Craig A. Miller of San Diego's Levine, Steinberg, Miller & Huver won a $415,000 verdict in a wrongful-termination case,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Lawyers, Mediators Should Applaud the 'Foxgate' Ruling
By Columnist
The California Supreme Court has upheld the confidentiality of communications during mediation as established in Evidence Code...
Employers sued for harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 can assert their effective anti-harassment polic...
Should statutory mediation confidentiality be breached when bad-faith tactics are allegedly employed in the mediation? Does a ...
As employers overcome their shock at the $90 million verdict in Bell v. Farmers Insurance Exchange and begin grappling ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' opinion in Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Co., 144 F.3d 1182 (1998) (cert....
The program is designed to offer mediation in the early part of complaint processing, even before investigation by the departm...
Kris P. Thompson didn't hesitate to go to trial on behalf of one of San Diego's premier restaurants, despite fears that a "pub...
LOS ANGELES - A Newport Beach criminal-defense lawyer and his wife were arrested Tuesday on a federal indictment that alleges ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bank of America discriminates against the disabled, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, by offering customer...
SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George announced the appointment of a new statewide task force Tuesday that will study...
LOS ANGELES - Robert Wolfe Gilbert, a labor lawyer known for his ability to craft settlements, has died. Gilbert died Sunday a...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis named three lawyers Tuesday to the Bipartisan Commission on Internet Political Practices, filling...
LOS ANGELES - Dead men don't talk, but ship captains who dispose of medical waste do. In an unpublished decision, an appellate...
SAN FRANCISCO - Joseph Sharp Whitmore, a former president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and a leader of Gibson, Du...
SAN FRANCISCO - Almost $3 million in royalties from Jerry Garcia's estate will be distributed to his widow, children and broth...
SAN FRANCISCO - A prison inmate involuntarily committed to a state mental hospital because of a psychological disorder cannot ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Once upon a time, if a reporter posed questions to an attorney about a pending case, a likely response would b...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges' Panel Backs Off Order Speaking for Whole Court
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel that summarily ordered Glenn "Buddy" Nickerson back to prison following his brief rele...
Natural Resources
Farmers Seek Removal of Judge From Water Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - After winning a lengthy battle for exclusive rights to water flowing under their land, nine farmers in the High De...
WASHINGTON - Billy Martin isn't afraid of anybody. The man hired to look out for the Levy family's interests here --- namely, ...
Large Firms
Pillsbury Winthrop Tightens Belt, Drops Administrative Staff by 13
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Pillsbury Winthrop has laid off 13 administrative staff members in its seven California offices, the firm said. ...
Investigating the relevant foreign securities laws upfront can save time and money in the long run. ...
Foreign companies may often do business in the United States through corporate subsidiaries or affiliates. Where U.S. plaintif...
LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins finally is getting serious about its Tokyo outpost. The Los Angeles-based firm, California'...
LOS ANGELES - Milwaukee's Foley & Lardner has recruited four San Diego attorneys from Zevnik Horton, forcing the Washingto...
HEMET - A longtime critic of the Church of Scientology who fled to Canada after being convicted of harassing church members ha...
Unlike normal people who look forward to taking a vacation, many lawyers go decades without leaving The Firm. ...
LOS ANGELES - Attorney Gerald Sauer depends in part on the Internet for his livelihood. The name partner at the five-attorney ...
Humboldt County is infamous for the way it handles environmental activists. Their philosophy is first to kill the activists by...