Law Practice
Appeals Court Ruling Revives Challenge to San Francisco's Sanctuary City Policy
By John Roemer
An attack by anti-illegal immigration activists on San Francisco's sanctuary policy gained ground Wednesday thanks to a state ...
Jones Day has added another partner to the firm's office in Irvine, making it the ninth lateral to join that office since the ...
Some of the state's top rainmakers talk about how to get business in a troubled economy. ...
The best way to become more comfortable asking for a client's business is to be confident that you can add value for that spec...
A key principle of Taoist teaching is that of wu wei, which literally means "without action." ...
Taking a keen interest in your client's business can see a big payoff when the client must choose between lawyers. ...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Fight Brews Over Impact of L.A. Port Expansion
By Gabe Friedmann
Lawyer Gideon Kracov, left, and environmentalist Angelo Logan are fighting a wide-ranging campaign for clean air and economic ...
Rainmakers
Starting From Scratch: Building a Practice From the Ground Up
By David Houstonn
Trying to gain a toehold in a market that is notoriously competitive isn't easy, but it can be accomplished. ...
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer showed little sympathy for millionaire movie director John McTiernan after he pleaded guil...
Law Practice
Penalty Flags Fly at Opening of Retired NFL Players' Trial
By Rebecca Beyer
The retired players claim they are entitled to $82 million in licensing revenues from third parties like videogame maker Elect...
While experiments with new media may yet bring profit to old media companies, the question remains: Will Internet-based distri...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Upcoming Conferences Will Highlight the Future of Commercial Arbitration
By Greg Katzn
The future of commercial arbitration, often the subject of debate, has taken on an even more fervent discussion during the pas...
A government agency stepped over the line when it used federal money to campaign against a California ballot proposition, a Di...
The military men and women who have served as defense counsel and prosecutors in the war on terror have provided shining examp...
Robert Hubbell, the former firmwide managing partner of Heller Ehrman who often served as the calm, public face of the firm th...
Law Practice
Authorities Are Investigating Alleged Embezzlement of State Bar Money
By Amy Yarbroughn
Web Exclusive - The State Bar said late Tuesday that one of its long-time employees is being investigated for possible embezzl...
After recall alerts about heparin began pouring in from across the country, pharmacists at the University of California San Fr...
If reporting were a better-paying career, Santa Maria Judge Tim Staffel might still be filing stories on deadline. ...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart has hired an of counsel in its San Francisco office.
In the Daily Journal's 2008 Rainmaking supplement, top lawyers talk about how to adjust to slowed economy.
Law Practice
Write-In Candidate Challenges Embattled Sacramento Judge
By Amy Yarbroughn
With two weeks until Election Day, an appellate attorney has stepped in to challenge Sacramento County Judge Peter J. McBrien ...
He was a passionate jack-of-all trades litigator who represented clients in this city for half a century. ...
A San Francisco-based judge on Monday denied as moot a motion to recuse every judge in the Central District of California from...
A wave of health care facility bankruptcies is providing opportunities for potential buyers to capture unrealized value and tu...
Insulating the federal judges from election has resulted in a bench that, over the years, has had an enviable reputation for p...
After each execution Pastor Carroll Pickett experienced during 15 years as a Texas death house chaplain, he made an audio-reco...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Protecting Marriage Is Grounded in Nature and Necessity - Not Hate
By Sara Libbyn
To redefine marriage into something it is not contradicts nature and ignores history, writes Frank J. Coughlin. ...
Jack Tenner, a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and civil rights activist, has died. ...
Presiding Judge-elect Charles McCoy has tapped Elihu Berle to serve as the Central District's next civil courts supervisor whe...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review whether a California prosecutor should have been kicked off a high-profile mu...
