Forum Column - By Rocky Delgadillo - Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo defends a recent settlement with the Kaiser Fo...
LOS ANGELES - Defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro will pay $450,000 over several years in a settlement with the receiver for in...
Chief Justice Ronald M. George, left, and Assemblyman Dave Jones are championing a pilot program to provide legal aid to poor ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge's Stab at Comedy Was a Legal Flop, Panel Rules
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - An Orange County judge's comic routine was a legal flop, according to a state appellate court. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Justices Limit What Violates Fair Credit Act
By John Roemer
WASHINGTON - In a victory for the insurance industry, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of plaintiffs to co...
Despite the challenges of his new assignment, Commissioner Irwin H. Joseph finds it immediate, emotional and personal. ...
Santa Clara Judge Raymond J. Davilla Jr. remains undaunted by the complicated cases before him in the county's unified family ...
Litigation
Fired U.S. Attorney Won't Shy From Criticizing Dismissals as Politics
By Jennifer Hammn
John McKay, who was fired from his job as U.S. attorney in Seattle, will speak about the prosecutor firing scandal Tuesday at ...
Law Practice
Robert Shapiro and Receiver Square Off Over Disputed Deal
By Jennifer Hammn
Last year, it looked like prominent defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro had resolved claims that he had made off with duffel ba...
Firm Watch
With Alhadeff Merger, Pennsylvania-Based Buchanan Expands Into California
By Alexa Hylandn
Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - LOS ANGELES - In its quest to establish a stronger West Coast presence, Pennsylvania-based ...
Litigation
Panel Rejects Jurist's Solomonic Solution to Battle Over Children
By Laura Ernden
Over the course of 14 years, a divorced Orange County couple had not let one year go by without returning to court to wrangle ...
Forum Column - By Laurie L. Levenson - Loyola Law School's Laurie Levenson reveals how two new rulings are making employee pri...
Industry Watch - By Peter B. Matuszak - An East Coast law firm enhanced its San Diego presence last week when it lured the gen...
Industry Watch - By Drew Combs - Intellectual-property litigator Steven D. Hemminger has joined the Palo Alto office of Akin G...
LOS ANGELES - Marquee trial lawyer William S. Lerach confirmed Friday he may retire from the plaintiffs' firm he founded in 20...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Legal Loopholes Do Not Obscure Public Officials' Responsibilities
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - Peter Scheer, director of the California First Amendment Coalition, explains how the Tracy City Council is usin...
Litigation
Trial Begins Today in Class Action Against Ford Over Explorer Rollovers
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - The first consumer class action against Ford Motor Co. over the safety of its Explorer sport utility vehicle begi...
Focus Column - By James Martin and Judith Posner - Collecting attorney fees from appellate courts is getting harder all the ti...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - SAN FRANCISCO - Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner is thinking big, as eviden...
Child psychiatrist William Ayres talks outside a San Mateo County courtroom. Ayres says alleged victims of his sexual abuse sh...
Environmental
Idled Pumps Signal Major Legal Test for State's Waterworks
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - The massive state and federal water projects that have allowed arid California regions to bloom with cities an...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Arbitration Clauses Get Second Look
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - In a widely watched case with national interest, the state Supreme Court will consider for a second time whether...
On the Move
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Robert P. Dahlquist wins kudos for keeping the attention on the lawyers and cases before...
On the eve of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris’ re-election kickoff, she has no announced opponents, high approva...
LOS ANGELES - Despite having a key witness discredited and most of the case's physical evidence destroyed in a police bungle, ...
Web Exclusive - William S. Lerach may be preparing to step down from his San Diego plaintiffs' firm. Legal experts say the Mi...
Forum Column – By Ellen Waldman – The birth of Vice President Cheney’s grandson set tongues of all political stripes wagging. ...
In one of several asbestos-exposure cases filed against a global engineering-and-construction conglomerate, a Los Angeles Coun...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Avoiding Family Responsibilities Discrimination Lawsuits
By Troy Senikn
Employment Column – By Kate Gold – An EEOC proclamation and a piece of California legislation remind employers to re-examine h...