Senators Debate 'Round the Clock
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In the wee hours of Thursday morning, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., did his best Jerry Seinfeld impersonation in r...
Doing the Math
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Corporate America will ask a Fresno appellate court today to gut the record-setting punitive damage award that...
DAILY DEALS: Transactions from Orange County
By Angela Gottula
FULLERTON - In an transaction valued at $1 million, Layton-Belling & Associates leased the final space in its 280,000-squ...
Larry Feldman Joins Kaye Scholer Outpost
By Robin Davidson
LOS ANGELES - Ending weeks of speculation in the legal community, Larry Feldman said Wednesday that he is joining the Century ...
Lawyers Often Miss Target With Case Evaluations
By Melissa Onstad
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - Employment lawyers don't like to admit any deficiency in evaluating...
Solitarily Confined to Despair
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - An Oct. 23 Human Rights Watch report concludes that a significant part of America's 2.1 mil...
'State Farm' Decision May Apply to Emotional-Distress Damage Claims
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Barrett K. Green - "No definite standard or method of calculation is prescribed by law by w...
Davis Selects 13 More for Judgeships
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - With only five days left in office, Gov. Gray Davis made a slew of last-minute appointments, naming legal app...
Power Plant Standards May Stiffen
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal regulators and two environmental groups filed an agreement Wednesday with U.S. District Judge Claudia...
Suit Says Cheetahs Strip Club Cheats
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Two San Diego strip clubs, where livings are made by baring all, claim that a competitor prominently named in the ...
Old Law Nullifies an Unfair Contract
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A contractual clause that prohibited a managed-care provider from recovering damages against the state Departmen...
Business Trial Lawyers Celebrate 30 Years
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The Association of Business Trial Lawyers' dinner and reception this Saturday won't be just another lawyer event...
Court Eyes Thrill Ride Safety
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether amusement park rides can be held to the same ...
Endorsements Enliven DA Race
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Does one Burton and one Adachi trump one Feinstein? Tune in to the Dec. 9 runoff election for San Francisco di...
Bert Fields, Week 1: Affair to Remember or Much Ado About Nothing?
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The Bert Fields affair is producing two distinct camps about what it all means. The majority believe ...
Irate Mayor Calls Herrera PUC Ruling Too Political
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Mayor Willie Brown charged Tuesday that deputy city attorneys "wrote the roadmap" for Supervisor Chris Daly t...
Death Verdict
By Jim Adamekn
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury Wednesday recommended death for a 35-year-old woman who was found guilty last month of murder...
County Orders DCFS to Devise Corrective Plan
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - In response to a scathing report on the child welfare system, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Wednes...
Shortfall Forces Layoffs, Reduced Hours
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - An 11 percent spending cut for the federal judiciary that began Oct. 1 has prompted layoffs and shortened hour...
Court Does Not Open With 'Oyez, Oyez, Let Us Pray'
By Peter Blumberg
Reporter's Notebook By Peter Blumberg "If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the mu...
Dot-com Bankruptcies Spawn IP Bargains for Savvy Buyers
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Focus Column Intellectual Property By Kevin D. DeBr Not long ago, money from venture capitalists and other investors flowed f...
Senate Must Reject Nominee Who Blatantly Distorts Truth
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Forum Column By Catherine Fisk In May, the Senate Judiciary Committee, over the objections of all of its Democratic members, ...
GOP Plans Marathon Talkathon
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - With the Senate's marathon debate on President Bush's judicial nominees scheduled to begin today, Capitol Hill o...
Finding the Finders
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Forum Column By William D. Evers "Finders" are people who, for a fee, find sources of funding for startups and emerging compa...
Wal Mart Employees' Suit Is Certified
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay judge has granted class status to discount-store employees who claim local Wal-Mart and Sam's Clu...
Court Rejects Convicted Mom's Suit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Los Angeles federal judge has rejected a $20 million civil rights lawsuit against Riverside County officials fi...
Appeals Court Gives Tribe A Say in Welfare of Infant
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Reversing its own earlier decision, a state appeals court ruled that child welfare authorities must prove that ...
Attorney's Appellate-Law Blog Wins Readership
By Brent Kendall
PHILADELPHIA - Web sites are easy to come by. With just a few dollars, and enough time to create and maintain some content, an...
Is Recall Process Broke and Does It Need To Be Fixed?
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - During the weeks before, during and after the recall of Gov. Gray Davis, the state's chief justice, legal expert...