Government
New Military Controls Put a Burden on U.S. Exports to China
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - On July 6, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security issued proposed amendments to the Export A...
Government
Big Sept. 11 Contingency Fee Highlights Percentage Recovery Problems
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - New York attorney Tom Troiano received a fee of one-third of the $6.7 million obtained by his client from the 9...
LOS ANGELES - A former telephone company employee testified Thursday she did not intentionally lie to a federal grand jury abo...
LOS ANGELES - Former law students have moved a step closer to trial in their $300 million antitrust lawsuit against BAR/BRI, t...
Judges and Judiciary
Wanted: High-Court Test for Patentability of Subject Matter
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - The United States Supreme Court recently put in flux the law regarding patentable subject matter. ...
Labor/Employment
Employers Must Protect Themselves Against Liability Over Illegal Workers
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - The highly charged issue of illegal immigration is a fixture on the front pages, newscasts and political b...
A mentally disordered grandson of former California Gov. and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Earl Warren was swindled ...
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors preparing the criminal kickback case against class-action powerhouse Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & S...
"Stormin' Norman" Vroman, Mendocino County's colorful and controversial district attorney for 18 years, died Thursday after su...
Criminal
Church Footing Bill for Priests in Civil Sex-Abuse Lawsuits
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles is paying the legal bills of priests accused of sexual abuse. ...
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 ...