All eyes are on the new U.S. Supreme Court justices and on Justice Anthony Kennedy's potential swing vote. By Erwin Chemerinsky
After practicing criminal defense for 30 years as a male, I decided to come out as a transgender woman—a decision that, for me...
The options scandal may be spreading to the advisors and directors who permitted backdating to happen. By Thomas Brom
You needn't choke your computer system with a specialized practice-management suite—check out Microsoft Outlook's Journal feat...
Quickly set up a live-video conferencing system. By Sandra Rosenzweig
A surprising California procedure requires that courts must release some defendants who are denied speedy trials—regardless of...
Nail spyware and speedily update programs (including Microsoft's) with a free (for now) application. By Sandra Rosenzweig
A refresher on the most important rules of juror selection, with practice tips and insight into what a judge watches for. By A...
The recent history of the state Supreme Court presents a play in three acts: the Bird Court pushes the law to the left, the Lu...
A lawyer in a megafirm finds that legal practice in the 21st century isn't as bad as many people think. In fact, it's pretty g...
California's broad assurances of confidentiality, while heralded as necessary for the integrity of mediation, also have some s...
For the past 25 years Hollywood and the cognoscenti have either glorified or vilified the legal profession. How did lawyers be...
Twenty-five years ago the State Bar championed judicial independence—and then endured political attacks, a debilitating lawsui...
California Lawyer's lifetime spans a period of enormous change in legal practice and legal publishing. It was controver...
A quarter century ago a lawyer's desk had no computer, no keyboard, and no mouse. Today your virtual office includes a laptop,...
In a familiar career trajectory , a Loyola Law School graduate begins his professional life at a large firm and then finds hap...
Making Wal-Mart pay punitives. ...
Fighting for the rigths of learning-disabled kids. ...
The odd business of ranking law schools. ...
Breaches in data security can be expansive and embarrassing for you and your clients. Here's a look at the emerging laws on th...
You hear a lot these days about the erosion of personal privacy. But private investigators sing a different tune. ...
A roundtable with Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith; Littl...
The dangers of internet dating. ...
Litigation began in earnest in 1983 over Stringfellow, a Superfund site in Riverside County. The cleanup--and the litigation--...
Six years after hanging chads threw the presidential election to the Supreme Court, voting methods are still generating lawsui...