Discipline
Judge Reprimands Prosecutor, Orders Her to Ethics Classes
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge delivered a scathing reprimand Thursday to a homicide prosecutor who discussed a case w...
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By E. George Joseph - Retaliation claims are becoming prevalent and the reason is simple. Proving a claim ...
FORUM COLUMN - By Dan Stormer and Anne Richardson - As we plan for the busy holiday season ahead, it is easy to forget that no...
FOCUS COLUMN - By S. Christian Platt, Aslan Baghdadi and Jeremy Livianu - On Nov. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments i...
LOS ANGELES - In 2000, nine of every 10 dollars raised in initial public offerings by foreign companies were raised in the Uni...
SAN FRANCISCO - A law firm that investigated possible options backdating violations for Brocade Communications Systems Inc. wa...
Discipline
HP to Pay $14.5 Million in Settlement With State Over Spying
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed Thursday to pay a $14.5 million fine and implement internal reforms to resolve civil cla...
LOS ANGELES - Bantita Rackchamroon was 21-years-old when a roller coaster called Scream cut her life short during a test run i...
SAN FRANCISCO - How do you, at 31, become the youngest person in your firm's 48-year history to make equity partner?
LOS ANGELES - A Glendale attorney was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for scheming to conceal assets during the bankrupt...
SAN FRANCISCO - South San Francisco attorney Richard Drury's career has spanned two interests that have not historically been ...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Krista M. Cabrera and Lois M. Kosch - An employer knowingly hires an illegal immigrant whom it later lays off.
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed eight new judges, four Democrats and four Republicans, to the bench Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles raked in $1.6 billion from criminal and civil cases for its recently e...
Civil Rights
Criminal Defender's Battle With Legal Aid Nonprofit Stays Alive
By Laura Ernden
After a bitter fee dispute six years ago, notable South Bay criminal defense attorney James McNair Thompson quit representing ...
Judges and Judiciary
WEB EXCLUSIVE: New State Senator Corbett Will Chair Judiciary Panel, Sources Say
By Linda Rapattoni And Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata is expected to name newly elected Sen. Ellen Corbett chairwoman of the Judici...
Labor/Employment
Wage-and-Hour Suits Are a Moving Target in Class Certification Process
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - Islands Restaurants dodged a major bullet when its attorneys helped the chain block a wage-and-hour class action...
Labor/Employment
Supreme Court Looks at Statute of Limitations in Sex-Based Pay Discrimination Suit
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing arguments in what may be the most important sex-based pay discrimination case...
Civil rights advocates won a victory Wednesday when a state appellate court upheld a 2001 state law that lets minority voters ...
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that a judge had sufficient reason to issue a warrant to allow p...
Environmental
Panel Requires More Scrutiny for Gravel Mining Operations
By Dennis Pfaffn
One of the largest gravel mining operations in California must undergo new public and government scrutiny as a result of a sta...
Mishawn L. Nolan, a 34-year-old business and transactions lawyer at Encino-based Greenberg & Bass, went from being a law s...
Weeks away from leaving office, Attorney General Bill Lockyer is battling a proposed change to an ethics rule for California's...
FORUM COLUMN - By Michael A.S. Newman - In the middle ages, before standing armies became common, European sovereigns often hi...
LOS ANGELES - Daniel Berry, a Department of Social Services employee in Tehama County, believed his evangelical faith compelle...
Technology & Science
For the First Draft of Pleading, Lawyers Just Fill In the Blank
By Haynes
SAN FRANCISCO - Who needs lawyers when you have computers?
SAN FRANCISCO - Fresh out of law school, Thomas J. Mellon Jr. spent a year with Volunteers In Service to America, helping low-...
Corporate
WEB EXCLUSIVE - Judge Finalizes Terminating Sanctions in $670 Million Suit
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - As China's economy erupted at the dawn of the new millennium, Jianping "Tony" Qu figured out a way to bring a $6...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Steven E. Lake - Since 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has required that "all children...
LOS ANGELES - Saturday night, the Anti-Defamation League will honor litigator E. Randol Schoenberg at its annual fundraising d...