Judges and Judiciary
Panel Blasts Juvenile Judge for Refusing to Recuse Herself
By John Roemer
As a juvenile court judge in San Joaquin County, Barbara A. Kronlund is used to issuing orders. ...
Focus Column - Enforcing one's patent in litigation can be a costly endeavor. ...
Labor/Employment
Lawyer, Rolodex Return to Litigation, at McGuire Woods
By Robert Iafolla
LOS ANGELES - McGuire Woods bolstered its labor and employment practice with the addition of partner Matthew C. Kane and his a...
LOS ANGELES - When Mustafa Aziz applied to become a U.S. citizen, he didn't have to endure long lines or clear security checkp...
Corporate
California Firm Is First in U.S. With IPO on London Exchange
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - A California pharmaceutical firm is the first U.S. corporation to go public with a listing on the London Stock...
Judges and Judiciary
If Court Splits, State's 9th Circuit Judges Will Still Face Heavy Load
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - In the debate over splitting the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has emerged ...
SANTA ANA - Former Congressman James E. Rogan, who helped lead Republican efforts to impeach President Clinton, was named Mond...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Josh M. Fredricks works to preserve the old-time values of his father's days as a law...
Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Leslie G. Landau brings her preference for the question-and-answer style of the appel...
Deals - GI Partners announced July 24 that it has completed the final closing of GI Partners Fund II at $1.45 billion.
SAN FRANCISCO - After spending seven years in-house at two high-tech startups and one of the world's leading ice cream manufac...
LOS ANGELES - Fundraising dinners follow the same pattern: small talk, bland food and long speeches and then a line for the va...
Politically connected billionaire Ron Burkle has taken another hit from the California courts. ...
Judges and Judiciary
After the Firestorm, Brown Spends the First Year in Mainstream
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - After two years in the national spotlight as one of President Bush's most controversial judicial nominees, former...
SANTA ANA - Federal prosecutors won a sweeping victory Friday in their highly publicized efforts to crack down on the Aryan Br...
PALM DESERT - He lost the case. But for Jim Parkinson, representing thousands of American prisoners who survived the Bataan De...
Judges and Judiciary
It's About Time Federal Judges Got a Living Wage
By David Minkown
Forum Column - At the beginning of the year, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. released his yearend report on the federal judi...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Judge Leans Toward Rejecting Condemnation of Woman's Farm for School
By Jim Adamekn
SAN BERNARDINO - A school district's move to seize an elderly woman's farm for a new high school was dealt a blow Friday when ...
Services have taken place for veteran Los Angeles attorney Elise E. Goldstein.
On the Move - Karl A. Rand has joined Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps as special counsel in the firm's San Diego office.
Forum Column - It appears that those who make up the administrative policies of our family law courts just don't get it when i...
Entertainment & Sports
Mitchell Partner Becomes Muhammad Ali Enterprises' Cornerman
By Drew Combsn
It probably wasn't the first time a lawyer signed up a client prone to describing himself as "the greatest." But 17 years ago,...
LOS ANGELES - When Ryan G. Baker walked into John Quinn's 10th-story office to explain that he would be leaving Quinn Emanuel ...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Judge Broke Barriers to Practice Law in Los Angeles
By Victoria Fine
LOS ANGELES - Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Glenette Blackwell, a pioneering woman lawyer, has died. ...
Thomas I. Friedman prides himself on his informal approach to the alternative dispute process. ...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Voters, Not Dodgers, Vetoed Elysian Park Housing
By David Minkown
Letter to the Editor - John C. Murphy never quite makes his position on the Anderson Initiative clear in his column, "Anderson...
LOS ANGELES - There's no living large for grocery workers in Southern California these days.
Law Practice
Let's Open Wide the Pipeline to Diversity of Legal Profession
By David Minkown
"Civility and courtesy ... are expected and not to be equated with weakness."
Appellate Practice
Notice of Entry of Judgment: Success Is in the Details
By David Minkown
Focus Column - As any appellate lawyer worth his or her salt knows, California Rule of Court 2(a) requires a party to file a n...
OAKLAND - Family law attorneys and advocates for victims of domestic abuse are cheering a recent decision by a state appeals c...