Law Practice
Searching for Attorneys Online Has Perks as Well as Perils
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - Although the Internet may be a fast and easy way to find a lawyer, consumer advocates say people should be war...
SAN FRANCISCO - Two California companies, LegalMatch and Casepost, are pioneers in the business of hooking up clients and lawy...
SAN FRANCISCO - A changing of the guard for Stoel Rives' California offices could mean doubling the Portland-based firm's pre...
LOS ANGELES - Brian Davidoff was named managing director of Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff , a 22-attorney firm based in Century ...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Malibu's Land-Use Settlement Erred in Bypassing the Public
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Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., Bryan W. Wenter and Brian P. Mulry - In September, the appellate court ordered set asi...
Labor/Employment
Burden of Proof Needn't Stop Employers' Defense in Disability-Bias Suits
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Employment - Column By Alison S. Hightower - As we start a new year, employment lawyers await word from the state Supreme Cour...
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The year 2005 will go down in history as a year of major highs and major lows. Unfortuna...
LOS ANGELES - Charles Pereyra-Suarez loves a good mix - a mix of ethnicities, places, jobs, languages, names and, especially, ...
LOS ANGELES - A retired lawyer and investor accused of receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from the class-action power...
Verdicts
Officer Wins $1.6 Million From Riverside Police in Bias Lawsuit
By Peter Zuckerman
RIVERSIDE - A police officer won $1.6 million from the Riverside Police Department in a discrimination lawsuit claiming racist...
SAN FRANCISCO - A property owner's cooperation with a state pollution agency wasn't enough to constitute public notice of a cl...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas K. Herman remembers his early days as a prosecutor in the late 19...
Judges and Judiciary
No Questions About Movies for Court Nominee, A Baseball Fan
By Drew Combs
LOS ANGELES - Though it seemed like they asked him about everything, there was one subject the Judiciary Committee didn't cove...
SAN JOSE - In a major legal victory that comes with a caveat, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday tossed out Ya...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court rejected Thursday an Army National Guardman's bid to block his extension of active duty...
SAN FRANCISCO - Fickle Contra Costa County murder defendant Susan Polk has decided to ditch high-profile defense attorney Dani...
PUC APPOINTMENT - San Francisco telecommunications lawyer Rachelle Chong was sworn in Thursday as the newest member of the Cal...
DISBARMENTS Hultgren, Jerry R. , Fresno Medeiros, Anthony David , Fresno Woods, Robert Brian , Woodland RESIGNATIONS Curtis, P...
SACRAMENTO - California's judiciary has one of its best shots in years at getting funds to build new courthouses and renovate...
Forum Column - By Harvey Gee - In his most recent book, "The 'Huddled Masses' Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights" (2004), Kevi...
Intellectual Property
There's No Easy Way to Root Out Trolls by Patent Reform
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Focus Column - By C.J. Alice Chen and Darren E. Donnelly - The U.S. Supreme Court will soon reconsider the long-lived standard...
LOS ANGELES - Jan Handzlik knew what he wanted to do when, as a child, he saw Raymond Burr play the role of a white-collar def...
SAN FRANCISCO - Craig Thompson, a nearly 30-year veteran of the California attorney general's office who specialized in enviro...
WASHINGTON - When Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. finishes his time in the hot seat before the Senate Judiciary Comm...
Entertainment & Sports
Conspiracy? What Conspiracy? Mysteries Stripped to the Bone
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Take it off. Take it all off! Show us some skin! Well, hallelujah, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, or...
By Douglas W. Kmiec - On the opening day of Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination hearings, the Democratic senators t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appellate judges wrongly reversed a California man's death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wedne...
Judges and Judiciary
Prolific Writer, Independent Thinker Defies Pigeonholing
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - John T. Noonan Jr. has penned more than 200 scholarly articles and book reviews and more than a dozen major bo...
DUBIOUS DISTINCTION -- Can San Francisco, known as the country's ultraliberal city, really be among the "meanest" to homeless ...
LOS ANGELES - Catherine J. Pratt, a deputy counsel for Los Angeles County, has been elected a Los Angeles County Superior Cour...