When Marsha Paskin went to Dr. Marc Kramer for surgery to reduce her snoring, Kramer told her about the risk of infection that...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Swank LLC purchased a 15,600-square-foot industrial building at 3376 Main St. from Virzi Wyatt Inc. fo...
LOS ANGELES - Celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano was charged Friday with criminal threats and conspiracy for his role in alle...
Entertainment & Sports
Theme Parks Don't Want to Play by Federal Rules
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney World may be the "Happiest Place on Earth," but, according to attorneys, activists and lawmakers fig...
June 9 was a night to remember. With all the pomp and glitz of the Academy Awards yet the practicality of eBay in the flesh, P...
There's always room for improvement, if you ask Bruce Friedman. "We have a great corporate group, but we want to make it stron...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Megafirm DLA Piper Attracts Six Winston & Strawn Finance Lawyers
By Amy Spees
A group of finance lawyers from Winston & Strawn are banking on new careers with megafirm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. Lur...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Attorneys Appreciate Mediator's 'Polite Persistence'
By Draeger Martinez
Under other circumstances, Kenneth Gack could have been a world-class diplomat or sales professional. In a decade as a mediato...
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Bar Association is beginning to sound the alarm about government policies that encourage corporat...
EXTRA Column - Entertainment Law - By Aaron J. Moss - In a decision with wide-ranging implications for writers, producers and ...
Ten years after Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi opened in Los Angeles, the office is stronger than ever, according to Roma...
Although teaching elementary school students about biodiversity, having close encounters with endangered species, playing a sa...
Constitutional Law
Discrimination Ruling Relies On 'Broad Reading' Standard
By Columnist
Focus Column - Constitutional Law - By Laura Schulking - What does the phrase discrimination "on the basis of sex" mean? The a...
Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - Can and should the federal government regulate wetlands? This hotly disputed question...
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Saturday for Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Preciliano P. Recendez. Recendez,...
Constitutional Law
Democrats Consider Filibuster Option for Judicial Nominee
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Democrats are keeping their options open over whether to filibuster controversial judicial nominee Terrence W. B...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco attorney John Zanghi discovered the hard way that pro pers can pack a punch in court. Zanghi, 4...
EXTRA Feature - Mitch Mitchell has built his career on being a man of many worlds. Early in his career, that meant putting his...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor-Elect Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday named five senior members to his new administration. Rob...
SANTA ANA - Nancy Weiben Stock will be the next presiding judge of the Orange Superior Court. Stock, the acting assistant pres...
Changes - They say all good things must end, as Daily Journal Extra does with this issue. In many ways, though, this is merely...
We've learned in life that finishing a book can mean the beginning of a new one, rather than the ending of the old. And so it...
SAN FRANCISCO - Representatives of New York-based Coudert Bros. and Chicago's Baker & McKenzie refused to confirm or deny ...
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCE - U.S. Can Corp. signed a 10-year, $15 million lease for a 499,041-square-foot industrial building at 565...
REDLANDS - Seven years ago, Jeffrey S. Raynes won a $9.3 million jury verdict for a boy after proving that a medical technicia...
Labor/Employment
Preparation, Updated Policies Protect Employers From Class Actions
By Columnist
Employment Column - By John E. Lattin IV - Class actions were created as a matter of convenience. In modern American jurisprud...
Constitutional Law
A Tale of Two Flags: When Symbolism Clashes With the Constitution
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Clay Calvert - Call it the politics of symbolism. We think of it today on an angry international scale: • A ...
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Insurance carriers frequently seek to deny coverage for insureds on the gro...
SANTA ANA - A federal judge dealt a blow to the marriage plans of two Orange County men Thursday, ruling that federal law doe...