Administrative/Regulatory
Gonzales' Appointment Is Tempting for Bush, Scary to Others
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - With the unexpected resignation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, George Bush finds himself on...
Litigation
Hold Your Popcorn: 'Grokster' Misses Key Point, Begs for Sequel
By Columnist
Forum Column - By James D. Nguyen - Every summer, I marvel as the motion picture industry goes into high gear to promote its "...
LOS ANGELES - Zions Bancorp, which operates in eight Western states, has agreed to purchase Amergy Bancorp, the third-largest...
SAN DIEGO - A lawyer for a San Diego city councilman on trial on public corruption charges said Monday that campaign funds giv...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge has rejected a Fremont technology company's bid for a sweeping injunction that would ha...
LOS ANGELES - Not many lawyers have killed a partner or taken down an entire drug ring on their list of things to do. But whe...
LOS ANGELES - After five years, Los Angeles County supervisors, responsible for appointing an inspector general to issue repo...
LOS ANGELES - Seasoned attorneys offer one piece of advice to lawyers making a first-time appearance before Los Angeles Superi...
SAN FRANCISCO - Cooley Godward is preparing to open an office in the nation's capital with the help of three partners it has ...
RICHMOND - Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barry Goode knew before he claimed his bar card that he wanted to be a li...
SAN FRANCISCO - In two rulings Monday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer upheld the California attorney general's authority t...
Column - By Garry Abrams - The House of Mickey Mouse, arguably the most litigious rodent domicile in Hollywood, did something ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Fee fights need ground rules, and the California Supreme Court set one Monday. The state law governing clashe...
INDUSTRIAL BURBANK - First Industrial Realty Trust purchased a 135,000-square-foot industrial building at 2980 San Fernando Ro...
Focus Column - Tax Law - By Jordan Stanzler - The continued revelations about illegal tax shelters promoted by blue chip accou...
Judges and Judiciary
'San Remo Hotel': When The Ship Comes In -- But Only Passes By
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Twenty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court established a "ripeness" hurdle for property ow...
Entertainment & Sports
Reality Producers File Overtime Class Action
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - The world of reality television has generated dozens of shows in recent years, ranging from "The Apprentice" to...
SAN DIEGO - Intellectual property litigator Stephen Swinton will start today at Latham & Watkins in San Diego after biddi...
SAN DIEGO - The lawyer for a San Diego city councilman who faces public corruption charges told jurors Friday that federal la...
SAN FRANCISCO - Stuart Lipton was exhausted when he announced he would step down later this year as managing partner of Howar...
LOS ANGELES - A Brinks security guard who stole $1.5 million in one heist was sentenced to more than 40 years in state prison ...
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed several attorneys to help reform the state's prison system. Sacramento...
LOS ANGELES - From federal prison, convicted felon and suspended lawyer Rex DeGeorge, who is doing time for sinking his luxur...
SAN BERNARDINO - A high-ranking San Bernardino prosecutor who was fired last year for allegedly leaking a confidential memo o...
Administrative/Regulatory
Job Candidates Need to Be Very Well-Prepared
By Kenneth Davis
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys interview job candidates an average of four times before making an offer, according to a new survey by...
Appellate Practice
9th Circuit May Be Inching to Right, Scorecard Implies
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Critics of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who point to Supreme Court reversals as evid...
Firm Watch
Veteran Prosecutor Leaves City Attorney for Howrey in L.A.
By Lorelei Laird
LOS ANGELES - Respected prosecutor Terree Bowers will join the Los Angeles office of Howrey in early August. Previously secon...
SAN FRANCISCO - Donald and Lynn Klug's family lawyer helped Donald hide $2.4 million from Lynn, sending the cash to banks on ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Last week's federal roundup of suspects in an international sex slave ring operating in San Francisco and Los...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Says Presiding at Drug Court Transformed Her
By Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Marcelita V. Haynes minces no words when sentencing defendants. "You're going to kill your...