SAN FRANCISCO - Bradford Duft, a former chief of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison's intellectual property practice in San Diego...
SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland must stand trial for returning a stolen $600 diamond ring to its owner. The 9th U.S. Circ...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyer Gerald V. Scotti, who killed himself and his paralegal in March, was under pressure from federal authorit...
LOS ANGELES - Pot smokers can breathe a little easier after a state appeals court affirmed Tuesday that owning a "smoking devi...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Housing Authority employee fired for giving the address of three public housing tenants to a man w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Six former Morgan Hill students, who claim principals ignored their complaints of taunts and beatings based o...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurist Tries to See Each Defendant as Individual
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - When Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis tells jurors that she feels their pain, she truly does. Sev...
Forum Column - By Eve Hill - In the 1960s, when many states refused to recognize the basic human rights of African-Americans, ...
Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Robert Burch - In In re Marriage of Abrams , 2003 DJDAR 1123 (Cal...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego on Monday became the first California city to pass an ordinance that allows forfeiture of vehicles used ...
LOS ANGELES - Palo Alto's Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati has lost partner Bruce McNamara to the Menlo Park office of S...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday granted California's request to dismiss a case the state filed last year after losing...
OAKLAND - The Oakland Police Department stumbled into a new police-conduct minefield Monday when officers fired non-lethal cro...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday, marking the end of Heidi Fleiss' three years of supervised release from prison, congratu...
SACRAMENTO - Stockholders can sue for fraud when they are induced to hold onto their shares, and not just to buy or sell stoc...
SAN FRANCISCO - A pedestrian injured in a dangerous crosswalk on her way to a bus stop gets to keep a $1.5 million judgment a...
LOS ANGELES - Russell Balisok opposes the U.S.-led war in Iraq. But nobody is a stronger supporter of the soldiers in the Lanc...
LOS ANGELES - Deputy District Attorney Richard Sullivan, who clashed with his bosses over prosecuting an environmental-crime c...
OAKLAND - Even with a larger-than-anticipated crowd and upbeat atmosphere, a recent fund-raiser for Oakland's Neighborhood La...
WASHINGTON - Turning aside freedom-of-speech arguments, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that ban cross burning t...
WASHINGTON - Handing a significant victory to corporate defendants, the Supreme Court on Monday raised tough new barriers to l...
Adviser Column - By Brad Reed - In every era, some chief executive officers have been scoundrels, but the percentage is unlike...
Like lawsuits, many "reality" television shows such as "Survivor" and "American Idol" are based on the premise of overcoming c...
ALAMEDA - It's been 18 years since Judge Jeffrey Allen took over the Alameda County Superior Court's George E. McDonald Hall o...
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Scott A. Herbst and Kristin Schnell - Organizations such as the Institute of Electri...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Employers Must Protect Health Information Under New Rules
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Focus Column - Health Care Law - By Mary E. Smith - Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services adopted its final...
Homegrown Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps added 10 attorneys during the past year to snatch the title as San Diego's lar...
It was a bumpy five-year ride to equality for seven women who filed a sex-discrimination class action against the Sacramento R...
Judges and Judiciary
East Bay Courts Expecting More Budget Belt-Tightening
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - East Bay litigants can look forward to longer lines, shorter hours and fewer staffers to help them in Alameda ...
LOS ANGELES -- A former Roman Catholic priest who worked at parishes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties is set for arraignmen...