LOS ANGELES - A federal judge tentatively acquitted civil-rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman on four counts of money laundering...
Forum Column - By Pamela Hartman - ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nations' Rates of Private Gun Ownership Do Not Correlate to Rates of Murder
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Don B. Kates and Carol Hehmeyer - European public policy is proving that banning firearms is the best way...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - As San Francisco's Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy was conducting a "s...
Focus Column - By Alana Hoffman and Marc Poster - California courts are searching for the right balance in deciding when couns...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - Carrie N. Schneider may just be a modern Renaissance woman. In addition to prac...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - In a bid to expand the firm's private equity buyout capabilities in San Francisco, Morri...
A man who blogs about his attraction to young girls was ordered Friday to stay 30 feet from all minors in California. The temp...
WASHINGTON - To some members of Congress, the tussle with the White House over executive privilege is nothing new. They've se...
SAN FRANCISCO - Would a loss for the government in the nation's first criminal backdating trial doom future indictments of oth...
Disbarments, Resignations and Suspensions
On the Move
One of the smartest men Jeffrey Penney ever met showed him a method of problem solving that helped him rise as a prosecutor an...
At first, Contra Costa Judge John T. Laettner missed his active role in court as a prosecutor, but now he is enjoying being a ...
Criminal
Journalists Fight to Attend Jury Field Trip to Spector’s Home
By Jennifer Hammn
Defense attorneys in the Phil Spector murder trial are clashing with First Amendment advocates over whether journalists should...
Before entering graduate school, Imperial County Judge Raymond Cota flipped a coin to decide between education and law. ...
Law Practice
Gem Traders' Lawsuit to Regain $3 Million in Stones Starts Today
By Alexa Hylandn
LOS ANGELES - Several New York- and Swiss-based gem traders will go to court this morning to try to force a Los Angeles broker...
In the first auto body shop fraud case tried under a 1993 state law, a Los Angeles jury issued an injunction against Hollywood...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - A recent Orange County case gives the lie to the argument that gay marriage weakens hetero...
Employment Column - By Karen L. Gabler - Problematic workers can be neutralized through the right combination of aggressive ma...
Local governments cannot penalize landlords for bringing malicious or unfounded lawsuits against tenants, the California Supre...
SAN FRANCISCO - It's not always easy for retired judges to make the transition to become a mediator. But Lawrence Sawyer, who...
Focus Column - By Sigrid Owczarek - Early settlement programs like the one being used in San Francisco offer a bounty of advan...
The grandson of Oscar-winning actor Spencer Tracy was awarded just $2 in compensatory damages by a Los Angeles County Superior...
SANTA ANA - Audiences have been flocking to see "Sicko," Michael Moore's passionate condemnation of the American health care i...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Giving Police, Prosecutors a Boost
By Brent Kendall
A small organization in Sacramento plays a big role in criminal cases litigated at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The c...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State Justices Let Tobacco Precedent Fall
By John Roemer
The U.S. Supreme Court has stubbed out Californians' right to sue tobacco makers for advertising their wares to youth, the sta...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Reel World Education: European Students Offer Insights Into U.S. Jury System
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Peggy Strand - One lawyer's stint as a guest lecturer at a Finnish college made her re-evaluate the virtues...
Science and psychology are on the agenda for thousands of attorneys who’ll attend the annual meeting of the National Associati...
Government
Revised Rules for Media Access at Prisons Leave Some Wanting
By Jennifer Hammn
SACRAMENTO - Amid growing concerns over conditions in California's prisons, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed new rules ...