Law Practice
From Civil Rights Lawyer in the '60s to Savvy Lobbyist and Policy Wonk
By Jennifer Hammn
SACRAMENTO - Gene Livingston has evolved from a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s to a lobbyist for the insurance and chemical ...
WASHINGTON - The new issue of the Stanford Law Review, published this week, offers a gift to die-hard fans of former Chief Jus...
SAN FRANCISCO - With Congress once again overhauling the nation's immigration laws, the courts will have plenty of work in the...
SAN JOSE - In the hills of Palo Alto, current and former chief executives of Silicon Valley technology companies are engaged i...
LOS ANGELES - Federal investigators have not cracked all the sophisticated codes indicted private detective Anthony Pellicano ...
Securities
By the Numbers: Fewer Securities Class Actions, Bigger Payouts
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - The number of private securities class actions filed in the United States dropped to the lowest level in nine ...
Public Interest
Amid Growing Influence, Public Counsel Celebrates 35 Years of Pro Bono
By Anat Rubinn
LOS ANGELES - Thirty-seven years ago, Ralph Nader came to Beverly Hills and scolded the lawyers. It made quite an impact on at...
Judicial Profile
A Bright Future Predicted for Judge With a Sterling Past
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Suzanne R. Bolanos was a federal prosecutor, she sized up judge...
LOS ANGELES - The day 350 urban gardeners were scheduled for eviction, Joan Baez showed up with her guitar to serenade the cro...
Real Estate/Development
S.F. Officials Pile on Obstacles to Home Ownership
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Todd J. Wenzel - In yet another move to limit people's constitutional right to life, liberty and property, t...
Focus Column - By Martin N. Buchanan - In criminal and civil cases, the usual purpose of motions in limine is to obtain a ruli...
Technology & Science
Don't Give Away the Public's Telecommunications Assets
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Micheline Wilcoxen - The telecommunication revolution is ushering in a brave new world. The convergence of t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Most Americans might remember Walter F. Mondale as Jimmy Carter's second in command or the unsuccessful presid...
LOS ANGELES - When the Los Angeles offices of Fulbright & Jaworski moved to larger digs last year, partner Michael G. Smoo...
Law Practice
Coming to America: Scientist From Russia Takes Circuitous Route to Legal Practice
By Martin Bergn
Boris Gorbis seems to take life with a sense of humor. His office is in the Flynt Building, as in Larry Flynt, the publisher o...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday jumped back into the divisive issue of race-based school admissions, agreeing to consider a c...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Candidate Tracks Down Sign Thief in Midnight Stakeout
By Tim Hay
SAN FRANCISCO - Frederick Remer, running for a hotly contested seat on the Alameda County Superior Court, spent Friday night o...
A man accused of dangling his 2-year-old daughter off a balcony, beating up his wife and decapitating her cat will not be let ...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera's entire office should be disqualified from a fraud case against on...
LOS ANGELES - Three veteran Los Angeles County Superior Court bench officers are retiring this month. Judge Jacob Adajian left...
LOS ANGELES - It was music that brought State Bar Court Judge Madge S. Watai to the United States from her home in Hawaii. Her...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal regulators must include terrorism in analyzing possible environmental impacts of a nuclear power proje...
Focus Column - By Diane L. Becker - Insurance is an important element of any legal risk management program. A good insurance p...
Environmental
Ruling Hints Roberts Court Isn't Hide-Bound Conservative
By David Minkown
Forum Column - By Norman A. Dupont - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month in favor of fish, eels and other aquatic ...
Ethics and corporate governance, litigation and intellectual property are the practice areas in highest demand, according to a...
LOS ANGELES - In the sex abuse scandals rocking California's Catholic Church, Oliver O'Grady is considered one of the worst ca...
SAN FRANCISCO - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton continues to woo laterals into its San Francisco office to stock practic...
Judges and Judiciary
Two Sitting Judges Mired in Controversy Fight to Retain Their Seats
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Two Northern California judges are fighting for re-election Tuesday. One struggles with a tarnished reputation, a...
RIVERSIDE - Jeffrey Prevost, a six-year Riverside County Superior Court commissioner, has been elevated to a judgeship. Gov...
SAN FRANCISCO - National employment and labor firm Littler Mendelson announced that it would welcome the return of partner Lin...