When Andrew Raines launched what is now Raines Feldman LLP, a transactions and litigation boutique, he designated one partner ...
One month after 49 attorneys general announced they'd reached a settlement with the five largest mortgage banks over foreclosu...
In the past year, while she watched funding unravel for California's court system, attorney Kelly M. Dermody decided it was t...
Criminal
Three attorneys arrested on charges of mortgage-modification fraud
By Don Debenedictisn
The state attorney general's office arrested three Sacramento-area lawyers Thursday on charges of collecting illegal up-front...
California Supreme Court
High court revives abuse lawsuit against L.A. public schools
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court revived a molestation victim's civil suit against a Los Angeles County public school Thursday, giving ...
A long running legal battle over dust storms in the Owens Valley is heating up. ...
Robert J. Girard II, partner at Freeman, Freeman & Smiley LLP, arranged for a night out with five partners on March 1. Gir...
The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel held it 51st Annual Seminar on March 1-2 at the Millennium Biltmore Hot...
The Alliance for Children’s Rights, an organization that coordinates legal services, health care and education for impoveris...
Criminal
Longtime federal public defender left his mark on SF defense bar
By Jill Redhage
Fellow criminal defense lawyers assess the impact recently retired Federal Public Defender Barry Portman had on the local bar ...
Miguel Marquez has applied to the 6th District bench, which has never had a Latino justice.
A reader comments on coverage of the trial court budget crisis. ...
Real Estate/Development
Court clarifies rules for litigation expenses in eminent domain
By Sharon Liangn
A recent 3rd Circuit decision makes clear that recovery of litigation costs requires an actual trial. By Bradford B. Kuhn and ...
Constitutional Law
Cancer awareness slogans pose tough challenge for schools
By Michael Leen
Can schools prevent students from wearing accessories bearing edgy Keep a Breast Foundation slogans? By Sloan Simmons and Aime...
Don't underestimate the power of laughter. By Christina Wang of Law Offices of Keefe Roberts and Associates ...
An insurer's settlement with Bratz manfacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. underscores the bitterness of insurance brawls in high-s...
Intellectual Property
Oracle pushes its damages report for a third time
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for Oracle Corp. on Wednesday tried a third time to persuade a federal judge to accept its expert's report on damage...
A tussle between the association that regulates the securities markets and San Francisco brokerage Charles Schwab & Co. ...
Legal employers are beginning to ramp up their recruiting and hiring efforts with law school students following the recession,...
Perspective
How NBA lawyers can save the league’s 'no star’ dunk contest
By Michael Leen
What used to be an electrifying display of skill has now devolved into a total snooze-fest. By Aaron Bloom of Greenberg Gluske...
San Jose will move forward with a controversial measure to reform the city's pension structure despite legal threats from labo...
California Supreme Court
High court weighs whether audit requests are too taxing
By Laura Ernden
A popular corporate tax credit came into the state Supreme Court's crosshairs this week and businesses might not be happy with...
Personal Injury & Torts
Use of political question doctrine rejected in Navy asbestos case
By Karen Natividadn
Courts have heard Navy-related asbestos tort claims for decades without jurisdiction being questioned. By Michael Gurien of Wa...
An Orinda man accused of economic espionage against DuPont is dumping his well known criminal defense lawyer . ...
A memorandum from the state's top elections official has sparked controversy - and now legal action - over the alleged disenfr...
The Central District of California is poised to have more "emergency" judicial vacancies than any other federal court district...
Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh, JDTP, an Orange County-based firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, insurance, land...
Since attorney Ann Ravel took over the Fair Political Practices Commission in February 2011, she has embarked on a controversi...