A good number of lawyers are addicted to law and motion, writes Nora Quinn. - Forum Column ...
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday sidestepped a fight over the border fence between the United States and Mexico, rejecting an app...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Simply, Simplify: A Mantra for Transcendentalists and Litigators Alike
By Sara Libbyn
Sometimes you need to try more than one approach to simplifying material you present to a jury, writes G. Chritopher Ritter. -...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Kozinski Recuses Self From Judge Real's Misconduct Probe
By John Roemer
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, currently the target of a judicial misconduct investigation, recused himself Monday from a miscondu...
Insureds doing business throughout the world should be aware of the unique risks presented by the newest weapon in the activis...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a California case to decide whether AT&T Corp. violated federal civil right...
The U.S. Supreme Court added five other new cases to its docket Monday, on the following issues: ...
Ryan H. Rainey once was a star federal prosecutor who handled child abuse cases and investigated civil rights violations withi...
A conservative public interest law firm in Sacramento is getting a million dollars richer at the expense of the city of San Fr...
Federal prosecutors announced a surprising deal Monday in which Henry Samueli, the billionaire Broadcom co-founder, admitted t...
Arnold & Porter has nabbed Beth Parker as a partner in its San Francisco office. Parker, who was previously a partner at B...
Bingham McCutchen is tempering a perpetual problem for its clients - escalating legal fees - by rejiggering an old solution: h...
Appellate Practice
Expert Questions Doll's Origin, Citing Notebook Indentations
By Jim Adamekn
Proceedings in the so-called "Bratz vs. Barbie" trial looked more like a CSI episode than a fight between two dolls Friday. ...
News organizations must be prepared to assert their editorial independence, and defend it, even at the cost of alienating a se...
Patient dumping is a dangerous and disgraceful but predictable accompaniment to the "market-driven" health care system in the ...
A group of strippers has filed suit against 19 of Los Angeles' largest gentlemen's clubs for what their lawyer is calling the ...
Firm Watch
Law Firms Reorganize to Help Clients Weather Climate Change Issues
By Pat Broderick
Climate change is spawning new rules and regulations, as well as the inevitable threat of litigation - and it is carving out n...
A recent 9th Circuit decision has potentially made laying off public employees a daunting task, write Richard C. Bolanos and C...
Looming state budget cuts that could dissuade doctors and pharmacists from treating the poor and elderly will face their first...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Popular ADR Blogger Gets Some Face Time in Los Angeles
By Greg Katzn
Nearly everybody in the Southern California mediation community knows the face of mediator Geoff Sharp but not too many have m...
Is it reasonable to keep a front lawn in arid Los Angeles lush and green? ...
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has hired prominent criminal defense lawyer Mark C. Holscher, the Daily Journal has learned. ...
Kevin Enright reveres the law profession and gives it his all as a San Diego County Superior Court judge. He expects lawyers a...
Judicial Profile
Storyteller Turns Another Page in an Eclectic Legal Career
By Pat Alston
Plexiglas frames an Air Force One flight jacket in Orange County Superior Court Judge James E. Rogan's chambers. ...
Bankruptcy Judge Ernest Robles is prepared to hold court wherever he happens to be, using cameras, phones and the Internet to ...
The U.S. Justice Department announced several major developments in its battle on mortgage fraud Thursday, including the forma...
SAN DIEGO - With a unanimous vote, the Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners recently approved the adoption of a trans...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Reading of ERISA a Benefit to Workers
By David Houstonn
In a victory for workers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employer or insurance company that administrates an em...
As several recent cases demonstrate, although the subject matter cases involving lews acts can be quite inflammatory, courts g...
Business lawyer Richard Blasco took his construction law firm, formerly called Hunt, Ortmann, Blasco, Palffy & Rossell, to...