State Bar & Bar Associations
Lesbian, Gay Lawyers Association Celebrates 25 Years
By Stefanie Knapp
Members and supporters of the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles gathered in West Hollywood in October to cele...
INDUSTRIAL GOLETA - Cortona Partnership has purchased a 29,548-square-foot, research-and-development building at 6860 Cortona...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Pepperdine Organizes 10-Day ADR Study Tour of China
By Eron Yehuda
Some believe that the last century was America's, and this one belongs to China. "Our lives will forever be changed by China,"...
Gold's Gym of Redondo Beach is trying to flex its muscles against Lloyd's of London, filing a lawsuit alleging breach of contr...
Closer Column - Financial Planning - By Jenny Rough - The catchy tune that opens Donald Trump's reality show "The Apprentice" ...
Jews generally don't accept the notion of Jesus Christ as their savior, making a "messianic" Jewish temple not only unique but...
LOS ANGELES - Kody Scott gained national acclaim for his 1993 jailhouse memoir "Monster: The Autobiography of a Gang Member," ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A rare Proposition 65 case that actually made it to trial collapsed recently after a judge severely criticize...
Lynne L. Heidel says this isn't the first time Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory approached her about joining the firm. ...
Attorneys from Walnut Creek class-action defense boutique Fleming & Phillips have penned their New Year's resolutions. The...
Pour a shot of Stoli. Add a splash of stolen intellectual property. Shake it up with the fall of the Russian Empire, and the r...
Los Angeles' Fainsbert Mase & Snyder lost three litigators Nov. 1 to Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, led by partner Bradley...
Top-flight aviation executives revealed what they're really looking for from outside counsel during an afternoon panel discuss...
Forum Column - By Michael A. S. Newman - In 621 B.C., the Athenian lawmaker Draco promulgated a legal code under which all cri...
Administrative/Regulatory
E-Discovery Gets Attention in Proposed Rules Amendments
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Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Richard Marcus - In recent years, the hottest topic for litigators has been discovery o...
The public comment period on amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure runs through Feb. 15, 2005. A hearing in San F...
EXTRA Feature - We've heard about Sarbanes-Oxley for two years now. How it was a necessary crackdown on corporations to preven...
LOS ANGELES - Three female police officers have settled two lawsuits against the Glendale Police Department and the law firm o...
SACRAMENTO - Same-sex marriage opponents moved forward Friday with their efforts to recall a state trial judge and also annou...
SAN FRANCISCO - To save Scott Peterson's life when the jury returns Nov. 22 to decide whether he should be put to death for t...
SAN FRANCISCO - A third trial of a lawsuit brought by protesters whose faces were swabbed with pepper spray during anti-loggi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Activists Endanger U.S. Security, Attorney General Says
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In his first public remarks since resigning as attorney general, an impassioned John Ashcroft said Friday that ju...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge has ordered the state attorney general's office to turn over internal records to a loca...
Column - By Philip Carrizosa - Seventeen years ago, the California Supreme Court agreed to decide whether a 14-year-old boy co...
Appellate Practice
Panel Puts Pencil on State Roster of Deadly Weapons
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Add the lowly pencil to the state's list of deadly weapons. In the first ruling of its kind, a California appellat...
SAN FRANCISCO - By age 80, many attorneys have retired. Gordon C. George is just getting started. The Danville resident was a...
SACRAMENTO - Civics class was straightforward if boring when Thomas A. "Tac" Craven was in high school. The teacher fed him f...
INDUSTRIAL IRVINE - Corinthian Investors LTD II has sold a 16,478-square-foot industrial building at 9 Marconi for $2.2 millio...
Administrative/Regulatory
Tort Reform Efforts Gain Steam, Roll Through S.F.
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Tort reformers may be on a roll. A tort-reform minded president was re-elected this month. Californians overwhel...
Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Ethan Friedman - Public agencies throughout the state are permitted to deduct environmental c...