Letters to the Editor - Daily Journal readers aren't laughing at the antics of Orange County Superior Court Judge James M. Bro...
SAN JOSE - Linda DeBene is accustomed to starting from scratch. A former county prosecutor in Florida, DeBene moved to Califo...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Hazards of Hiring - Avoiding Trade-Secret Spillage
By Troy Senikn
Employment Column - Eric Amdursky explains how employers can prevent the liability that arises when new hires disclose trade s...
California's highest court Thursday upheld the right of local officials to preserve downtown and neighborhood business distric...
Forum Column - Penn State's Clay Calvert and Robert Richards reveal how the Justice Department is using venues around the coun...
SAN BERNARDINO -The nation's largest automotive parts retailer has agreed to pay California and other agencies $1.5 million in...
LOS ANGELES - A trial is expected to begin today for an attorney accused of sneaking drugs to his incarcerated client awaiting...
Annie Thorkelson, disillusioned with the inaccessibility of the legal system after 25 years in practice, has returned to what ...
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would add 50 judges to the California bench won the support of a joint legislative budget committee t...
Victims of the deadliest train crash in Metrolink history were given the go-ahead this week to pursue negligence claims agains...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Courts Split on Post-Claims Rescission of Insurers' Coverage
By Jim Adamekn
LOS ANGELES - A couple whose newborn twins were diagnosed with brain impairments received a letter rescinding their health pla...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Employee Crusaded for Legal Aid
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Judith Garlow, a longtime State Bar employee, artist and crusader for legal services for the poor, has died. S...
How much should one expect to spend on dinner with the general counsel for two of the world's leading computer manufacturers? ...
Forum Column - By James Hart - James Hart examines state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's new proposal to slash workers'...
Focus Column - By Gordon E. Bosserman - Gordon Bosserman reviews the implications of a recent California Supreme Court decisio...
LOS ANGELES - CalPERS, the nation's largest public pension fund, is evaluating its relationship with William S. Lerach in ligh...
Don't tell Josh Kreinberg that romance is dead - his livelihood depends on it. Kreinberg, a onetime associate at Gibson, Dunn ...
SACRAMENTO - Democrats showed determination Wednesday to establish a commission to review and revise California's sentencing g...
San Joaquin County's Bob McNatt doesn't have the traditional judicial pedigree. "When you see my resume, you think, 'This guy...
Commissioner Robert S. Harrison sees his work on the bench as an extension of his love of community service. ...
Forum Column - By David Ackerly - David Ackerly makes the case (and the policy recommendations) for greater pro bono participa...
The former head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division admitted to Congress Tuesday that he boasted to colleagues a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Deal or No Deal: Parties Offer Case Swap in Sentencing Issue
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Days after the U.S. Supreme Court was forced to abandon a crucial criminal-sentencing case because the defendant ...
Focus Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson - Professor Daniel Jacobson explores the long, rich history of time bars, from Renaissan...
Conservative constitutional scholar John C. Eastman, who once clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, today wi...
The senior partner of a Costa Mesa law firm must answer in court civil claims that he sexually assaulted, battered and emotion...
SACRAMENTO - Key lawmakers say a plan to lower the retirement threshold for judges is at odds with the goal of increasing the ...
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Areva Martin argues that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's failed attempt to take over Los Ange...
Law Practice
Judicial Formality Holds Steady Even With a Home in Ashes
By Jennifer Hammn
San Diego County Superior Court Judge John S. Einhorn runs a formal courtroom and is considered among the most capable judges ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Golfers call it a mulligan, a do-over of a bad shot. Jack Ahn's tee shot knocked a playing partner unconsciou...