SAN FRANCISCO - Criminal defense attorney Nanci L. Clarence assumes the role of president of the Bar Association of San Franci...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Margaret Grignon and Zareh Jaltorossian - When a trial court denies a motion for summary judgment, absent a ...
SACRAMENTO - Ward Connerly, the father of California's ban on affirmative-action programs, announced Wednesday he will try to ...
Law Practice
Professor Turns Disasters Into a Legal Discipline at Boalt Hall
By Tim Hay
BERKELEY - Hurricane Katrina was a disaster on more than one level. And for many it was also a wake-up call.
LOS ANGELES - A California Supreme Court ruling that restricted public access to police disciplinary records is being used to ...
Discipline
New Guidelines Threaten to Delay Stock Option Prosecutions
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Leslie Caldwell stayed up late Tuesday night in her Embassy Suites hotel room in Washington, D.C., mulling what ...
Family
Recognizing Civil Domestic Partnerships Without Sex or Religion
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Kenneth G. Petrulis - A nondiscriminatory form of civil domestic partnership is the answer to family partner...
Intellectual Property
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Federal Circuit Clarifies Intent In Patent Infringement
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - Patent holders beware: Infringement is a state of mind.
Intellectual Property
Game Maker Fights Switcheroo That Made Toy Site a Porn Site
By Andrew Harmonn
LOS ANGELES - Santa Monica-based board games company Morning Star Games got a rude awakening late last week when it discovered...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - I recently read Howard Privette's commentary regarding sentencing for securities fraud cases ("Sentenci...
VALLEJO - Solano County Superior Court Judge Robert S. Bowers' resume takes him from bartending in Aspen, Colo., to a top-secr...
SAN FRANCISCO - After two years of research, the state Supreme Court announced new guidelines Tuesday that will put significan...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Alan L. Friel - Not so many years ago, companies needed only to follow their own privacy policies to avoid r...
Judges and Judiciary
Respected Veteran S.F. Judge Can't Get No Consideration
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer appears to be on a losing streak.
Trusts & Estates
Judge Orders Qualcomm Founder to Pay $100 Million Judgment
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - One of the founders of Qualcomm must pay more than $100 million in damages to the beneficiaries of a family trus...
An Orange County lawyer whose suspension was due to be lifted early next year has gotten himself into more hot water for quest...
Litigation
Web Site Collects, Dissects and Posts Cease-and-Desist Letters
By STEVE HARMON
LOS ANGELES - Though they're often signed "very truly yours," cease-and-desist letters are perhaps the least romantic of all m...
Discipline
State Judicial Performance Panel Removes Judge Hall From Office
By Jim Adamekn
The state Commission on Judicial Performance removed embattled Santa Barbara Judge Diana R. Hall from office Tuesday, finding ...
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors have had little success getting indicted private investigator Anthony Pellicano to roll over...
Zoning, Planning and Use
San Diego Developer Wins $37.5 Million Jury Award
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court jury has awarded $37.5 million to a San Diego firm that claimed the Irvine Co. attempted to illeg...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday revised its controversial policy of pressuring companies to waive attor...
SANTA ANA - Karen Milam heard the news of a minister in trouble in the desert at 3 p.m., and quickly headed out to help him, d...
LOS ANGELES - A statewide coalition of advocates for youths with disabilities has sued state and county agencies for allegedly...
FORUM COLUMN - By Dylan Ruga - I'll have a thigh, a wing, some garlic sauce, and a piece of your trademark.
Bankruptcy Judge Will Retire for New Challenge
LOS ANGELES - A co-defendant in the wiretapping and racketeering case against one-time sleuth to the stars Anthony Pellicano i...
Transactions
Private Equity Betting on the Casino Industry Isn't Likely to End Soon
By Rick Kennedyn
COLUMN - By Rick Kennedy - If you like cash - and who doesn't? - the casino business is an attractive field to go into.
Law Practice
General Counsel Wades Back Into the Metropolitan's Waters
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Karen Tachiki is returning to familiar waters.
Judges and Judiciary
Plea Bargain Pulls Three-Strikes Off the Table, High Court Rules
By Itir Yakarn
A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's famously tough three-strikes law doesn't apply to a m...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Is Overruled in Buttons Case
By kristinakg@kgmllp.com
WASHINGTON - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the murder conviction a San Jose defendant who argued that hi...