Lewis Davis' hobby of deciphering American Indian petroglyphs is a natural offshoot of the Contra Costa judge's analytical jur...
Judicial Profile
Most Lawyers Never See Jurist They Consider No. 1 in Post-Judgment Matters
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - Even after Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Murray B. Gross granted a bank's motion to assign righ...
In the end, legal experts say, the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was inevitable. The new consensus is ...
SYDNEY, Australia - Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd. announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Col...
Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Cheryl Mills has been taken off two cases after a public defender complained of bias....
After months of speculation, 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Vaino Spencer announced her retirement Monday, ending a 46-y...
Deals Column - By Jason Song - Jeffrey Kaye gets to the office around 2 p.m. "It's an advantage of working from home," he sai...
Forum Column - By Dennis Fernandez, Jeff Hunt and Raymond Ibon - If Microsoft and a handful of other major corporations get th...
Corporate
Former Brocade CEO Says Conflicting Theories Prove Need for New Trial
By David Houstonn
SAN JOSE - To obtain a conviction, prosecutors argued that the former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. "deceived" hi...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Bush Administration Breaking Vow to Strengthen Children's Health Care
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - During the 2004 election, the president promised to expand health care to more children. T...
Web Exclusive - Nationally prominent constitutional law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has emerged as one of two leading contende...
LOS ANGELES - After quashing indicted Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano's subpoena for a journalist's telephone records ...
LOS ANGELES - New York's Dewey Ballantine announced Monday it is in final talks to merge with fellow New York powerhouse LeBoe...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a swift kick in the butt to Attorney General Jerry Brown for suing local gov...
SAN FRANCISCO - Anaheim may be home to the happiest place on earth, but things could get acrimonious there next month when the...
LOS ANGELES - Facing criticism for talking big about critical issues while allowing personal problems and legal setbacks to cl...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court Protects Public's Right to Information
By Laura Ernden
The public's right to know trumped the privacy rights of public employees in two cases decided Monday by the California Suprem...
WASHINGTON - With the slow summer months quickly coming to a close, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, the government's lawy...
RIVERSIDE - Police on Monday were investigating a threat, possibly gang-related, against Riverside County's district attorney,...
Focus Column - By Christopher H. McGrath and Oleg Cross - The growing use of "pre-emptive sweeps" has the potential to make l...
Litigation
Class Action Could Be One of the Last Dot-Com Bust Trials
By Gabe Friedmann
A federal judge in Oakland has cleared the way for one of the largest securities-fraud trials in Northern California. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley legal star Larry Sonsini and two other former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. directors wil...
Industry Watch - By Gabe Friedman - Cooley Godward & Kronish has tapped Roel C. Campos, who consistently sided with shareh...
Focus Column - By Kirk Pasich - Do insurance carries have to pay for settlements that their insured don't foot the bill for? W...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Going Ballistic: Gun Law Would Make Police Work More Difficult
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Donald Kilmer - The California legislature's proposal for handgun microstamping would be unworkable, expensi...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - While most big law firms have followed the trend of minimizing aspects of their la...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll made its Los Angeles debut last ...
Industry Wact - By Maya Meinert - With 35 new hires and a planned expansion to the East Coast, Orange County intellectual prop...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Miguel Santana, right-hand man to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, will be j...
Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - With a beefed up roster of entertainment clients, Glen A. Rothstein has returned to Rosenfeld...