LOS ANGELES - WhenCooley Godward became the first large firm in the Bay Area to ax associates last year, it never could have e...
International Law Practitioner Column - By Saralyn M. Ang-Olson, Speech today finds expression and is made highly accessible t...
Focus Column - By Gideon Kracov and Joseph F. C. DiMento, Recognizing the growth of global trade and economic interdependence,...
Most experienced trial lawyers think of voir dire as the opportunity to ask a series of questions at the outset of a trial tha...
Once counsel have decided that mediation is appropriate for resolving an elder abuse case, the next step is the selection of a...
When Chapman University School of Law opened its doors in 1995, one of its goals was to teach its students to litigate. They s...
Although the plantiff had a history of making sophisticated investments, her attorney emphasized her age and memory problems t...
Often, when parties appear at mediation, they approach the process as an opportunity to "hammer" the other side. Their concept...
Employment Column - By Lynda Stevens and Geoffrey Crisp, There is a new world order in the legal field, or at least in Orange...
Despite having little regard for higher education as a teen-ager, Southern California attorney Jennifer L. Keller ended up def...
LOS ANGELES - An Orange County couple has sued Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton for $68 million, claiming the law firm ...
Public Interest
Bringing Justice to Rural Poor People Inspires Director Of Legal Assistance
By Paul Wilborn
SAN FRANCISCO - It might have been just a fading memory, an insignificant incident, that first brief meeting in El Centro betw...
SAN FRANCISCO -A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a conviction for possession of child pornography downloaded from the In...
LOS ANGELES -The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a federal act signed into law after the Sept. 11 terrorist atta...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court's community homeless court has found a permanent home at a new shelter operated b...
SAN FRANCISCO - Four large Northern California law firms - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Heller Ehrman White & McAuli...
LOS ANGELES - One of Los Angeles's most well-known entertainment boutiques, Century City's Ziffren Brittenham Branca & Fis...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal trustbusters have crashed the intellectual property scene, and their message to patent-rich companies ...
RICHMOND - Newly appointed Contra Costa County Superior Court John W. Kennedy reports to work every day at the Richmond Courth...
LOS ANGELES - In a major move to beef up its Bay Area presence, Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has nabbed prominen...
Administrative/Regulatory
Democrats Will Honor Delgadillo in Washington
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - In an usual move, the Democratic National Committee will honor Los Angeles' rookie city attorney this weekend in...
LOS ANGELES - A government-sponsored coup last year made Bruce Iwasaki and Neal Dudovitz the kings of Los Angeles County's fed...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for prosecutors to press burglary charges in cases whe...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Lawrence J. Straw Jr., a Los Angeles litigation attorney with a successful record ...
Forum Column - By Ronald M. George, For the past 25 years, public opinion surveys in both California and the United States hav...
LOS ANGELES - A collision on a Los Angeles area freeway early Thursday morning took the life of recently appointed Superior Co...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bankrupt Pacific Gas and Electric Co. filed a $4.1 billion claim against the state Thursday, asserting that a ...
Law Practice
Defender Faces Suit for Alleged Nasty Comments
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - He riles prosecutors with his colorful trial briefs, has donned a cape in court as his so-called alter ego, "...
Dicta Column - By David F. Pike, U.S. Supreme Court clerks fraternize with lawyers appearing before the court, parties sit at ...
Land Use Law Practitioner Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr., In Utility Cost Mgm't v. Indian Wells Valley Water Dist., 2...