Re: "Who Is in Charge of Our Hospitals?" Aug. 27. By Bruce M. Brusavich ...
Letter to the Editor
Interpreters in civil cases are a waste of our tax dollars
By Ben Armisteadn
Re: "After a Brutal Start, Chief Justice Assumes 'Affirmative Posture,'" Aug. 21. By Joel Drum ...
Reflecting on my term as an advisory member of the Judicial Council in my capacity as president of the California Judges Assoc...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit wrestles with definition of 'fire'
By Alexandra Schwappach
A divided 9th Circuit panel held Thursday that use of a thermal lance - a tool that uses extreme heat to cut through metal - i...
A compromise was reached Friday over a controversial bill that would have defined as public money much of the revenue used by ...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Maryann Gallagher goes in-depth on types of evidence
By Riley Guerin
Maryann Gallagher of The Law Offices of Maryann Gallagher goes into specifics on "me-too" and hearsay evidence. ...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Clifford Pearson at the CAALA Annual Convention
By Riley Guerin
Clifford Pearson of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP speaks about his experiences at the CAALA Annual Convention and why he c...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts to Legislature: additional funding will translate into better services
By Paul Jones
When the Legislature approved a budget increase for courts in July, the $60 million came with a requirement that courts show h...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Tips for presenting wrongful death cases to juries
By Riley Guerin
Ricardo Echeverria of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP offers advice for presenting wrongful death cases to juries. ...
Appellate Practice
When is a judgment truly appealable? We'll soon know
By Ben Armisteadn
This basic, threshold question is on the menu in a case that will be argued Sept. 4 before the state Supreme Court. By Jens B....
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms ban on force feeding ducks
By John Roemer
Ducks got a break from the 9th Circuit on Friday as a panel let stand California's novel anti-animal cruelty law banning sale ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Discord stymies effort to reform state toxics law — for now
By Paul Jones
With no public announcement, a letter to businesses and consumer groups by CalEPA last week confirmed that troubled talks over...
Twitter Inc. General Counsel Alex Macgillivray took to social media channels Friday to announce his plans to part ways with th...
Christa Haggai of The Haggai Law Firm speaks about her time at the CAALA Annual Convention and the panel she participated in. ...
Squire Sanders announced today it has added three former Dorsey & Whitney LLP lawyers to its Palo Alto office, with labor ...
Prosecutor John Zajec, a skilled trial lawyer who dedicated more than three decades of service to the Los Angeles district att...
Two state lawmakers will oversee public hearings as soon as this fall on the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, a m...
New California lawyers being sworn in to the State Bar soon may have to promise to be nice under a proposed "civility oath" se...
Fenwick & West LLP secured a defense win for San Francisco-based microblogging service Twitter Inc. when an appellate cour...
Judges and Judiciary
Bill to curtail courts' ability to use contractors moves forward
By Paul Jones
AB 566 was approved by the Senate Appropriations committee Friday after several amendments. ...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Presenting facts and evidence with trial technology
By Riley Guerin
Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm explains the importance of using trial technology to present cases. ...
Corporate
Bitcoins gain ground, may presage a financial system sea change
By Joshua Seboldn
Bitcoins burst into the limelight this year as a controversial online currency. Mere months later, observers believe they're a...
Supporting Sergio Garcia's bid to become a lawyer are the State Bar of California, the California attorney general, and a form...
Special Coverage
Girardi & Keese and Panish Shea & Boyle host parties at 2013 CAALA Annual Convention
By Rei Estrada
A recent appellate decision demonstrates that like invisible ink, what depublication has erased is not always entirely gone. B...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Tangeman took advantage of a little known program to travel.
6th District Justice Franklin D. Elia is known for his intimate familiarity with case issues.
A case filed earlier this year seeks a declaration that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws allowing for nursing h...