Law Practice
Settlement Allows Milberg Firm To Escape Criminal Charges
By Gabe Friedmann
The Milberg firm announced Monday a $75 million settlement with federal prosecutors that its lawyers hoped would help the once...
Convicted private eye Anthony Pellicano requested a new trial Monday based on allegations of juror misconduct. ...
Janell Smith weighed less than some dogs when her health insurance carrier decided the 26-year-old anorexic was healthy enough...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Kozinski's Web Site Was Neither Offensive Nor Easily Accessible
By Sara Libbyn
Alex Kozinski's collection of so-called offensive images has been grossly mischaracterized, writes his wife, Marcy J.K. Tiffan...
History is being made as California's first gay marriages get under way, writes Amy Margolin. Margolin is an attorney with How...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Mends Conflict Between Immigration Provisions
By David Houstonn
Resolving two conflicting provisions in immigration law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that an illegal immigrant can wit...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court Upholds DNA Conviction in Cold Hit Case
By Laura Ernden
At a time when prosecutors are relying more heavily on DNA technology, the California Supreme Court Monday resoundingly backed...
While a 7th Circuit opinion is provocative and his reliance on the market appealing, it should not change the approach directo...
Market pressures, money and legal issues ranging from patent reform to the protection of trade secrets will be dissected at th...
Web Exclusive - A Newport Beach law firm successfully defeated a wage-and-hour class action suit at an early stage in the proc...
In a unanimous decision, a federal appeals panel Monday upheld an arbitration award reinstating 33 janitors at the Staples Cen...
U.S. Supreme Court
Top Court to Review Suit Against Justice Officials
By David Houstonn
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller c...
Five judges at the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will investigate Chief Judge Alex Kozinski's conduct, ...
Judicial Profile
Role on Appellate Court Fits Justice Like a Robe
By Cortney Fieldingn
Thomas Willhite Says a Seat on the Court of Appeal Was Always His Goal ...
Attorney Jumps from MoFo to Mintz
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Reinhardt Again Refuses Death In Third Review of Capital Case
By Amelia Hansenn
For the third time in five years, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt Friday refused to sign off on the ...
Decisions that have lasting impact on a child's life are often made too quickly and with inadequate information, writes Justic...
The desire for a drug-free workplace is no longer sufficient grounds for a public employer to require pre-employment drug test...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Cambodian Refugees a Grim Example of Washington's Neglect
By Sara Libbyn
The grim history of Cambodian refugees in the U.S. is perhaps the most graphic example of the failure of Washington's policy o...
California Courts of Appeal
Justice Wraps Things Up After 20-Year Run on Court of Appeal
By Laura Ernden
William D. Stein, 67, who once described his appointment to the appellate court as "like dying and going to heaven," said he i...
Litigation
Judge to Hear Merits of Suit That Could Transform Cable Industry
By Zack Vaneyckn
A federal class action on behalf of cable TV customers across the country charges that the industry effectively runs a monopol...
California Courts of Appeal
Kozinski Calls For a Mistrial, Reassignment
By Zack Vaneyckn
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski recused himself from an ongoing obscenity trial and declared a mistrial Friday after a two-day fires...
Part-time bass guitarist and full-time Pomona Commissioner Anthony Peters tunes in to civil trials after years presiding in cr...
A former Upward Bound instructor and college adviser, Commissioner Michael Garcia brings those qualities of listening and conv...
With the mortgage market paralyzed and the housing market in the tank, selling a house is beginning to look like a bad idea to...
Orange County Superior Court judges on Friday elected Kim G. Dunning as presiding judge and Thomas J. Borris as assistant pres...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed four attorneys to counsel and advise various departments within the state government.
With the Supreme Court's blockbuster decision Thursday in favor of terrorism suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the ...
Corporate Counsel
Live Nation's Legal Keeper Makes Most Work an Inside Job
By David Houstonn
In October, Madonna signed a reported $120Â million deal with Beverly Hills-based Live Nation Inc. that includes recordings, c...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Kozinski Calls for Investigation of Himself Over Racy Web Site
By John Roemer
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski Thursday called for an investigation into his own conduct following published reports that his priva...