Most law school students are taught that nothing good comes from three strikes. But for UC Hastings College of the Law graduat...
In this issue of The New Lawyer, we explore avenues for lawyers who are trying to find work. Plus, find out who passed the Feb...
Large Firms
DLA's Decision to Cut Associate Pay May Clear Path for Others, Experts Say
By Amanda Becker
Dozens of regional and national law firms, including some with a significant presence in California, have announced similar de...
Law Practice
U.S. Justices Won't Hear Challenge to State Medical Pot Law
By Lawrence Hurleyn
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear a challenge from two California counties seeking to invalidate t...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Oxford Gene Technology Ltd.'s contacts in California involving th...
We still haven't resolved the issues stirred up by the O.J. Simpson trial, columnist Martin Berg writes. ...
Perspective
Restaurant Grading System Could Be a Model for Online Transparency
By Sara Libbyn
Web sites should be graded for compliance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act the same way Los Angeles restaurants are ra...
U.S. Supreme Court
Bush Officials Can't Be Sued by Post-Sept. 11 Detainees, Court Says
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Senior Bush administration officials are off the hook for sweeping actions taken to round up suspected terrorists following th...
A State Bar Court judge said Joseph G. Cavallo engaged in "moral turpitude warranting discipline" because he paid bail bondsme...
Beyond their own backyard, studios and independents alike have always had a soft spot for shooting in the United Kingdom, writ...
The Legislature has resorted to misleading half-truths and outright lies to promote Prop 1D, which would raid the piggy bank o...
Even if an insurance carrier does not have a duty to defend an uninsured party, it may have a duty to pay for the costs of tha...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court Reverses 9th Circuit Pregnancy Bias Ruling
By Lawrence Hurleyn
In a win for business, the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday that AT&T Corp. could not be held liable for failing to grant pe...
Personal Injury & Torts
Chrysler Seeks To Shed Liability In Bankruptcy
By Catherine Hon
Bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC is seeking to emerge from Chapter 11 having shed liability for past and future injuries occurr...
A Superior Court jury has awarded $50 million in punitive damages on top of $300 million in actual damages to a Los Angeles ve...
Victoria Pynchon recounts an encounter that reminded her of the power of human connection and transformation. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
February Bar Pass Rate Dips to Seven-Year Low
By Amy Yarbroughn
Despite an extremely successful run this past July, test takers who sat for the California bar exam in February logged the low...
Legal search consultants Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass map out job options for the seasoned lawyer.
Rupa Bhandari, associate director for career development at UC Hastings College of the Law, offers 10 career paths for law stu...
Corporate Counsel
Cruise Control: Princess Cruises' G.C. Keeps it Legal on the High Seas
By Rebecca U. Cho
From keeping an eye on sea piracy to traveling to Italy for labor negotiations, Princess Cruises' general counsel Mona Ehrenre...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Disbarment Sought for Bybee, Others
By John Roemer
An activist coalition said it will today seek the disbarment of former Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos authorizing...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Supports Court Closures, Furloughs to Save Money
By Amy Yarbroughn
The State Bar Board of Governors welcomed its new president Friday and gave its endorsement to a plan to close courts statewid...
Regardless of where you are in your associate career, now is the time to begin building a book of business, writes Sharon Berm...