Government
Panel enjoins lethal injections, cites administrative failings
By Hamed Aleazizn
It's been seven years since California last executed a death row inmate. After state appellate court ruling last week that bar...
Trial begins on one of the last remaining serious obstacles to building the nation's first bullet train. Rural Kings County in...
British firm EIP opened an office in San Diego in mid-May, with new partner Phillip Bennett at the helm. Bennett was previousl...
An audience of nearly 60 gathered on May 29 for a Georgetown University Law Center-organized panel discussing women in leaders...
Lawyers with the Los Angeles office of Hunton & Williams LLP hosted a mock trial May 15 for a class of 24 students from Ma...
California's cash-strapped state courts face severe cuts in the face of a budget crisis that threatens to usher in a "new norm...
Obituaries
Retired judge remembered for 'painstaking review' of motions
By Pat Broderick
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Warren H. Deering died in La Jolla on Feb. 21 after suffering from several ailments. ...
Attorneys from a range of practice areas gathered May 22 at the San Francisco headquarters of JAMS to hear a panel discussion ...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Warren Christopher Scholarship Program recognized 10 promising 10th-grade students, awarding each ...
In "American Founding Son," Gerard N. Magliocca gives one of the most complete portraits yet of John Bingham - a leading antis...
Newly released statistics suggest that transactions in the $1 billion-and-above range are beginning to rebound in value and vo...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court denies habeas relief to death row inmate over allegations of bias
By Chase Scheinbaum
The court's 5-2 decision followed an investigation into accusations of juror misconduct. While the report's author, a superior...
Vringo Inc. announced Thursday it has entered into a settlement with Microsoft Corp., ending a patent infringement lawsuit the...
A state appellate panel on Thursday permanently enjoined the state from putting prisoners to death by lethal injection, agreei...
Lisa Klerman, an independent specialist in employment mediation, prepares and plans carefully for every session. She's also kn...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court tough on judges who fail to advise defendants they could be deported
By Emily Green
Justices on the state Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Thursday to a Mexican national facing deportation as a result of plea...
Environmental
Bid to overturn CEQA court ruling running into trouble in state Legislature
By Fiona Smith
A bid by environmentalists to force public agencies to look at the environment's impact on a proposed development project, suc...
Assembly Bill 1173 is intended to provide partial relief from the additional 20 percent state penalty tax for violations of In...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court hands down resounding win to the state's largest union
By Emily Green
The unanimous ruling forces Los Angeles County to provide the home addresses and phone numbers of its roughly 50,000 employees...
Attorneys who work with municipalities on telecommunications matters said they're encountering a bigger push from the wireless...
Criminal
Counties go to great lengths to dig up inmates eligible for resentencing
By Hamed Aleazizn
Months after the passage of Prop. 36, which reformed the state's three-strikes law, some legal experts and public defenders wo...
Although Prop. 13 was simple when passed, it has gradually become encrusted with many special rules and exemptions.
Conspiracy theories are on the rise, but what explains the acceptance of some of these patently irrational scenarios? By Josep...
Entertainment & Sports
Soccer coaches file racial discrimination complaint against team
By Laura Hautalan
Two youth soccer coaches formerly employed by Chivas USA filed a racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed has caused...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Four firms guide largest-ever Chinese acquisition of U.S. company
By Andrew Mcintyre
A quartet of stateside law firms orchestrated the largest-ever Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company - the $7.1 billion purcha...
Energy Law
Environmental group sues state agency over natural gas power plant approvals
By Saul Sugarman
An environment advocacy group has sued the California Energy Commission, claiming the agency wields too much decision-making a...
Litigation
SF Sheriff's Department may be liable for officer's punch
By Hadley Robinson
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department could be liable for an incident in which an officer struck a man in the face while he w...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court takes up certified question from 9th Circuit on deputies' liability
By Emily Green
State Supreme Court justices heard arguments Wednesday about whether law enforcement officers who shot a man to death can be l...
Environmental
Retailers put on notice by Wal-Mart hazardous waste settlement
By Fiona Smith
Retailers around California are now on notice to follow hazardous waste laws or meet a similar fate to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., w...
