Healthcare/Hospital Law
Federal Judge Will Rule on Constitutionality of Anti-Abortion Amendment
By Amelia Hansenn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge is set to rule on the constitutionality of a controversial provision that forbids state and lo...
LOS ANGELES - Change is never easy. But for a group of former panel attorneys in Los Angeles County's dependency courts, being...
FORUM COLUMN - By Richard M. Mosk - One of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants was a prominent judge in Iraq. Appellate-court Justi...
LOS ANGELES - Saying that Joshua Mogin brings expertise in an area of law the firm is "sorely underrepresented on the West Coa...
LOS ANGELES - A week after receiving permission to represent himself against charges of racketeering and wiretapping, onetime ...
SACRAMENTO - Newly sworn Attorney General Jerry Brown has named David Chaney as his chief assistant attorney general in charge...
LOS ANGELES - An old college friend opened the door for intellectual property lawyer Allan Jansen to jump from Jones Day to Gr...
Santa Clara County officials were wrong to threaten a deputy public defender with insubordination if he didn't fess up about m...
LOS ANGELES - By focusing too much on abstract legal analysis and not enough on the practicalities and consequences of practic...
The Orange County Superior Court judges have elected Edward W. Hall a commissioner.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith elevated 11 attorneys to partner in the firm's California offices.
WALNUT CREEK - Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clayton Mills launched a courtroom rant that made lawyers wince ...
Law Practice
Workers' Compensation Lawyer Was a Self-Taught Electrician
By Amanda Becker
Longtime workers' compensation lawyer and trial attorney Sheldon H. Penn died on Dec. 28 after a brief illness, from iatrogeni...
COLUMN - By Peter Blumberg - San Francisco jurors may be skeptical of law enforcement, but they're no fools. ...
LOS ANGELES - When top Hollywood talent attorney Barry L. Hirsch left the firm he helped found, he took a few partners and man...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR ...
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Scott N. Yamaguchi - If a settlement agreement isn't written correctly, the case may never go away. An ...
FORUM COLUMN - By Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. - Who doesn't want to be famous? A lawyer who's looking out for the client, that's wh...
Mobile-home tenants got slapped with taxes Thursday after the California Supreme Court unanimously held that mobile-home park ...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Lara Giese and David Perrott - Voir dire is far more than just a chat with potential jurors. Two trial consu...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Fields Juggles Family Life, Mediation Duties
By Emma Dewaldn
LOS ANGELES - Janet Rubin Fields leans across the table. She is a woman in the grip of strong emotion. ...
WASHINGTON - Democratic senators are crying foul over what they claim is a Bush administration tactic to circumvent Senate con...
Personal Injury & Torts
Two Years on, Class-Action Law Brings Unclear Effects
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - When Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act two years ago, tort reformers were quick to declare a thumping...
SAN FRANCISCO - Catholic Healthcare West agreed Thursday to a $423 million class-action settlement over pricing and collection...
Attorneys say San Francisco Superior Court Commissioner Abby Abinanti gives troubled children a fair shake while attempting to...
LOS ANGELES - For Internet-based video-game fans, it was the thwack heard round the virtual world, a bizarre cyberassault that...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for plaintiffs, a federal judge Thursday granted class status to a lawsuit charging retail giant ...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found room in his proposed 2007 budget Wednesday to hire 50 new trial-court judges on top of the 50...
LOS ANGELES - Noted media lawyer Gary Bostwick is leaving Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton to strike out on his own. ...
JOSHUA TREE - A 66-year-old paralegal who authorities allege tried to kill Joshua Tree criminal defense lawyer Bill J. Weir Jr...