Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bar Group Is Expected to OK Panel Mediator Fee Proposal
By Greg Katzn
The Conference of Delegates of California Bar Associations is expected this month to issue a recommendation endorsing a resolu...
Rather than confusing his eighth-grade students with abstractions about interpreting the Bill of Rights, a history teacher at ...
Lawyers should suck it up and face the music: Rock stars have much cooler jobs, writes Nora Quinn. - Forum Column ...
Finally, the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, following a comprehensive four-year study, agrees wi...
A new federal report has found immigration officials were not to blame for the deaths of two women held in detention centers, ...
Law Practice
'Game Over,' Judge Says of Efforts to Block Video Game Merger
By David Houstonn
A judge rebuffing shareholders' attempts to block approval of Santa Monica video game publisher Activision Inc.'s proposed $18...
The People's Republic of China is an attractive target market for foreign vendors that sell goods and services over the Intern...
Government
Plaintiffs Against Telecoms Say Immunity Won't End Wiretap Fight
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Although Congress is likely this week to grant retroactive immunity to phone companies that cooperated with the Bush administr...
During the time federal prosecutors say Anthony Pellicano was conducting wiretaps on orders from Terry N. Christensen, the not...
Steven M. Hanle and Jennifer A. Trusso have joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's Orange County office as partners ...
In a Q&A, PG&E General Counsel Hyun Park says, "At the end of the day you look at it from the perspective of what's mo...
From the ports to the desert to the ocean, this year the Daily Journal is focusing its Top 100 on California's legal leaders, ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Families of Autistic Children, Insurers Battle Over Coverage
By Evan George
A labyrinth with no end is how one father described the dizzying process parents must maneuver to secure medical treatments fo...
A well-known court-system expert and longtime court executive in Northern California will become the Orange County Superior Co...
A recent Supreme Court decision rejects the notion that all benefit litigation involving insured plans should be reviewed de n...
A bill that would tack $10 on to the yearly dues the state's lawyers pay is headed for the governor's desk. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Judge Dismisses Wiretapping Suit, but Keeps Door Open
By Rebecca Beyer
A federal judge in San Francisco dealt a blow to the Bush administration when he ruled last week that the state secrets privil...
Government
Councilman Has $1 Million War Chest for City Attorney Bid
By Peter Matuszakn
The latest financial disclosures filed by candidates vying to replace City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo in 2009 will not be offic...
Internet-based postage seller Stamps.com has licked a patent infringement suit lodged by the inventor of several digital posta...
Through her husband-to-be, journalist-in-training Elizabeth Feffer became enamored with the legal profession. She changed care...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
State Integrates Lockups Following Inmate's Win at High Court
By Amelia Hansenn
This month, California will begin implementing a statewide plan to desegregate housing at some 30 prisons. The move is part of...
Judge Edward P. Allard III was hesitant about taking on a family law assignment, but his military background and decades as a ...
Law Practice
Clerk-Turned-Equity Partner Guides $895 Million Settlement
By Gabe Friedmann
Ramzi Abadou was a dreadlocked college graduate when he landed his first job as a document clerk at a law firm. Fifteen years ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
When Clients Become Difficult, Attorneys Must Walk a Fine Line
By Sara Libbyn
When clients become difficult during the discovery process, lawyers must get creative, write Lynn Duryee and Matthew N. White ...
The state Legislature is considering AB 1989, which will expand California's WARN law if passed, writes D. Gregory Valenza - E...
We have the chance now to remake our immigration policy in the modern era by grappling honestly with the fact that the America...
The presence or absence of providing for the recovery of attorney fees by the prevailing party will alter the dynamics of a me...
After practicing in Europe, Asia and Australia, independent mediator Charles B. Parselle makes a home in Southern California. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Anti-Abortion Group's Rights Violated, Panel Says
By Cortney Fieldingn
Members of the anti-abortion group were forced to remove a mobile layout of enlarged, early-term aborted fetus photos near a R...
A federal judge dealt a blow to the Bush administration late Wednesday, ruling that the state secrets privilege does not bar a...