California labor unions won a reversal of fortune Thursday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a state law forbi...
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to approve the nomination of N. Randy Smith to th...
The Daily Journal publishes its annual list of the state's top attorneys. ...
Discipline
Proposed Changes in Conduct Rules Need Lawyers' Comments
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - All lawyers practicing in California are required to obey the California Rules of Professional Conduct. Violati...
San Diego County Superior Court Judge William J. McGrath takes a low-key approach to his job and his life, whether it's high-p...
Employee Benefits
Four California Firms Rate Perfect on GLBT Equality
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - A growing number of law firms are taking steps to ensure equal benefits and protections for gay, lesbian, bisexu...
Criminal
Address Racial Prejudice Immediately to Help Jurors Rise Above It
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - What should a criminal defense lawyer do about racial prejudice? ...
SACRAMENTO - State Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued six U.S. and Japanese automakers Wednesday, alleging their vehicles have...
Law Practice
Attorney-Fee Measure Would Corrode Government Integrity
By Eric Berkowitzn
As long as human beings have used force on one another, the victorious have made the defeated pay the financial price of the b...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Reinstates Clinton's 'Roadless Rule' for Forests
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal magistrate judge, in an "enormous victory" for environmental groups and several Western states, revi...
Government
Former Governor Wilson Testifies Against Splitting 9th Circuit
By Hannah Naughtonn
WASHINGTON - California political heavyweight Pete Wilson, the former Republican governor and U.S. senator, has joined the fig...
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appellate panel shushed an evangelical Christian church in Contra Costa County on Wednesday,...
Criminal
Verdict Form Gives Clues for Strategies in U.S. Death Case
By Jason Armstrongn
SANTA ANA - After the jury deadlocked on giving two kingpins of the violent Aryan Brotherhood prison gang the death penalty, a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Combining a lifelong love of boxing with a Silicon Valley intellectual property law practice might seem like a...
WASHINGTON - A special committee headed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer concluded Tuesday that the federal judiciar...
FORUM COLUMN - The prison system in California has reached a well-documented state of crisis. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bar Association of San Francisco President Joan Haratani has a question. ...
FORUM COLUMN - California can be a pretty lonely place for a young lawyer. You go to work every day. ...
Government
State Commission Delves Into Risks in Using Jail-House Informants
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - A commission investigating the causes of wrongful convictions in California is scheduled today to examine a ...
LOS ANGELES - Urban gardeners may have lost their South Los Angeles farm to a strip-mall developer, but the battle isn't over ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Can't Stop Deportation, Blames Jurist for Huge Error
By Amy Yarbroughn
A federal appeals court has ruled that an embattled immigration attorney seriously bungled a Mexican family's bid for asylum, ...
Judges and Judiciary
Arbitrators Now Face Geographic Gaps in Subpoena Powers
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - Recently, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in Dynegy Midstream Services LP v. Trammochem, 451 F.3d 89...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego County welfare eligibility program requiring applicants to consent to a home visit by program official...
Reversing an earlier ruling that had muddied election law, a federal appeals court said Tuesday that recall petitions do not h...
LOS ANGELES - City Councilwoman Jan Perry, often the deciding vote on homeless issues in downtown Los Angeles, plans to ask co...
Judges and Judiciary
Breyer's Committee Criticizes Dismissal of Judge Real Ethics Problem
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - A high-powered judicial committee headed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...
Judges and Judiciary
S.F.'s Bicycle Ambitions Can't Bypass Environmental Reviews
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge on Tuesday put the brakes on an ambitious plan to make San Francisco more bicycle friendly, ruling tha...
LOS ANGELES - Nearly two months after a federal judge granted a Palestinian man's petition for citizenship, the Bush administr...
Judge Robert S. Bardwil is respected for his even temper under fire and his broad experience as an attorney for both creditors...
LOS ANGELES - Rick Siegel has been a personal manager for 15 years. His company, located on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, use...