Being a trial lawyer once was widely viewed as a noble calling. Remember Clarence Darrow and Thurgood Marshall? Remember Atti...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Have You Thought About a Career in Tax Law?
By David Houstonn
Tax law is one of the most interesting and dynamic areas of law. Tax is a broad discipline with numerous subspecialties, inclu...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Building a Renewable Energy Practice: Turning an Interest Into an Opportunity
By David Houstonn
When I was a law student at UCLA in the early 1980s, renewable energy was in its infancy.However, there were signs, such as en...
Litigation
Critics Question Contracts That Shift Job Disputes Out of State
By Laura Ernden
Some lawyers allege that companies are trying to skirt California’s employee-friendly laws by binding their employees to settl...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Practice Protection: Buying Malpractice Insurance
By Drew Combsn
Newly admitted attorneys likely will have a long to-do list as they begin their legal career in upcoming months, and for those...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Schooled For Practice - Q&A with Southwestern Law Dean
By Drew Combsn
The New Lawyer Supplement
From Law School to the Bar Exam A Study in Contrast
By David Houstonn
You have completed law school. You graduated. Congratulations! It's a huge accomplishment, and you should be very proud. ...
Consider the story of the young goldfish who leaves the confines of his or her "school" and finds a new place to swim: a well-...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
California Loses Bid to Reinstate Paraplegic's Murder Conviction
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to take up an appeal by California prosecutors who sought to reinstate the...
Transactions
Buyers See More Transactions Requiring Expensive Reverse Breakup Fees
By Jason Songn
Deals Column - By Jason Song - Five hundred million dollars is a lot of money, even for Microsoft Corp. But that's the amoun...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
S.F. District Attorney Has Improved Office's Work on Homicides
By Don Debenedictisn
Letter to the Editor - Since taking office, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has worked to rebuild and strengthen...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The ability to seek fees from one’s spouse in a family-law case encourages fees to escalat...
Focus Column - By Steven L. Feldman, Steven L. Crane and Sasha N. Brower - The 9th Circuit has set new parameters for how coun...
Richard I. Roemer, a prominent civil lawyer who founded a chapter of the American Inns of Court in Riverside County, died Frid...
Labor/Employment
Panel Revives Woman's Claim of 'Reverse' Religious Discrimination
By Amelia Hansen
A federal appeals court Tuesday reinstated an employment-discrimination lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was passed o...
Plaintiffs’ attorney Christopher Dolan is known as a “street fighter” and isn’t afraid to take long-shot cases. A recent $61 m...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
In 5-4 Vote, Court Tosses Sex-Bias Case
By Keith Bowersn
WASHINGTON - A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that employees cannot use a landmark civil rights law to sue ov...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Thinking Like a Lawyer - Q&A with Stanford Law Dean
By Drew Combsn
I. Did Lois violate the "no-assignment" provision?
Whether the Jury Can Find Dan Guilty of First-Degree Murder Traditionally, murder is proved when the defendant is the actual ...
Per your instructions, I have drafted the following objective memorandum analyzing whether the noncompetition clause contained...
The Association of Retailers (AOR) is considering filing a complaint for injunctive relief against City in federal District Co...
For those of you who didn't pass the bar, there's always next time. Here experts have written sample answers to the six practi...
I. Rita and Fred's personal liability to Landlord
During negotiations for Plaintiff Phenom to purchase a license to use Defendant Jasmine's technology, Phenom Executive Vice Pr...
Wynn is a surviving spouse of Tom. Although Tom, by a valid, typewritten and witnessed will in 2001, left his shares of Beta C...
1. Officer Will's Testimony Logical Relevancy Logical relevancy refers to evidence having a tendency in reason to prove or d...
Industry Watch - By Max Follmer - LOS ANGELES - Loeb & Loeb has snagged Linda Bernhardt, a former deputy mayor of Los Ange...
LOS ANGELES - Eliot G. Disner drew widespread attention for his legal fight against the nation's largest bar-review provider. ...
Focus Column – By Rachael Samberg and Brian W. Carver – Wielding the hammer of free speech, the 9th Circuit used a case brough...