SAN FRANCISCO - For a state normally in the vanguard of new technology, California's courtrooms surprisingly lack the high-tec...
Forum Column - By David Lash and Lauren Saunders - As changes to California's unfair business practices law are considered, th...
SAN JOSE - For the first time in more than a decade, Santa Clara County prosecutors and deputy public defenders face layoffs a...
LOS ANGELES - Keker & Van Nest is trying to drop Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and two of its former partners as clients...
SAN JOSE - Brian DeVries is poised to become the first convicted child molester to be released after undergoing treatment - in...
Administrative/Regulatory
County Misused Bonds, Resident's Suit Says
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County illegally diverted $16.2 million in community improvement bonds from one portion of suburban...
Judges and Judiciary
Duct Tape Follies Pale Compared With Judicial-Nominee Dunk Tank
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Which is the scariest - the prospect of sealing yourself in a room with duct tape and plastic during ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Justices Will Look at Disabilities Act, Rehire Policies
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking another look at the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to consi...
Two years after Robert Schroeder merged his intellectual property boutique with Christie Parker & Hale, Schroeder has left...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Cowboy Lawyers Gather, Elect New Officers, Dance
By Stefanie Knapp
Moseying into the Calamigos Ranch Feb. 8 felt like walking back in time. Men and women decked out in cowboy hats and boots, we...
A Hollywood movie mogul and his glamorous wife could hurt one of the top-selling drugs on the market. Last month, they filed t...
The state's wine regions are fermenting over the tactics used by a controversial Oakland disability rights advocate. George Lo...
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison land-use partner Linda J. Bozung has joined the Los Angeles office of Piper Rudnick, bringing ...
Lisa Specht is not a woman who is easy to miss. She is, after all, a glamorous showgirl turned one of L.A. Law's most promine...
Litigation
Law Journal Publisher Esquire One Changes Moniker to Litigation One
By Stefanie Knapp
Esquire One Publishing has changed its name to Litigation One. The California law publisher produces California Motions in Li...
In a move that it hopes will create one of the leading insurance regulatory practices in the state, Sonnenschein Nath & Ro...
Personal Injury & Torts
British Tourists Settle for $10 Million With Bus Line
By Joan Osterwalder
For 39 British tourists, a two-week journey through California and Nevada three years ago ended abruptly with a crash. "The We...
Litigation
Suits Over Concrete Require Step-by-Step Investigations
By Contributing Writer
Construction defect litigation related to concrete often involves issues not always present in typical defect cases. For examp...
Litigation
Defense Counsel Offer Seminar On New Civil Jury Instructions
By Stefanie Knapp
The Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada will present its new civil jury instructions seminar Fri...
Entertainment & Sports
Sitcom Success Doesn't Equal Courtroom Victory
By Joan Osterwalder
The success that co-creator Michael Moye had with "Married ... With Children," a bawdy TV sitcom about the dysfunctional Bundy...
New York's Sullivan & Cromwell has selected Alison Ressler to become the eighth member of its management committee, effect...
Law Practice
Litigator Brings His Passion For Lacrosse to West Coast
By Stefanie Knapp
When Mitch Fenton arrived at San Diego State University in 1976 as a transfer student from a small school in Pennsylvania, the...
Amanda Wong walked into the Redondo Beach courthouse as a volunteer attorney in August 2001 with five cases prepared and ready...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Judge and Family Law Specialist Joins ADR Provider
By Claude Walbert
Retired Superior Court Judge Thomas Ashworth III has joined alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS, where he will speci...
Litigation
Retired Judge Joins JAMS, Will Handle Arbitrations, Mediations
By Stefanie Knapp
Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge David Brickner has joined JAMS, a private alternative dispute resolution provider....
Litigation
Civil Litigator Will Stop Private Practice for Full-Time Neutrality
By Stefanie Knapp
After more than 20 years of private practice and eight years as Santa Barbara County's district attorney, Stanley M. Roden jo...
Personal Injury & Torts
Restaurant Not Liable for Hot Oil Flung by Cook at Cop
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco police officer has lost a $1.1 million jury award because an appellate court was not convinced...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former employees of the defunct Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and their newly hired attorney appear to be ma...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. dropped a legal bombshell in bankruptcy court last week with the disclosure that ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former employees of the defunct Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and their newly hired attorney appear to be m...