Judges and Judiciary
Women's Legal Groups Push for Female Appointee on Eastern District Bench
By Rebecca Beyer
Pressure is growing for California Sen. Barbara Boxer to pick a woman as a nominee to fill a vacant district judgeship on the ...
Law Practice
Law Schools Are Trying to Soften the Blow to Departing Grads
By Amanda Becker
Top law schools, recognizing their fledgling attorneys might have trouble leaving the nest, have begun establishing academic a...
Bankrupt San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman is struggling to pay its creditors and may try to squeeze money out of its forme...
David S. Casey Jr. is overseeing four committees for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., charged with vetting candidates for fede...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
In the Trenches of the War Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property
By Sara Libbyn
Gary Reback's book "Free the Market!" explores some of antitrust law's most controversial issues, writes Ekong Udoekwere. ...
While still a judge, David Horowitz designed a program aimed at training bench officers how to guide parties toward settlement...
After three weeks, a jury has rejected claims that Peter Morton, well-known celebrity mogul and co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Property Firm Is Awarded $30 Million in Loft Debacle Property
By Mindy Farabeen
Two real estate investment companies represented by Hollywood sole practitioner Lance J. Robbins have been ordered to pay $30 ...
Googling an employee may reveal useful information, but relying on that information may create some pitfalls, writes D. Gregor...
A Riverside County Superior Court judge has agreed to step down from the bench as part of punishment imposed against him by th...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Seizes Los Angeles Shop Offering Legal Help
By Amy Yarbroughn
The State Bar has taken control of a Los Angeles business accused of unlawfully dispensing legal advice and services. ...
Some of California's top conservative legal eagles have endorsed two lawyers whose nominations to join the Obama administratio...
A case involving a famous horse track illustrates that the awesome power of eminent domain can be applied in absurd ways, writ...
Defense lawyer Harland W. Braun called U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real a "legal monster" in court papers. Through his attor...
Perspective
Observe and Report: Western Businesses Must Monitor Emissions
By Sara Libbyn
Several states and provinces are requiring industrial facilities to report greenhouse gas emissions, write Ron Ezekiel and Iva...
The Supreme Court has finally provided guidance on implied contractual indemnity, writes Daniel Lee Jacobson. ...
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered the transfer of the FTC's latest challenge to so-called "reverse payments" in pharm...
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is the first serious attempt at addressing climate change and energy issues...
Law Practice
BERG: An Outsider Speaks From the Inside, but Is Anyone Listening?
By Martin Bergn
Columnist Martin Berg picks up on the tough questions raised by Elizabeth Warren about use of taxpayer money to bail out Wall ...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Proposed Rule Would Allow Wider Access to Legal Services
By Sara Libbyn
David Ackerly favors a change to the Rules of Professional Conduct would allow legal services providers to greatly expand clin...
Environmental
'Endangerment' Ruling Could Jump-Start Greenhouse Oversight
By Fiona Smith
As legislation addressing climate change stalls in Congress, the federal Environmental Protection Agency may soon move on its ...
Judges and Judiciary
California Justices Sell Stocks to Avoid Conflict
By Laura Ernden
The justices have been more vigilant about conflicts since they were forced to dismiss a multimillion-dollar toxic tort case b...
Robert Steinberg and Victoria Pynchon offered competing views on the ADR world.
Criminal
O.C. District Attorney Dropping Charges to Get Defendants' DNA
By Don Debenedictisn
A program in Orange County allows criminal defendants to have their charges lessened if they are willing to give up their DNA....
Litigation
Another AIG Executive Has His Bonus Denied, This Time by a Jury
By Cortney Fieldingn
A jury Tuesday quashed a former AIG executive's bid to collect millions from the company he claimed cheated him out an eight-f...
A class action has been filed in Alameda County Superior Court against the now-defunct company SurroGenesis, which allegedly s...
Apple should look outside of IP rights enforcement to protect the iPhone, cautions Marc Roark. ...
Decisions by Indian tax authorities create considerable risks for U.S. software companies operating in India as their income i...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Keep Things Civil by Learning the Ropes of Litigation Procedures
By Sara Libbyn
Michael Paul Thomas' "California Civil Courtroom Handbook & Desktop Reference" is a treatise on the ins and outs of handli...
Government
Obama, So Far, is Cautious in His Nominations to the Appellate Courts
By Robert Iafolla
President Barack Obama has charted a cautious course with his early appeals court nominees by selecting seasoned and respected...