Dicta Column by Peter M. Newton - Most law firms assign partners to be associates' mentors and supervisors. It is vital that t...
Labor/Employment
Begin the New Year Right by Avoiding Job-Seekers' Pitfalls
By Columnist
Employment Column by Craig A. Blumin - The New Year is upon us. It's a time to wash away bad habits and start fresh with good ...
Dicta Column by Leigh Datzker - We are on our way into Year 2 of the 21st century, and the lucky among us are fresh from som...
Law Practice
Book Says Attorneys Cruised Through Top Law Schools on Diet of Indulgence
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Anyone who believes top rank law schools are brutal academic salt mines that routinely push students ...
LOS ANGELES - Music attorney Jay Cooper, formerly of Manatt Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles, now heads the Los Angeles en...
SAN DIEGO - A bearded, 48-year-old homeless man accused of killing another homeless man in a dispute over a blanket was arraig...
SAN FRANCISCO - David Roseman, the primary outside leasing counsel to San Francisco real estate investment company The Shorens...
LOS ANGELES - A family-oriented channel is at the center of a heated legal battle between two media giants fighting for contro...
LOS ANGELES - After five years with the Los Angeles federal public defender's office, Michael J. Proctor is returning to priva...
WASHINGTON - In Washington, D.C., nothing is routine anymore after Sept. 11, when I stood on the roof of an apartment building...
Judicial Profile
Former Civil Lawyer Runs Tight Ship as Judge in Criminal Court
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After 16 years on the Superior Court in Los Angeles, Judge Keith L. Groneman may retire next year - or maybe he ...
WASHINGTON - John Ashcroft was just 220 days into his new job when the world turned upside down. Before the terrorist attacks ...
Dicta Column by Richard J. Simmons - California employment law is expanding as a result of new judicial opinions, statutes and...
Focus Column by Michael M. Berger - Santa Monica had a decent idea but had rotten execution. The city's Rent Control Board co...
Dicta Column by The Rodent - Remember last year when just about all associates had way too much to do? At that time, the quest...
Focus Column by Ethan K. Friedman - The 4th District Court of Appeal recently took the opportunity to establish a helpful tool...
Forum Column by Shawn J. Nelson - Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in ...
LOS ANGELES - Only time will tell how deep a seismic shift the California Supreme Court will experience from the death of Just...
Judges and Judiciary
Monterey Jurors' Stay Will Be a Bit More Enlightening
By Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - The dominant feature of main jury assembly room in Monterey County Superior Court is, in the words of Presiding Jud...
SAN DIEGO - Courts have lagged far behind corporations in moving toward the paperless world of complete computerization, but S...
Forum Column by Pablo Agrio - Propelled by the kidnap and murder of Polly Klaas back in 1993, political opportunists seized th...
Forum Column by Philip J. Hess - California once looked with favor on private-attorney-general fee awards. Within a five-day p...
LOS ANGELES - Former Superior Court Judge Lloyd S. Davis, who retired from the bench after stabbing his wife in what he descri...
LOS ANGELES - A rash of rubber checks has caused the federal court's Central District to enforce a long-standing local rule ag...
LOS ANGELES - Judge Victoria G. Chaney is not exactly your run-of-the-mill judge, and she likes it that way. Take for example ...
Focus Column by Keith Paul Bishop - As a result of the downturn in the stock market, as well as the dot-com economy, many comp...
Appellate Practice
Circuit Dissenters Fail to Get Rehearing on Miranda
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A deep philosophical split among judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals went on full display last wee...
SAN FRANCISCO - Suppose you represent Caltrans and the Ku Klux Klan demands an Adopt-A-Highway sign? Or maybe your client, the...
LOS ANGELES - Like many other stories about 2001, the tale of juvenile justice in Los Angeles last year was one of tragedy and...
LOS ANGELES - At year's end, Michael Nash, the charismatic supervising judge of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court's dependency di...