Letter to the Editor
LETTER: Clarifying the role of the California Conference of Bar Associations
By Ben Armisteadn
I would like to correct the description of our organization as the "California Conference of Delegates" and as a "consortium o...
As the new academic year began, I decided to meet individually with each and every one of our first year students, who will so...
Who will police the police if the mechanisms of our legal system are ineffective at holding police departments and police offi...
Perspective
A view from the cloud: protecting privacy and innovation
By Katharine Malonen
On the privacy landscape, cloud providers were recently reminded of the need to closely evaluate the fine line of privacy and ...
Three superior court judge-elects will immediately assume office under interim appointments made Gov. Jerry Brown late Friday....
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday cut its rating on bonds issued to Thomas Jefferson School of Law six steps fr...
The FTC is reviewing whether changes should be made to COPPA to help the law keep pace with the widespread adoption of mobile ...
Public Interest
Sheriff's Youth Foundation benefit raises funds for at-risk kids
By Brian Cardile
The benefit - featuring live performances from community children impacted by the foundation, a silent auction, and an address...
Immigration
Attorneys rally around bill to fund representation for unaccompanied minors
By Melanie Brisbon
The bill, SB 873, was presented to the governor in September and is expected to help an estimated 57,000 children who have bee...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit avoids immigration torture decision, for now
By Hadley Robinson
Rather than clarify two conflicting appellate decisions about who carries the burden of proof in cases involving immigrants al...
California Supreme Court
Another pro-arbitration ruling challenged at state Supreme Court
By Emily Green
Major employment and consumer groups are challenging an appellate court decision giving an arbitrator the authority to determi...
Judge is passionate about parties' success in drug court, often leaving the bench to chat with defendants.
Teresa T. Sullivan employs empathy and understanding in presiding over a juvenile dependency court
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California
John Murphy, 'well respected' on both sides of the aisle, plans to hang up his robe next June.
After more than a decade of service, Crowell & Moring LLP partner Jennifer S. Romano on Thursday became president of the W...
For the fourth straight year, enrollment in California law schools has shrunk. But the decline isn't quite as steep as previou...
In today's fast-moving business world, parties who have agreed to arbitrate disputes can be seriously damaged by delay in prot...
For years, employers have reacted to the size and breadth of employment laws and regulations in California by finding other me...
Perspective
A cautionary tale of sanctions from the Northern District
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent decision serves as an important reminder that attorneys may be held personally accountable if they fail to adequately...
Solo and Small Firms
Briscoe Ivester & Bazel is environmentally in the know
By Fiona Smith
Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP handles major environmental cases and dealings with regulatory agencies, but partners at the S...
Plaintiffs' lawyer Joseph M. Alioto Jr. must pay more than $31 million of an attorney fee award to his lender, a San Francisco...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Suspension recommended for Photoshop-loving attorney
By Don Debenedictisn
A lawyer who inserted pictures of herself into photos of celebrities and posted them on her law firm website should be suspend...
Law Practice
Orrick's Silicon Valley makeover spells changes at other locations
By Alex Shively
A portion of the Menlo Park office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is being remodeled to foster a more collaborative wor...
Appellate practitioners are pressing state appellate justices to issue tentative opinions before oral arguments, reigniting an...
Arbitrator Profile
Santa Rosa mediator has years of experience, and knack for settling cases
By Saul Sugarman
Robert A. Murray counts himself among a small cohort of professionals who do full-time neutral work in Sonoma County. ...
Browne Greene of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP and his wife, Leana, must trim a 40-foot hedge at their oceanfront Santa Mo...
In recent years, judges and bar associations have begun to lose their patience with uncivil attorneys. By J. Randolph Evans, S...
Litigation
VIDEO: Enforcement of choice-of-law provisions: Uber confusing
By Ben Armisteadn
Divvying the litigants a dose of procedural whiplash, a court recently confessed it changed its mind regarding a legal matter ...
Litigation
Judge rules LA County does not have to disclose attorney's legal bills
By Matt Hamilton
A judge ruled Thursday that Los Angeles County does not have to disclose its contract with the lawyer hired to carry out recom...