Focus Column - International Law - By Peter J. Engstrom - The act of state doctrine is alive and well, and perhaps growing, in...
Product Liability
Appellate Court's Decision in 'Lockheed' Was Correct, Mostly
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Raphael Metzger - The recent decision of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lockheed Litigation Cases has p...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
First Woman Partner at Kadison Pfaelzer Loved France
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - When life dealt Ellen Braver Friedman, a midlife curveball, she went to law school and became the first woman pa...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys with the Cochran Firm say they are hoping their high-profile chairman, Johnnie Cochran Jr., will retur...
SAN DIEGO - A three-judge appellate panel ruled Friday that pending unfair-competition suits can be dismissed under Propositio...
SAN DIEGO - The state Supreme Court has declined review of a case involving the denial of visitation rights for the children o...
LOS ANGELES - Former McDonald's managers Steven Wooley and Jessica Nunez say they first faced discrimination at the fast-food ...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Amy K. Spees - Keker & Van Nest is on a roll. Since its founding as Keker & Brockett ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals judges appear to be closely scrutinizing whether to resuscitate legal efforts to force PG&...
Column - By Garry Abrams - In his recent memoir, "Courting Justice," famous attorney David Boies claims that he settled comedi...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers on Friday challenged the constitutionality of a new state statute that, they suggest, supermarket magnat...
Administrative/Regulatory
By Moving to Electronic Reporting, Courts Could Save $36 Million Annually
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Court officials and court reporters have hammered out an agreement to expand the use of electronic reporting ...
INDUSTRIAL MILPITAS - India Community Center purchased a 39,083-square-foot research-and-development building at 525-535 Los C...
LOS ANGELES - The family of a 13-year-old boy killed by a Los Angeles police officer has retained the renowned Cochran Firm fo...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups filed a beefed-up federal lawsuit Thursday in San Francisco challenging the Bush adminis...
Civil Rights
Anniversary of Internment Begs Reflection: Is History Repeating?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen F. Rohde - In the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 63 years ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Lanterman Centers Are Not Liable for Provider Actions
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Focus Column - Health Care and Hospital Law - By Gary S. Pancer and Sheryl Horwitz - In a victory for regional centers created...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
State's Pro Bono Mediation Setup Redefines 'Temporary'
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Forum Column - By Charles B. Parselle - Gresham's Law states that bad money drives out good. The same principle can be applied...
RIVERSIDE - Services will take place today for R. Michael Harding, a longtime Riverside family law attorney who died of a hea...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former McKesson executive Richard Hawkins took the stand in his own defense this week to flatly deny any invo...
LOS ANGELES - Attorney Rees Lloyd has a problem with the inspector general for Los Angeles County's Department of Children and...
SANTA ANA - A judge Thursday allowed two controversial DNA tests to be presented at the trial of accused child killer Alejandr...
SAN FRANCISCO - James Baker, a nationally recognized employee compensation and benefits lawyer, has left Orrick, Herrington &...
SAN FRANCISCO - A wide-ranging constitutional amendment to overhaul California's court system would expand the chief justice'...
Judges and Judiciary
Skills in Juggling Responsibility Serve Judge Well Job
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
JOSHUA TREE - Bryan F. Foster worked hard to become a lawyer and a Superior Court judge, after hearing stories about his fathe...
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County Superior Court Commissioner Christopher Longaker has a soft spot for kids. He said he believes...
SAN FRANCISCO - Few people have kind words these days about the humble coupon. In the U.S. Senate, lawmakers used words like "...
LOS ANGELES - French defendants in the Credit Lyonnais scandal claimed victory late Wednesday after a federal judge approved a...
LOS ANGELES - It was probably only a matter of time until someone filed a lawsuit in U.S. court over the Asian tsunami disaste...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - So Fez Inc. purchased a 5,614-square-foot industrial building at 8580 Avenida de la Fuente from South ...