LOS ANGELES - So what is the value of having one of the Enron prosecutors or a U.S. attorney in an office down the hall? ...
Richard Zelichov joined Katten Muchin Rosenman as partner in the firm's Los Angeles office.
LOS ANGELES - His military haircut may have just been enough to get Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge C.H. Rehm noticed ...
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Carol Overton spent a large part of her legal career battling street gangs ...
IRVINE - Sometimes, when a Muslim in Southern California contacts the Council on American Islamic Relations with a business, i...
Labor/Employment
The Former Employee's Demand Letter Has Arrived - Now What?
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Jonathan Fraser Light - Your client just received a demand letter from an attorney for a former employe...
LOS ANGELES - Ted Marx has had another reversal of fortune. ...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Kirk A. Pasich - Most insurance coverage litigation starts with a fundamental dispute over what an insurance...
Criminal
Confidential Jailhouse Snitch Deals Serve Criminals Before Justice
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Alexandra Natapoff - The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice is considering an issue...
It is said that in the court of Jeffrey Huffaker, decorum reigns. This is no small accomplishment for a Contra Costa Court com...
SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service has been scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 19 for a noted Bay Area consumer advocate, public-inter...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - In your Oct. 31 article titled "Landmark Tries to Suppress Video, Group Asserts," Landmark Education, a...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for an 89-year-old man convicted of killing 10 people when he crashed his car into a Santa Monica farm...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation in Mix Makes a More Satisfying Career
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - Howard M. Garfield was well on his way toward a graduate degree in the philosophy of religion from Harvard Uni...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawyers' Groups Urge Saving of State Bar's Diversity Panels
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Two influential statewide lawyer groups have joined the fight to save the State Bar's long-standing diversity ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The last year wasn't the slowest in recent memory for the U.S. attorney's office here. ...
Government
GOP Losses May Move Immigration Reform Through Congress
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - President George W. Bush may feel like Republicans got a thumping this week, but his party's loss may signal a v...
WASHINGTON - An effort to restore habeas corpus rights for enemy combatants could be the first test of the Democrats' resolve ...
LOS ANGELES - A company that manages a Palm Springs outpatient cancer center has agreed to pay the federal government $900,000...
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite concerns they are becoming too politicized, Superior Court judge races across the state followed famil...
FORUM COLUMN - By Patrick Mattimore - On Tuesday, Michigan joined California and Washington as states whose voters have banned...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Defense's Mistakes Take Wind Out of Privilege
By Eric Berkowitzn
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Regarding Joel Grossman's article about Simmons v. Ghaderi, 2006 DJDAR 13065 (Sept. 27) ("Panel Rejects...
LOS ANGELES - Authorities are expected to announce today a new policy requiring all Los Angeles County jail inmates serve at l...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge has won the contentious race for Santa Clara district attorney, becoming the county's f...
Labor/Employment
As State's Minimum Wage Goes Up, Increases for Other Earners Will Ripple Through Payrolls
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Olivia Goodkin and William Kampf - On Sept. 12, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Assembly Bill 18...