Companies Doing Business in China Must Beware of Pitfalls
By Columnist
Focus Column - International Law - By Allan K. A. Marson and Simone W. Yew - An increasing number of U.S. companies are signin...
Likely Brobeck Layoffs Seen as Harbingers of a Merger
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison is laying the groundwork for a merger with Philadelphia's Morgan Lewis & Bo...
Police Union Seeks Halt to City Racial-Profiling Study
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
CLAREMONT - In a potentially precedent-setting request, lawyers for the Claremont Police Department's bargaining union are ask...
Ken Norman, 49, Alameda Juvenile Jurist
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A quiet-hour observance will be held for Judge Kenneth Norman from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Fouche's Hudson...
Panel Wants Cities Liable for Car-Chase Injuries
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Saying that state law gives police departments a "get out of liability free card," a state appellate court Tuesd...
Think Hard Before You Gobble
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Forum Column - By Steven Zak - One may be tempted to believe that conservatives don't like animals. A lot sure don't like anim...
Think Hard Before You Gobble
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Forum Column - By Steven Zak - One may be tempted to believe that conservatives don't like animals. A lot sure don't like anim...
Lawyers Generate Record Deal
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - California's recent completion of a record $11.3 billion energy bond sale required dozens of lawyers, some of wh...
DA Drops Another Murder Case
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco district attorney's office recently dismissed a murder case after learning that a partial fi...
July 2002 Bar Exam Results
By Jeff Berg
Court Clarifies Rules to Detain Sex Predators
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Monday clarified the rules in the process to commit sexually violent predators. ...
Exam Yields Lowest Pass Rate in 10 Years
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Of the 7,511 prospective lawyers who took the July State Bar Exam this year, slightly more than 50 percent breat...
PUC Plan Can Proceed, Montali Says
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy Monday rejected an attempt by the utility to ...
Grants, Debt Relief Programs Ease Path Into Public Interest
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Law graduates with a fire in the belly to help the poor, for whom the American dream is a distant fantasy, will ...
Blake Gets Two New Lawyers, Sources Say
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake may get a new legal team today to defend him against charges he murdered his wife, Bonny Lee ...
A Day in the Life of Pro Bono Work
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't your typical contract, said Philip Feldman, who prepares wills and trusts for wealthy San Franciscan...
PUC Plan Can Proceed, Montali Says
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy Monday rejected an attempt by the utility to ...
Jurist Gets Mileage From Research
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor is known as knowledgeable, efficient and always prepared - wh...
Court Blocks Bail for Rubin's Co-Defendant
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Jewish Defense League West Coast Director Earl Krugel lost another bid Monday to be released on bail, this time ...
First Year of Law Practice Can Be Exciting and Challenging
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Column - By Michael Cypers - The legal profession can be exciting and stimulating. It also can be intimidating and challenging...
Bratton Takes Unusual Step of Deploring L.A.'s Rising Murder Rate
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Mooney said he was acting out of an abundance of caution, noting that homicides are frequently in t...
Elcomsoft Case Ready to Begin
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - Now that the Immigration and Naturalization Service finally has agreed to allow two key witnesses to attend the pro...
Compton Lawyer Is Proof That 48th Time's a Charm
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Compton attorney Maxcy Filer knows very well the anticipation of waiting for one's State Bar Exam results. "I ca...
Liberty Bind
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Forum Column - By Liliana M. Garces and Jayashri Srikantiah - The Immigration and Naturalization Service detains thousands of ...
New Bar Admittees Going Solo Need Patience and Practicality
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Focus Column - LAw Practice - By Daniel Zohar - Most new lawyers assume that they need to begin their legal careers by working...
Discrimination By Airlines OK If It's Rational, Jury Decides
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury has absolved United Airlines for booting a Pakistani man off a cross-country flight in th...
Lawyers Need Business Sense As Well as Legal Knowledge
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Column - By Robert James Skousen - A lawyer's time and judgment are his or her stock in trade. There are two components to thi...
Bush Used Unscrupulous Ways for U.N. Resolution
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Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - In 1990, George H.W. Bush "persuaded" the members of the Security Council to authorize Deser...
Bankruptcy Trustee In Scandal Withdraws
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles attorney Robert Dennis Pryce Jr., who was indicted last week on money-laundering and other charges r...
Long-Arm Statute Overreached in Cybersuit
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Just because it's the World Wide Web doesn't mean cybersuits can be filed anywhere someone takes offense. In a...