Alternative Dispute Resolution
Law Aims to Settle Condo Tiffs Before They Escalate
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Seemingly small tiffs - over the height of fences, the color of outdoor paint schemes, barking dogs - ofte...
Technology & Science
Computer Maker Didn't Infringe Patents, Court Says
By Draeger Martinez
A cluster of desktop computer makers in Asia and America exhaled in relief after Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District...
Luminaries of the legal, political and entertainment world gathered this month to honor a married couple, both lawyers, for th...
Bryan Cave gave a boost to its Southern California real estate practice in November by snaring partner Linda S. Koffman from t...
The addition of nine attorneys to Costa Mesa's Rutan & Tucker helped the county's largest law firm strengthen its grip on...
Law Practice
Senator Questions New Rules OKing More 'Judicial Junkets'
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Recent changes to judicial ethics guidelines could make it easier for federal judges to accept expense-paid trip...
Forum Column - By David I. Levine - A bare majority of the state Supreme Court has given cautious endorsement to the catalyst ...
SAN DIEGO - In a move described as "aggressive," San Diego's new city attorney will weigh in this week on the controversy swi...
The city of Newport Beach has made its first city-attorney appointment in 20 years, and for the first time, it's a woman. Acti...
SAN FRANCISCO - Townsend and Townsend and Crew has filed a lawsuit against a New York insurance company seeking $273,305 in w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Death row inmate Donald Beardslee had a roller coaster Thursday. Within the space of a few hours last week, a...
SANTA ANA - A homeowner who refuses to mediate a dispute and later wins in court cannot receive attorney fees, a state appella...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Courts Shouldn't Second-Guess Legislative Property Regulation
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - The U.S. Supreme Court soon will decide how far government can go in regulating privat...
LOS ANGELES - Michelle Williams Court has taken over as director of litigation at Bet Tzedek, one of the nation's premier pro...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - When the subject of California's geographic centers for cutting-edge technology comes up, Orange...
By John Ryan Daily Journal Staff LOS ANGELES - Roy Green could face the death penalty for allegedly stabbing to death a prison...
NEW YORK - Like many others in this city, Chief Judge Jane A. Restani of the U.S. Court of International Trade likes to stay ...
SAN FRANCISCO - John Burris was motoring east across the Bay Bridge in his canary-yellow Fiat convertible on St. Patrick's Day...
SAN FRANCISCO - A controversial five-refinery pollution deal between Chevron and the federal government won't be immediately ...
SAN JOSE - Karyn Sinunu, the trusted assistant to Santa Clara County District Attorney George Kennedy, has decided to run for ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Six months of wrangling over the fate of a lawsuit against Clifford Chance ended abruptly Friday, when the Lo...
SACRAMENTO - The state Legislature's judiciary committees will have fresh leadership during the session that opens in January...
Labor/Employment
Misclassification Suits Can Have Devastating Effect on Firm's Future
By Columnist
Column - Employment Law - By Lin M. Meyer - Since enactment of Bounty Hunter legislation permitting plaintiffs' lawyers to rec...
Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Steve Mullins - California corporations, limited-liability companies and partnerships soon wi...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Upholding Medi-Pot Measure Would Undercut Civil Rights Laws
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - What do marijuana, bald eagle feathers, domestic violence, guns near schools and homegr...
Military Law
Legislature Must Reconsider Policy Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in Military
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Nathaniel Frank - Two lawsuits were filed last week against the U.S. military. In one, eight soldiers are ch...
Forum Column - By Kristian Williams - When he nominated Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft as attorney general, Preside...
LOS ANGELES - Services took place Thursday for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Ann E. Stodden. Stodden, who s...
Judges and Judiciary
L.A. Judge Looks North for Vacant Bench in Bay Area
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronni MacLaren, now sitting on assignment in San Francisco, has applied for ...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Watchers Rely on Cryptic Clues About Rehnquist
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist loves a good mystery - he even wrote one - and so maybe he's just teasing us. ...