Judge James E. Horan says his background and experiences keep him open-minded.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Connection Between Mediation and Military Strategy
By Sharon Liangn
Lessons learned as a guest of the U.s. Army War College at their National Security Seminar. By Joan B. Kessler of ADR Services...
The legal and ethical issues involved in designing psychological tests for hiring purposes. By David L. Shapiro of Nova Southe...
Labor/Employment
Welcome to California: The Captain Has Turned on the Overtime Sign
By Genevieve Knollen
Ramifications of a state Supreme Court decision for wage-and-hour law will significantly impact those doing business in Califo...
What may seem like a gift of one-half of the equity in the home may be something quite different. By Stacy D. Phillips of Phil...
Six law clerks from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have landed coveted clerkships at the U.S. Supreme Court for the upc...
UCLA Health System will pay an $865,500 fine and develop new policies and procedures related to privacy and security of patien...
A federal judge has ruled that Nokia Corp. must arbitrate its federal price-fixing claims against flat screen panel manufactur...
In the two years since its creation, the Alliance of California Judges has gone from fringe to mainstream. The question is: wi...
Retired judge and San Diego Padres baseball fan J. Richard Haden, a neutral with JAMS in San Diego, borrows from the playbook ...
Thomas H. Clarke Jr. writes in response to "An Unintended Consequence of the Endangered Species Act." ...
After eight years of helping local school districts deal with special education issues as a partner at Rutan & Tucker LLP,...
Apple Inc. has failed to persuade an Oakland federal judge to order online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. to stop using the term "A...
A State Bar committee is poised to weigh shortening the bar exam to two days and eliminating the collection of gender and race...
Ahead of its expected IPO, social game developer Zynga launched a game Thursday that guides players through its privacy polici...
Intellectual Property
Internet Providers Sign On to Piracy Crackdown
By Erica E. Phillips
After years of discussions, leaders from the film, television, music and internet service provider industries have agreed to a...
Chicago law firm Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP is in negotiations with Boston-based Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge ...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s lawsuit against former CEO Michael Perry is the latest sign of its aggressive but slow-m...
Demanding an end to the persistent backlog of discipline cases, State Bar Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn fired four top man...
Tart-tongued, hard-charging prosecutor Sharmin Bock, who has won national acclaim for locking up pimps and human traffickers, ...
Target Corp. will pay $160,000 to a former Orange County store employee for failing to accommodate his cerebral palsy, under a...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto Schumann halted layoffs by Costa Mesa, saying the city failed to follow proper s...
The top investigator for the civilian watchdog of the Los Angeles Police Department plans to resign to accept an appointment a...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Think Outside the Box: Working Towards a Resolution
By Karen Natividadn
The law is about creativity - from creating new precedent, to applying new facts to old precedent. By Steven G. Mehta ...
The owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers may have made his final bet in his recent attempt to keep the franchise. By Michael S. Ko...
Two new programs provide amnesty from a wide variety of civil and criminal penalties for qualifying taxpayers. By Sanford Mill...
U.S. Supreme Court disappoints by not issuing any bright-line rules for application of specific jurisdiction over foreign manu...
International
Justices Limit Exposure of Foreign Businesses to US Litigation
By Karen Natividadn
The U.S. Supreme Court applies the "stream of commerce" doctrine in favor of foreign businesses in two recent decisions. By Ma...
Entertainment & Sports
Credits May Not Keep Film, TV Work in State
By Erica E. Phillips
California is having trouble holding on to feature and television production, but the problem of so-called "runaway production...
Salaries for recent law graduates have fallen sharply as positions at the largest law firms disappear, according to a study re...