Criminal
When is a hearsay statement against penal interest admissible?
By Michael Leen
A recent decision helps clarify what a "sufficiently reliable" statement is. By Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo ...
Your client's Internet postings could cost them their case. By Stan Freeman and Steven Freeman of Freeman & Freeman LLP ...
State senators have introduced a bill to capture a "$200 milliion cash cow." By Harsh P. Parikh and Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier ...
Victoria L. Von Szeliski, who has advised startups on legal issues, is the first chief legal officer at The Rubicon Project. ...
Months after federal prosecutors in Los Angeles dropped a criminal probe into Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, a federal...
Commissioner William Dodson, who left retail for the law, uses his oratory skills from the bench.
Intellectual Property
Oracle opposes Google's retrial motion on copyright phase of trial
By Jill Redhage
Oracle Corp. lawyers on Thursday opposed Google Inc.'s request to retry the entire Java copyright infringement case, telling a...
A team of 11 lawyers are leaving Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to start their own intellectual property boutique in San Francisco. ...
As the first Quinn Emanuel spinoff, LTL Trial attorneys credit their success to starting lean, having a firm business plan, br...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit overturns death sentence based on attorney errors
By John Roemer
A death row inmate who spent a quarter century awaiting execution because his public defender blundered at trial was wrongly c...
Discipline
Vexatious litigant should be disbarred, State Bar Court rules
By Don Debenedictisn
A lawyer who fought so hard for attorney fees in a probate matter that he was declared a vexatious litigant should be disbarre...
Energy Law
Bill that speeds permitting for solar projects passes Assembly
By Paul Jones
A bill that would give a potentially lifesaving boost to a large, 664-megawatt solar project in San Bernardino County passed ...
Neutral Victor Bianchini doesn't subscribe to the idea both parties should leave unhappy. ...
An attorney for a Coachella Valley Native American tribe will be arraigned today along with three other defendants on federal ...
Labor/Employment
Report says pregnancy protection laws haven't hurt employers
By Brian Sumersn
California's pregnancy accommodation laws are so effective they should be adopted nationwide, an influential women's group cha...
A judge has certified a class action seeking more than $500 million in damages from one of Southern California's largest Jewis...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyers sued for judge's delay appear off the hook
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
An unusual legal malpractice lawsuit that sought to hold attorneys liable for failing to remind a judge to issue a timely ruli...
As Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP stumbles toward certain death, other law firm leaders have rushed to assure rank and file that they...
Pantheon Partners - Operating as Freedom Financial Network General Counsel ...
Judges and Judiciary
Reliance on visiting judges could hurt 9th Circuit case law, some say
By John Roemer
Increased reliance on visiting judges threatens the quality of opinions from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, academics ...
Defining who is the wrongdoer and who is the target in a lawsuit is important in establishing "alter ego" liability. By Chisto...
A San Francisco law firm and one of its senior partners have settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a nutritional supplement ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Wilson Sonsini looks for a new breed of entrepreneurs South of Market
By Kevin Lee
A new office is recognition that many of the newest and most sought after technology companies are locating in the trendy San ...
Last year's mid-year bonuses may have been post-recession anomaly. ...