Judges and Judiciary
Deceptive Research Tactics Draw Court's Concern
By Eric Berkowitzn
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court voiced sharp concern Tuesday that researchers may have used deception to obtain per...
A sharply divided federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a private school's admission policy that favors native Hawaiians.
SAN JOSE - Richard Marmaro says he just wants the truth.
LOS ANGELES - If there were ever a reality show about the life of reality show writers, a sample episode might go something li...
Environmental
Political Process, Not Courts, Should Address Global Warming
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Jonathan H. Adler - Global warming is a serious environmental concern.
In a closely watched case, the California Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether religious schools may get low-cost, ta...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Says Judges Must Decide Arbitration Clauses' Fairness
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - In a sharply divided ruling, an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that chal...
Investments
Public Companies Come to the Fore During Rare Lull in Private Equity Deals
By Rick Kennedyn
COLUMN - By Rick Kennedy - Last week saw a rare respite from massive private equity buyouts as funds and investment banks mull...
WASHINGTON - In two cases that could profoundly affect school integration programs nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court cast a s...
FORUM COLUMN - By Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. - At its best, trial practice is an art, not a science.
Investments
$4.7 Billion Las Vegas Casino Deal Relies on L.A. Attorneys
By Rick Kennedyn
LOS ANGELES - Just as the gaming industry in Las Vegas has long counted on Los Angeles gamblers to fill its coffers, so has it...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - In Monday's paper, I explained the importance of presenting a simple pitch in arbitra...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Lets Wrongly Convicted Man Sue County Over Informant Policies
By Carri Karuhnn
LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was again the bearer of good news for a wrongly convicted man when earlier...
For Nimish P. Patel, 37-year-old name partner of the Los Angeles-based corporate and securities law boutique Richardson & ...
Law Practice
Law School Deanship Lures Retiring Brown From Pro Bono Plans
By Dennis Opatrnyn
Former San Francisco Public Defender Geoff Brown, who quit defending criminals to become a state Public Utilities Commissioner...
WESTMINSTER - It was a Tuesday afternoon at the West Justice Center in Orange County. Commissioner Clarence E. Haynes had spen...
The Daily Journal honors pro bono projects and cases that demonstrate courage and commitment on the part of private attorneys ...
Latham & Watkins appointed R. Scott Shean managing partner of the firm's Orange County office. Shean's focus includes mer...
SAN FRANCISCO - Winston & Strawn continued this year's aggressive Northern California growth pattern with the addition of ...
LOS ANGELES - Health-care attorney Robert Layton joined the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine Friday from Sheppard, ...
Public Interest
To Help the Homeless, Skid Row Needs a Community Court
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Edmund D. Edelman - The Los Angeles Police Department is making a determined effort to clean up Skid Row by ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Modify Three-Strikes, but No Sweeping Reform
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Joseph Sorrentino - A 57-year-old half-blind cripple in a wheelchair stole a cheap clock from a department s...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert D. "Bo" Links - One true thing about litigation is that it breeds winners and losers. Witnesses testi...
SAN FRANCISCO - How much are class-action lawyers entitled to know about individual consumers while trying to file a lawsuit i...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Judicial Council approved a slate of jury reforms Friday, including one that requires judges to allow juro...
SAN FRANCISCO - Oriet Cohen-Supple, a San Francisco-based commercial litigator recently elected partner at Carroll, Burdick &a...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Group's New President Counts on Diplomacy, Energy
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - There were no lawyers in Jill L. Burkhardt's family, but she knew from an early age she wanted to be one.
LOS ANGELES - Nearly a year after reports of a settlement first surfaced, Cardinal Roger Mahony said he has agreed to pay $60 ...
LOS ANGELES - Alan Friedman credits Joseph Welch, the Army lawyer who famously asked Sen. Joseph McCarthy if he had no shame, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran San Francisco-based trial attorney David O. Larson remembers the charge his mentors issued when he was...