FORUM COLUMN - By Nora Quinn - We've all had them -- the depositions from the dark side. But what if your incoherent client sh...
A deputy attorney general who waged a protracted battle with the state over his firing - eventually winning seven years of bac...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert Harrison - It's simple interest, but a Superior Court commissioner writes that the calculations aren'...
LOS ANGELES - Services will be held Saturday for Ann King Cooper, one of the first nonattorney members of the State Bar Discip...
FORUM COLUMN - By Jason C. Rylander and Michael P. Senatore - The Supreme Court should reverse the EPA's recent position that ...
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a new plea agreement Wednesday with Steven G. Cooperman, a convicted fe...
Civil Rights
After Hearings, Judge to Decide Chevron's Role in Nigeria Deaths
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - The question of who is responsible for the violent deaths of protesters and villagers living near Nigerian oil...
An Internet watchdog group has sued the Defense Department after government officials ignored the group's requests for informa...
FAIRFIELD - In the sometimes incendiary world of family law court, where Michael Mattice presides over a calendar of divorce, ...
Two years after a federal judge threatened to take control of California's prisons, a team of attorneys assigned to improve th...
Watch out veteran lawyers -- California's top young lawyers are playing key roles in mega-mergers, high-stakes litigation and ...
SAN FRANCISCO - National powerhouse firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius successfully has fended off conflict-of-interest charges ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Daniel W. Burkhardt has been named the new executive director of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is t...
LOS ANGELES - Women's-clothing retailer Forever 21 was hit with a copyright-infringement suit Tuesday by a Fashion District fa...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Alan I. Cyrlin - The 9th Circuit's 2006 trademark decisions show that the little guy still may have a chance...
FORUM COLUMN - By Michael C. McMahon - A Ventura public defender suggests some legislative fixes to California's sentencing sy...
LOS ANGELES - After two stints as associate general counsel at the Directors Guild of America, David Korduner was promoted Tue...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Four Mediators' Idea Blooms Into Forum for World Peace
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - Talk about thinking globally and acting locally. ...
Immigration
After Two Decades, Judge Tosses Immigration Case Against Pair
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - One of the longest-running and most controversial immigration cases in U.S. history came a step closer to ending...
SACRAMENTO - Donald C. Green, one of the state's most experienced lobbyists, has lost his contract with the politically powerf...
Watch out veteran lawyers -- California's top young lawyers are playing key roles in mega-mergers, high-stakes litigation and ...
INGLEWOOD - Don't mess with Lori Jones. The Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner will give you plenty of time to pay...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Business Council is calling for entries to its 37th Los Angeles Architectural Awards. ...
Riverside County's new district attorney Rod Pacheco has come under fire from judges who say his plea-bargaining crackdown is ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court toppled California's 30-year-old criminal-sentencing system. Will that decis...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Southeast Bar Association Installs Officers
By Alexa Hylandn
LOS ANGELES - The Southeast Bar Association installed criminal defense attorney David D. Ribeiro as its 76th president at the ...
Employee Benefits
A Headache for S.F. Employers, Sick Leave Law Raises Legal Issues
By Tim Hay
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco supervisor today will seek a grace period that will keep the city's generous new sick leave po...
LOS ANGELES - In a blow to federal prosecutors' criminal investigation of star lawyer William S. Lerach, John Torkelsen has de...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - Ending a marriage isn't easy when family, kids and se...