Labor and employment litigator Natalie A. Pierce returned to her old stomping grounds when she joined Littler Mendelson as a p...
Government Contracts
Governor Names 10 Appellate and Trial Judges to State Courts
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday elevated Douglas Miller, a former Riverside County Superior Court presiding...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state agency authorized by voters to spend $3 billion in public money on controversial stem cell research wi...
An immigrant woman remains eligible to become a lawful permanent resident of the United States even though her husband died be...
LOS ANGELES - Is $28 million too much for Philip Morris USA to pay in punitive damages to the family of a dead smoker? Two 2...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Colleagues Raise Glass of Good Humor to the Chief
By Donna Domino
The quirky side of Ronald George came to light Friday when friends and colleagues gathered to toast the 10-year anniversary of...
Judges and Judiciary
U.S. Assigns More Judges to Hear Immigration Appeals
By Sandra Hernandezn
Two weeks after the nation's top immigration judge stepped down, the U.S. Department of Justice has quietly announced more cha...
LOS ANGELES - Question: What word describes an attorney who doesn't chase ambulances? Answer: Retired. ...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang sent a chill through her troops at a meeting a few weeks ago, describi...
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has elected partner Stephen Mansfield to its management committee. Mansfield is partner-in-...
TOP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW FIRMS - As the consolidation trend continues to produce full-service global firms with 1,000-plus ...
LOS ANGELES - If an experiment before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge catches on, some attorneys may be spared the agony of...
SACRAMENTO - A California Assemblymember changed a bill this week to make it easier for litigants to force judges to seal thei...
Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - In early February, I made the not-so-bold prediction in this publication that, after a one-ye...
Administrative/Regulatory
Should Discovery Rules on Notes and Drafts Change?
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Barbara Luna can calculate the monetary impact for just about anything: how insider trading would effect a stock...
Focus Column - Laurie L. Levenson - Attorneys are sworn to keep their clients' communications confidential. In fact, an attorn...
Labor/Employment
In Addressing Sexual Harassment, Employers Walk Liability Tightrope
By Amy Kalinn
Employment Column - By Mary C. Dollarhide - It is a tough time for employers facing employee complaints about sexual harassmen...
LOS ANGELES - H. Lee Sarokin holds two Ivy League degrees and specialized for a quarter of a century in complex business litig...
SAN DIEGO - A jury has awarded $7.5 million to a former employee of one of the nation's largest auto parts and accessories ret...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurors Should Know They Can Get Readbacks of Testimony
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Patricia L. Glaser - I believe in the jury system. I have tried numerous civil cases before both state and f...
Judges and Judiciary
No Jurors, No Justice; It Really Is Quite That Simple
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Alex Ricciardulli - One of my first assignments as a new judge was to greet new jurors that had just arrived...
LOS ANGELES - A Highland Park man, whose murder conviction was tossed out by the state appellate court, has moved a step close...
SAN JOSE - A 6th District Court of Appeal panel appeared dubious of Apple Computer's demand to subpoena a news site's e-mail s...
Constitutional Law
Panel Denies Student the Right to Wear an Anti-Gay T-Shirt
By Leslie Simmonsn
A San Diego student has no First Amendment right to wear an anti-gay T-shirt at his public high school, a split federal appeal...
Law Practice
Whistle-Blower Protection Depends on Who Hears Whistle
By Tamadhur Alaqeeln
LOS ANGELES - Stephen Heller, a temporary worker for Jones Day in Los Angeles, was alarmed by what he heard on an audiotape he...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a sexual harassment suit against a television studio filed by a...
RIVERSIDE - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday elevated Douglas Miller, a former Riverside County Superior Court presiding...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawyer Says Retired Judge's Title Shouldn't Be in Ballot Pamphlet
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - Retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge Lillian Sing shouldn't be allowed to use the title "judge" in ballo...
SANTA ANA - The middle-aged woman needed to escape her gambling, jail-bird husband, but she spoke only Vietnamese, and the par...
L.A. Judges Vote in New Commissioners -- Appeals Court Justice Will Join ADR Group