Judges and Judiciary
Earlier Careers Contribute to Judge's Decisive Approach
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The two little girls sat in the courtroom dressed in their frilly Sunday best, waiting for their turn with the l...
SAN FRANCISCO - David Geyer, the former Brobeck Phleger & Harrison marketing director who launched the firm's nationwide t...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a major interpretation of international discovery rights, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday for the fi...
Labor/Employment
First-Years Should Bear in Mind That Experience Goes Long Way
By Contributing Writer
Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - Mentoring is critical in the career development of lawyers. Few lawyers become succe...
Dicta Column - By Richard J. Simmons - Law firms of all sizes are increasingly concerned about legal disputes with their emplo...
Bankruptcy
New Central District Rules Aim To Prevent 'Procedural Roulette'
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David M. Reeder - A newly enacted general order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Cal...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - It has been a while since the maxim about rendering different things unto Caesar and God...
LOS ANGELES - The state Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with the tension between the privacy rights of peace officers and a ...
LOS ANGELES - California Chief Justice Ronald M. George is troubled by the use of electric stun belts to control defendants du...
LOS ANGELES - While former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley's election challenge to current Mayor Eric Perrodin is on appeal, Bradle...
Law Practice
Partners' Betrayal, Greed Make High-Profile Lawyer 'Want to Vomit'
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - The highly publicized firm meltdown and partner-snatching contest at San Francisco's once high-flying...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis personally knows relatively few of the 208 judges he has appointed to the bench. Judge Brian C...
LOS ANGELES - Jeffrey W. Johnson makes it clear that he is not looking for sympathy or trying to make a personal statement. Bu...
SAN FRANCISCO - A routine defense request for copies of computer disks in a federal child pornography prosecution has sparked ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Golden Gate Names Winner of Afghan Scholarship
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Nasrina Bargzie's unusual path to law school began in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Her father, an educated landowner...
LOS ANGELES - A funeral Mass for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Le Sage will be celebrated Friday in Carpi...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County has offered to pay $1 million to settle wrongful death and other claims in the cases of Jonat...
Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - Client to lawyer: "What chance do I have at winning this case if we appeal?" Lawyer to cli...
Real Estate/Development
Courts Will Construe 'Spite Fence' Statute Liberally
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Michael Paul Thomas - There is an old saying that "good fences make good neighbors." That depends, however, ...
Dicta Column - By Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. - Our youngest daughter is distressed. She yearns to find a career that satisfies her...
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - "Yes. I deal with port-related clients and receive daily updates regarding security i...
Constitutional Law
Distinct Line Between Commercial And Noncommercial Speech Is Gone
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Hopmann and Stephan E. Smith - On May 2, the California Supreme Court issued a decision, Kasky v....
LOS ANGELES - Senior U.S. District Judge Laughlin E. Waters, whose career in public service included serving as a state assemb...
Forum Column - By Joseph R. Grodin - At my first constitutional law class after Sept. 11, with the horror of that day in our s...
SAN JOSE - The former Palo Alto medical technician who re-used syringes while drawing blood has agreed to a deal in which she ...
SAN FRANCISCO - One case arose out of a rent freeze dispute involving mobile home parks. Another stems from a breach of contra...
LOS ANGELES - Private services off the coast of Long Beach will take place later this month for retired labor negotiator and a...
Litigation
Police Union Readies Lawsuit Against Cooley's 'Brady' Policy
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Protective League is preparing to sue District Attorney Steve Cooley over his new " Br...
SAN FRANCISCO - A highly touted court settlement intended to reduce diesel pollution from grocery store truck fleets may be fa...
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court seemed eager Tuesday to protect marijuana users from prosecution if they can demons...