Forum Column - By Irv Hepner - Do your skills, temperament and values make you better-suited to a law firm or a corporate lega...
LOS ANGELES - Harry L. Gershon, a prominent business litigator who was a name partner with the Los Angeles firm Richards Watso...
Forum Column - By Robert K. Sall - Check out a simple list that lawyers who want to be able to look at themselves in the mirro...
Focus Column - By Stacey Hunt and Michael R. Jencks - What don't you know about your paralegals that could end up costing you ...
LOS ANGELES - Defense attorneys representing the four remaining defendants in the criminal kickback case against Milberg Weiss...
Law Practice
For Lawyers' Misconduct, Judge Orders Qualcomm to Pay Fees
By Laura Ernden
A federal judge in San Diego is holding Qualcomm and its attorneys responsible for misconduct and "aggravated litigation abuse...
By the time the ABA conference wraps up Tuesday in San Francisco, attendees will have sat in on 1,600 programs, continuing-edu...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors won what legal observers said was an enormous victory Tuesday when a jury convicted former...
In some California counties, the process of getting a divorce is so expensive and so unfair to the parties involved that Chief...
Government
Interpreters in Three Counties Might Strike for Pay Increase
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - Court interpreters who work in the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County Superior Courts have au...
Focus Column - By John P. Darcey - Lawyers who want to be paid for the full value of their contributions to a case should lear...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mediators Should Reserve Pro Bono Work Only for Truly Needy Clients
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Providing free mediation in Los Angeles County is an affront to justice and a real thr...
Here is a list of the top 10 deals from July involving California attorneys or companies, according to industry sources and F...
Intellectual Property
Judge Overrules Jury's $1.5 Billion Award Against Microsoft
By Craig Anderson
WEB EXCLUSIVE - A San Diego federal judge tossed out a jury's $1.5 billion award against Microsoft Corp., ruling Monday that t...
The mouse has made friends with the penguin. At least in cyberspace. Walt Disney Co. agreed to acquire Club Penguin, a fast-gr...
Forum Column - By Maya Harris - One Berkeley school is demonstrating that this year's Supreme Court decision hasn't ended raci...
Judges and Judiciary
Ruling Finds Riverside Judge Not Guilty of Bias Toward DA
By Jim Adamekn
Riverside County's district attorney was wrong to accuse a judge of bias against him and should not have barred the judge from...
Litigation
Plaintiffs Who Faked Cancer Claims Tossed From Chevron Case
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge says he feels like "a pawn" in an international scheme against Chevron Corp., following revela...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Upholds Sites to Swap Votes
By John Roemer
It's been seven years since Ralph Nader came up 97 percent short of winning the presidency, but the highest court in the West ...
Judge Jonathan B. Conklin may work in a tiny, subterranean space, but colleagues say he makes it a pleasant environment. ...
McGeorge School of Law professor J. Clark Kelso has guided the governor's information technology initiatives over the last fiv...
Government
Friends of the Court Don't Pose Conflict for High-Court Justices
By Laura Ernden
SAN FRANCISCO - High-tech companies have practically littered the California Supreme Court with amicus briefs on behalf of Gen...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge tentatively acquitted civil-rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman on four counts of money laundering...
Forum Column - By Pamela Hartman - ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nations' Rates of Private Gun Ownership Do Not Correlate to Rates of Murder
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Don B. Kates and Carol Hehmeyer - European public policy is proving that banning firearms is the best way ...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - As San Francisco's Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy was conducting a "s...
Focus Column - By Alana Hoffman and Marc Poster - California courts are searching for the right balance in deciding when couns...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - Carrie N. Schneider may just be a modern Renaissance woman. In addition to pract...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - In a bid to expand the firm's private equity buyout capabilities in San Francisco, Morri...
A man who blogs about his attraction to young girls was ordered Friday to stay 30 feet from all minors in California. The temp...