themselves in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to d...
A veteran antitrust attorney could transform the cable industry with a federal class action that strikes at the very way it do...
Government
A Political Misstep in the Hunt for Bias in Political Prosecutions
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - A Democratic congresswoman from Los Angeles was forced to make a politically embarrassing retraction Tuesday afte...
Gay Conroy today finds herself serving as a commissioner on the Ventura County bench with an abundance of professional and lif...
The California Legislature responded to Cunningham v. California (2007) 127 S.Ct. 856, by providing that, when a "statu...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Corporate Collaboration - 10 Tips for Enhancing Counsel Partnerships
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Brian Cabrera and Victor Schachter - A handful of simple principles can reap huge rewards in working relatio...
Forum Column - By Fabian Nuñez - It's time for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to follow the Legislature's wishes and make more-div...
Litigation
Testimony on Detained Immigrant's Death Was Misleading, Witnesses Say
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - A top federal immigration official misled Congress when she testified that a Mexican immigrant who died of compl...
Focus Column - By Alex Ricciardulli - The United States Supreme Court's ruling in Cunningham v. California changed comm...
San Diego County’s trial courts, district attorney's office and public defender’s office were expected to remain closed today ...
Labor/Employment
Los Angeles Panel Allows Deputy DAs to Vote on Unionizing
By Martin Bergn
LOS ANGELES - Deputy district attorneys in Los Angeles County have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to unionize for the...
LOS ANGELES - In the wake of a series of scandals including the death of a Mexican man with AIDS, allegations of forced druggi...
Government
Governor Plans Auto Emissions Suit Against EPA in Washington
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to file suit in Washington, D.C., against the Environmental Protection Agen...
Federal judges, including justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, are under no obligation to publicly explain their decisions to r...