SAN FRANCISCO - Looking to grow its pharmaceutical practice in San Francisco, Shook, Hardy & Bacon has hired Amor A. Esteb...
SAN FRANCISCO - Diane Abrams is an intern at the San Francisco Sheriff's Department Women's Reentry Center, a program that pro...
Judges and Judiciary
Palm Springs Man Is Charged in Killing of Ex-State Bar Chief
By Susan Mcraen
INDIO - Riverside County prosecutors have charged a Palm Springs man with murder and grand theft in the death last month of fo...
LOS ANGELES - Rafael Morga still remembers the shock he felt when he and fellow employees at a Ralphs grocery store in Chino w...
Judges and Judiciary
Key Witness in Oil Case Says He's Regularly Visited by Aliens
By Carri Karuhnn
LOS ANGELES - Extraterrestrials have replaced Michael Jackson as the latest oddity afflicting the Santa Barbara County distric...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled Salvadorans caught at the border must be informed of their right to app...
LOS ANGELES - Trial lawyer Michael J. Proctor received a nod of respect from his partners today with the elevation of his nam...
Initially wary of law school, Sandra Snyder has found that her career has gotten better with each advancement and considers he...
SAN MATEO - San Mateo County Superior Court Commissioner Stephanie Garratt has become, quite reluctantly, a minor Internet cel...
SAN FRANCISCO - A legal showdown is looming for San Francisco's troubled Housing Authority after federal housing officials ref...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego County Superior Court jury has awarded $250,000 in punitive damages to a Starbucks employee who said h...
Government
Independence of Valuation Experts Is Crucial in Chapter 11s
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By David S. Kupetz - Valuation disputes are frequently at the core of contested Chapter 11 reorganization plans...
FORUM COLUMN - By Alison Berry Wilkinson - The question in the dispute over whether the donning and doffing of safety gear is ...
Labor/Employment
Police Departments Should Not Pay for Getting Dressed
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Kathy E. Mount - In IBP Inc. v. Alvarez, (2005) 126 S.Ct. 514, the United States Supreme Court interpreted t...
COLUMN - By Peter Blumberg - I don't have a lot of sympathy for Greg Anderson, who has twice been jailed for refusing to testi...
Stephen F. Foland loves parades: homecoming, Main Street, Fourth of July. You name it and he's there. ...
Judges and Judiciary
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Fight Over Surf City Claim Escalates
By Anna Oberthurn
Where is Surf City, USA? ...
Immigration
U.S. and State Laws Can Limit Sweetness of Immigration Benefits Deals
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By C. Matthew Schulz and Jenni Field - Savvy U.S. employers and legal counsel use immigration benefits as ...
Ronald Gerson Gabler, 60, Encino (Aug. 22) - Gabler was placed on three years' probation and ordered to make restitution. He w...
Steered to law by his mayor cousin, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Philip J. Moscone focuses on the impact of his d...
Judges and Judiciary
Jury Finds No Damages Against Lawyers in Elder Abuse Case
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - After a daughter was convicted of financial elder abuse for stealing from her mother and her family's trust, her...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Demands State's Reason for Refusing Parole to Pro Per
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - Taking another poke at parole authorities who rarely allow murderers out of prison, the California Supreme Cou...
OAKLAND - Oakland City Attorney John Russo, flanked by politicians and housing advocates, announced Thursday the city is filin...
Animal rights activists who targeted employees of a Bay Area pharmaceutical company for scary nighttime home visits cannot hid...
SAN JOSE - The mushrooming stock options backdating scandal has claimed the job of another general counsel. ...
WASHINGTON - Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court argument over the constitutionality of California's criminal sentencing system was...
An appellate panel Wednesday struck a blow to prosecutors testing a new legal theory to crack down on elder abuse. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Government Shows Its Hand in Legislation to Curb Internet Gambling
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Tony Young - The virtual landscape of the $12 billion online gaming industry may have changed during the ear...
Judges and Judiciary
Button Case Reaches Top Court and 9th Circuit's Authority Is Questioned
By Peter Blumbergn
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to reverse a high-profile ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...
The California Supreme Court turned down Cardinal Roger Mahony's request Wednesday to unseal confidential records filed by all...