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...
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...