Law Practice
Judge Hears Arguments Over Phrasing in Gay Marriage Ballot Proposal
By Alexia Garamfalvin
Web Exclusive - A judge is likely to leave alone Proposition 8's title, "Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry," despi...
A controversial law professor made good on a threat Thursday and sued to force the State Bar to release exam results broken do...
The average plaintiffs' attorney would try to avoid an arbitrator who had announced that the attorney's case seemed weak. ...
The Filipino Government's Impropriety Is the Real Story
Davis Wright Tremaine has added an employment lawyer in its San Francisco office.
Law Practice
Reversed Again: 9th Circuit Overturns Real in Environmental Case
By Fiona Smith
Los Angeles U.S. District Judge Manuel Real was hit with another rebuff Wednesday, after an appeals court completely reversed ...
His open-minded approach works well in keeping juveniles and their parents together, say lawyers who appear before Sacramento ...
The legal team for attorney Terry N. Christensen announced Wednesday its plans to call his longtime client, billionaire develo...
The nation's largest school bus provider has agreed to pay up to $28 million over seven years to retrofit or replace Californi...
A former assistant U.S. attorney who went on to serve as Kaiser Permanente's top Southern California in-house counsel died Mon...
California's same-sex marriage decision unearths a prickly conflict: anti-discrimination policies implemented discriminatorily...
Going forward, a recent state high court ruling will certainly mean more litigation over whether contract language establishes...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Move Over, New Haven and Boston - Academic Innovation Happens Here
By Sara Libbyn
California law schools have pioneered many academic innovations that elite East Coast schools are just now catching on to, wri...
One of three defendants charged in the May 4 bombing of the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego pleaded not guilty on Wed...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Kozinski Opinion Assails Prosecutors, Reinstates Guilty Pleas
By Peter Matuszakn
The 9th Circuit on Wednesday reinstated the guilty pleas of three Mexican men after prosecutors convinced lower courts to void...
A proposed change to the ABA's Model Rule of Professional Conduct would allow a law firm to take on a client even if one of it...
Wildman Harrold adds another partner from Foley & Lardner to its Los Angeles office.
Litigation
Despite Rules, Neutrals Are Rarely Blamed When They Mediate and Tell
By Greg Katzn
What happens when a mediator is accused of breaking mediation confidentiality, the thing many mediators say is essential to th...
James D. McNamara III, 1972-2008, a rising young partner at San Diego's Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, has died. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
A Bad Meal Deal: 'Brinker' Gets the Incentive Question Wrong
By Sara Libbyn
The 'Brinker' decision misses many obvious incentives that could overwhelm the financial incentive on an employee to work duri...
Law firms are implementing several alternatives to control costs while maintaining quality over the e-discovery process, writ...
John Benassi, 1948-2008, loved practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu so much that he even treated his summer associates to a demonstr...
Our federal courts should continue to recognize that the Alien Tort Statute has an important role to play in protecting the mo...
“People have a right to expect to be treated in a way consistent with the Constitution, especially when it comes to the privac...
Law Practice
Jurors Hear More About Pellicano's 'Unique Techniques' on Tapes
By Martin Bergn
A federal jury Tuesday heard recordings of private investigator Anthony Pellicano tell attorney Terry N. Christensen details f...
The Internet's governing body, determined to stop cyber-scammers from taking advantage of a loophole, has adopted a plan to ...
Attorneys in the damages phase of the Bratz doll copyright infringement case questioned witnesses in a fierce back-and-forth b...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kevin L. Brown embraces the challenge of the Compton courthouse, where the calendar...
Epstein Becker & Green nabs a long-time Los Angeles entertainment litigator.
Law Practice
Congress Approves Loan Assistance Programs for Public Sector Lawyers
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Congress has passed a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act that includes a law school payment assistance program for fl...