Seventy-five years ago, America ended its disastrous experiment with alcohol prohibition. Today, the country is still saddled ...
Richard S. Reisberg likens smart fishing to successful mediation. ...
A Superior Court judge has approved the largest-ever railroad liability verdict to a single plaintiff - a $48 million judgment...
Officials with the Department of Mental Health pledged Thursday to stop relying on police for emergency calls involving the me...
Law Practice
Craigslist's Lawsuits to Curb Sex Ads Are Getting Results
By Craig Andersonn
As part of a deal with 40 state attorneys general last month to cut down on listings for prostitution and sex-oriented service...
Constitutional Law
Proposition 8 Draws on Parallels To Prohibition, Some Scholars Say
By Greg Katzn
Seventy-five years ago, the states fully ratified the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending prohibition -...
Employment (Focus & Forum)
New Leave Rules Provide Guidance for Military Families
By Sara Libbyn
New revisions significantly change the management of the Family and Medical Leave Act leave and provide rules for administerin...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
A Loser-Pays Model Would Make the Civil Courts System a Winner
By Sara Libbyn
For those who hope to rein in our uniquely high rates of litigation, a “loser-pays rule” seems like a common-sense way to weed...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gays in Military Hold Onto 9th Circuit Victory
By John Roemer
But conservatives on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday blasted an earlier pro-gay ruling in the "don't ask, do...
The federal judge who stripped the famous Bratz dolls from MGA Entertainment at Mattel's behest also scolded the parties, sayi...
The idea of reducing California's inmate population by 50,000 inmates within two years is controversial for many people, inclu...
Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has taken in three former Thelen attorneys in its San Francisco office.
A roundup of recent deal activity handled by California lawyers.
Criminal
Joe Francis Fires His Fourth Batch of Lawyers in Tax Evasion Case
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
The lawyers who represented "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis in his federal tax evasion case have apparently been shown t...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Judge Was Right to Overturn a Dangerous Deal for Diabetic Children
By Sara Libbyn
A Superior Court judge was right to overturn a dangerous agreement between the state Department of Education and the American ...
After seven years of disastrous detention policies, a recent ruling ordering the release of several Guantanamo prisoners might...
The family of a California woman who went into respiratory arrest and died after neck surgery has filed a lawsuit blaming a po...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared no closer to resolving a long-running dispute over a $79.5 million punitive damages award agai...
Retired Superior Court Judge William Huss, often described as an "old-fashioned" law-and-order bench officer who required atto...
Large Firms
Reed Smith Trims 115 Staff Members Across Its Domestic Offices
By Jill Redhage
The slew of nationwide law firm layoffs continued Tuesday, when 1,700-attorney Reed Smith let go of 115 support staff, constit...
State officials who regulate the HMO industry do have the power to ban doctors from billing patients directly even when insure...
A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco has scaled back a nationwide injunction that blocks a Bush administration rule loo...
New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 addresses inadvertent waivers of the attorney-client privilege, and codifies an area of pract...
Axiom, the professional services firm targeting the high-end legal market, has opened a Los Angeles office.
Litigation
Judge Might Look to Incoming Administration For Guidance in Warrantless Wiretapping Cases
By Rebecca Beyer
Faced with the task of deciding whether to dismiss dozens of lawsuits accusing telecommunication carriers of spying on million...
Right after taking the bench, Stacy Boulware Eurie efficiently handled a complicated, three-defendant murder trial. ...
The Daily Journal highlights its picks for the state's 40 top neutrals for 2008. ...
David Piercy, above, can’t afford epilepsy drugs but is considered too wealthy for county assistance under Fresno’s strict rul...
Law Practice
Stradling Reduces Attorneys, Staff But Don't Call It Layoffs
By Amanda Becker
The corporate and transactional firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has cut the number of attorneys and staff employed in...
Over the summer, U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte raised a couple of pesky questions about a saga that Wilson Sonsini Goodrich...