Law Practice
Collaborative Divorce Booms as Method to Ease the Parting
By Susan Mcraen
Attorney Fred Glassman, right, helped Bart Greenhut obtain a collaborative divorce, a process whereby a couple, their lawyers,...
Government
Judge Delays Child Porn Case Over Agent's Fear of Testifying
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - To give a government special agent time to get over her fear of testifying, a federal judge has delayed a hearin...
SAN FRANCISCO - Fearing that minorities will have their civil rights trampled, community activists vowed Thursday to closely m...
Verdicts
Jury Awards Couple Damages in Dispute With Insurer Over Toxic Mold Claim
By Alexa Hylandn
LOS ANGELES - More than four years ago, Kathy and Perry Rodriguez began remodeling their home in Orange, only to find that ext...
SACRAMENTO - Land in the North Natomas area of Sacramento may not have been developed in a proper and timely manner, the Sacra...
At 31, defense attorney George Mgdesyan has built an impressive record, securing victories in each of five felony cases to rea...
ANAHEIM - In a 6-0 vote, the Anaheim Planning Commission approved plans for the Gene Autry Experience development July 9. ...
Criminal
Spector's Former Attorney Loses Final Bid for Appeal of Contempt
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - A Beverly Hills attorney who once worked on music producer Phil Spector's defense team may be headed to jail aft...
Firm Watch
Finding Traction in Foreign Markets: Law Firms Try Networks
By Maya Meinert
With the legal marketplace becoming increasingly international, law firms lacking a global presence are examining new ways to ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco lesbian motorcycle group won a four-year battle Wednesday to trademark the term Dykes on Bikes...
International Law Focus Column - By S. Elizabeth Foster - India provides an abundance of opportunity for American lawyers, but...
Focus Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A June ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has put President Bush's "enemy c...
SAN FRANCISCO - China's new labor contracts law is expected to provide ample work for U.S. attorneys counseling companies on t...
Juvenile
2nd District Upholds Order Disqualifying Children's Law Center
By Susan Mcraen
A state appellate panel has upheld a Los Angeles County Juvenile Court order disqualifying the Children's Law Center from repr...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Making Divorce Easier and Faster Would Benefit Spouses and Children
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Unneccesarily cumbersome legal proceedings can take a significant toll on separating coupl...
Intellectual Property
China's IP Savvy Grows, as Do Legal Protections
By Daniel Heimpeln
Developing countries can reach a point when the stealing of intellectual property becomes obsolete. As China's economy makes c...
Corporate
Accounting Rules Confused Many Companies, Expert Testifies
By Craig Anderson
SAN FRANCISCO - The accounting rules that former Silicon Valley executive Gregory Reyes is accused of violating in his crimina...
Intellectual Property
In Copter Suit, China Lands on New Legal Ground
By Daniel Heimpeln
In getting a settlement against an American company, a Chinese maker of toy helicopters takes a rarely used flight path and la...
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi will join community activists today to rally against City Attorney Dennis Herrera's ...
Discipline
Professors Cite Prosecutors' Lack of Accountability and Win-at-All-Costs Attitude in Wrongful Convictions
By Ryan Oliver
Web Exclusive - LOS ANGELES - A lack of accountability and a win-at-all-costs attitude among state prosecutors is being cited ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Race, Speech Issues Oversimplify Education Challenges
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - The Supreme Court's recent decisions on school segregation and student expression are di...
SAN FRANCISCO - Arden Realty purchased 26 research-and-development office buildings in the Silicon Valley for an undisclosed a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Energy finance partners James R. Cowan and Arthur T. Kolios, both formerly of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & ...
For the second time in her career, Rosalind R. Tyson has been named interim head of the Securities and Exchange Commission's L...
Almost every day of every week during campaign season, small armies of young, idealistic men and women fan out across the subu...
LOS ANGELES - The California Department of Corporations has adopted a series of revisions to the state's stock-option regulati...
Forum Column - By Jon Coupal - Backers of a new ballot measure hope to reignite the campaign against the abuse of eminent doma...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Business, Private Life Collide in Luxury-Home Mediations
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Matthew W. Argue - Mediation that touches on an issue as sensitive as your home requires concessions in the ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state has shut down a bankrupt Los Angeles County-based nationwide law firm that officials say continued t...
Focus Column - By Robert Hulse - New federal rules governing the application process for patents alter the strategies necessar...