Job-Hunt Wisdom Comes Down to Fundamentals
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - In a tight legal market, as always, it pays to remember the job search basics
Winnie the Pooh Lawsuit Takes Cloning Page From Austin Powers
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Has Austin Powers' nemesis Dr. Evil been performing cloning experiments on Winnie the Pooh? That's th...
Should 'Pledge' Be Recited in Schools?
By Staff Writer
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - Should the Pledge Be Recited in Schools? "The pledge should stay intact without chang...
If a Stolen Library Book Is On Ethics, Is It Any Bettter?
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Any librarian will tell you that books about witchcraft, the occult and numerology tend to disappear mysteriou...
Budget Woes Kill Bill to Create Judgeships
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - California's financial crunch has derailed a bill that would have allowed the judiciary to convert 10 court commi...
Rule Against Hearsay Can Place Children in Jeopardy
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - As every lawyer knows, the rule against hearsay evidence is intended to prevent the trier ...
Two Lawyers Settle Suit Over Suits
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Local Francisco litigator Fred Furth has settled claims that he stole several lucrative lawsuits from a Color...
Is Verdict Vulnerable to Appeal?
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - With the conviction of David A. Westerfield in the death of Danielle van Dam, defense lawyers searching for ammuni...
Type of Use Determines Whether Use of Web Content Will Be Infringing
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Michael A. Shimokaji - The time that businesses spend accessing the Internet for information continues to in...
Bush Will Nominate Judge, Mediator, Sources Say
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - The White House reportedly has selected two Orange County attorneys to nominate to the federal bench in Los Ange...
Court Says No To Forcing of Energy Deals
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a blow to proponents of alternative energy, a state appellate court has ruled that state regulators no longer...
Gender Violence Bill Is Passed
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A measure that would allow victims of gender-based violence to sue their attackers for damages in civil rights ac...
In Search of Our Past
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - History, the cliché tells us, is a continuum. The seeds of World War II were sown at V...
Grant of Review in 'Sav-On' Leaves Employers Uncertain
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Sonya Sud - California recently has experienced an onslaught of wage-and-hour class actions aimed at recove...
Bridging the Gap
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - It is time to ensure that the judicial branch of our democracy exalts responsiveness over pa...
Should 'Pledge' Be Recited in Schools?
By Staff Writer
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - Should the Pledge Be Recited in Schools? - "The pledge should stay intact without cha...
In Search of Our Past
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - History, the cliché tells us, is a continuum. The seeds of World War II were sown at V...
Type of Use Determines Whether Use of Web Content Will Be Infringing
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Michael A. Shimokaji - The time that businesses spend accessing the Internet for information continues to in...
Rule Against Hearsay Can Place Children in Jeopardy
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - As every lawyer knows, the rule against hearsay evidence is intended to prevent the trier ...
Is Verdict Vulnerable to Appeal?
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - With the conviction of David A. Westerfield in the death of Danielle van Dam, defense lawyers searching for ammuni...
Expert's Terms Not Grounds for Exclusion, Panel Rules
By Pam Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento law bookstore owner who tried to use the anti-government Montana Freemen method of raising money ...
Us vs. Them
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Rob DeKoven - Thirty years ago, Congress passed Title IX, a federal law designed to prohibit gender bias in ...
NASD Sued for Stalling Disputes
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A Southern California law firm representing two elderly investors has filed suit against a stock market group,...
Military Sensibilities Shape Jurist
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - On one of the walls in the Torrance chambers of Superior Court Judge James M. Ideman hangs a small, black-and-wh...
Remain Vigilant
By Contributing Writer
Column by Phillip S. Figa - Calls for sweeping judicial reforms often erupt after controversial judicial decisions. Such contr...
Transgender Law Center to Open
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Jeremy Burke was beaten by the cops, he says, confined in a San Francisco jail for eight days and denied medic...
Budget Crisis A Real Crisis For Attorneys For Indigents
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Lawyers who represent indigent defendants in criminal appeals and family matters say they are "suffering extreme ...
Professor, 73, Says School Discriminated
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Herman Levy, a longtime Santa Clara University Law School professor, was so dedicated to the school that he planned...
Reaping Bitter Fruit
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Clifford Chanler, by his own account, hoped to do well by doing good when he helped pioneer private ...
Wilson Sonsini Names Laid-Off Staff Members
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - The wait is over. Exactly one week after announcing that it would lay off 100 staff members, Palo Alto's Wilson ...