Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council narrows powers of administrative office director
By Paul Jones
Over a year after a critical report urged leaders of the judicial branch to rein in its administrative office, the Judicial Co...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Ripening conflict over lawsuit mootness
By Ben Armisteadn
The 9th Circuit added its voice to a mounting debate over whether a defendant can render a lawsuit moot by offering to have ju...
Administrative/Regulatory
Brown appoints lawyer to court reporters regulator
By Paul Jones
John K. Liu joins the California Court Reporters Board. ...
Litigation
Judge hits tribe with $62 million judgment in flap over loan payments
By Henry Meier
Lawyers said the case illustrates courts' increasing reluctance to treat tribes differently than companies in business quarrel...
County disproportionately pursues death penalty despite heavy expense ...
Judge Kevin McKenney's experience in high-stress situations laid the groundwork for the bench.
Gail Dekreon, now in traffic court, has also handled asbestos, domestic violence and criminal cases.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
When is a judgment final and appealable? The state high court just explained it. By Jens B. Koepke ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
How to avoid impasse in settlement negotiations
By Ben Armisteadn
The consequences of impasse in mediation can be significant and severe. By Patrick J. Mahoney ...
With Halloween approaching, employers may wonder if they can regulate what employees may wear at work. By Eli Kantor ...
Understanding issues that are unique to military families may help reduce the needs for, and the costs of, civilian court invo...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
When essential skills begin to decline
By Ben Armisteadn
For virtually every lawyer there will come a time when essential skills erode to the point that the duty of competence is impa...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Court limits actions under medical privacy act
By Ben Armisteadn
The opinion should come as a relief to medical providers, health care plans, pharmaceutical companies and associated contracto...
Golden Gate University School of Law celebrated its newly launched Veterans Legal Advocacy Center last week. The center's miss...
From alternative fee arrangements to cyber security threats, the Association of Corporate Counsel is set to explore a wide ran...
Silicon Valley attorneys at the firm helped the San Francisco-based social scrapbooking website pin down $225 million ...
California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday announced a $1 million settlement with two Arizona groups that injected ...
The Orange County Bar Association's appellate law section honored Richard A. Derevan of Snell & Wilmer LLP with its annual...
Reed Smith LLP attorneys from across the country gathered Oct. 22 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the firm's entry into C...
From alternative fee arrangements to cyber security threats, the Association of Corporate Counsel is set to explore a wide ran...
To represent the kinds of clients they wanted to help, Neal S. Salisian and Richard H. Lee ditched big firm life more than thr...
The Wrongful Conviction and Restorative Justice Panel, part of Loyola Marymount University's Bellarmine Forum on Restorative J...
Nossaman LLP hosted its second annual California Coastal Law Conference at the Lodge at Torrey Pines on Oct. 8. The event feat...
The city terminated its contract Tuesday with Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP in a dispute over its represe...
The Federal Circuit Bar Association's 2013-14 Global Fellows gathered in Washington, D.C. this month to focus on policy issues...
Criminal
Attorneys adjust to government aggressiveness in insider trading investigations
By Hadley Robinson
Regulators' increased use of powerful tools such as wiretaps and sophisticated data analysis to crack down on insider trading ...
Some of the heavily regulated companies are opting for cheaper and quicker private offerings now that they can advertise, than...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel: US immune in suit over baby's death
By John Roemer
Judges urged Thursday for Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court to bypass a legal roadblock barring relief even though a servicew...
Attorneys say the ADR Services Inc. neutral employs a foreful, direct approach, but his affability helps soften the tone of hi...