OAKLAND - When attorney William F. Marini recently raised his voice in exasperation with opposing counsel, Alameda County Supe...
Judicial Profile
Newcomer to the 9th Circuit Came in on a Bipartisan Breeze
By Amelia Hansen
PASADENA - If Milan Smith's unanimous confirmation to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals isn't enough proof of his wide bip...
Phil Esbenshade earned money for law school on the professional skateboarder circuit. Now he’s a child-support lawyer for Tula...
FORUM COLUMN - By Neal D. Mollen - Some of the most difficult constitutional questions the U.S. Supreme Court faces arise when...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Brett A. Berman - What happens when two men claim to be the father of the same child?...
LOS ANGELES - Despite a raging stock-option scandal, a study released Tuesday reports that securities-fraud class actions file...
SAN FRANCISCO - Marriott International Inc. has agreed to pay $1.35 million to settle a class action brought by hotel employee...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - The Nov. 20, 2006, Daily Journal incorrectly stated that the jury in the Raiders lawsuit against the Co...
SAN JOSE - While federal prosecutors and securities regulators continue their probes of a hundred companies for improperly bac...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Creates Executive Position on Diversity
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Wanted: A good communicator with an understanding of the problems faced by minority lawyers. ...
WASHINGTON - With Republicans in charge, Congress didn't spend much time on a proposal to make criminals out of corporate exec...
Corporate
Reticent Lawyers Face Scrutiny for Silence in Options Scandals
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - Attorneys working for corporate giants in California found themselves in hot water in 2006, and in some cases, they...
SAN JOSE - The credibility of the special panel that investigated Apple Computer's stock-option-granting practices may influen...
Lawyer Complements Her Practice With Weekly Sessions After Work Twisting and Twirling Upside Down While Hanging From Silk Shee...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Lisa M. Martens and Gregory M. Krakau - Trademark counterfeiting reaches much further than watches, but new ...
Immigration
Repair Immigrant Deportation Laws to Shelter the Deserving
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Andrew Bruck and Perrin N. Wright - Stanford law students report immigation law problems from the trenches. ...
The Orange County Superior Court seeks applicants to serve on the 2007 Orange County grand jury. ...
VISALIA - For 75 years, Brad Stark's family had been affiliated with Sunkist Growers Inc., boxing and shipping oranges, tanger...
Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, 2006 U.S. App. Lexis 29810 - In an 8-7 ruling, the court upheld a private school's admissio...
WALNUT - As long-jumper Tameisha King warmed up for a punishing training session at Mt. San Antonio College's track, she play...
LOS ANGELES - When Kal Raustiala was asked to become director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations,...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Saw Its Fortunes Shift With Democratic Victory
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - In 2006, the highest court in the West dealt with more than 16,000 cases, issued a number of important opinion...
SAN DIEGO - Going to law school on top of a full-time career is demanding. Add caring for infant twins, and it might seem impo...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pay us more, says Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ...
FORUM COLUMN - By Michael Risher - The homeless in Fresno won a key victory against govrnment destruction of their property. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - For Kathryn J. Zoglin, a deputy county counsel in Santa Clara, it's not enough to lend her Ivy League pedigree...
Judges and Judiciary
Not a Creature Was Stirring - Except a Newsmaking 9th Circuit
By Peter Blumberg
Christmas Timing: Editor Peter Blumberg notes that a holiday weekend provided the 9th Circuit with a convenient distraction. ...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips elected nine partners in the firm's Los Angeles and Palo Alto offices.
LOS ANGELES - Long before Tricia Ann Bigelow became a judge, she worked as a waitress at Bobby McGee's in Newport Beach. They ...
With no political connections and a clerkship with a well-known liberal U.S. Supreme Court justice topping his resume, Contra ...