The Bar Association of San Francisco's evaluations of Superior Court candidates have one attorney crying foul. ...
Law Practice
Governor Wants Cuts Today, Restored Funding in Better Days
By Linda Rapattoni
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised state budget proposal Wednesday handed the courts a mixed bag with the same cuts he propo...
A new law strengthens the government's ability to make sure Medicare does not pay for care that was compensated in a liability...
The Bush administration on Wednesday reluctantly listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, making ...
Allen K. Easley, a former dean of one of Minnesota's four law schools and a legal scholar who has extensive experience in the ...
Judges and Judiciary
'Highly Motivated' Judge Was Often Called On for Advice
By Zack Vaneyckn
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Mintz, 1959-2008, died Monday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 49. ...
A federal grand jury indicted the former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide for obstruction of justice Tuesday, marking the second time H...
The firm that represented New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte in Major League Baseball's steroid scandal is branching out t...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Entertainment Industry Could Be Headed for a Scary Sequel
By Sara Libbyn
Work in Hollywood is slowing even without action by the Screen Actors Guild - and, as it turns out, the union may have no stom...
Federal regulators filed civil fraud charges Wednesday against two current and two former top executives of one of the largest...
A federal jury convicted Anthony Pellicano and all four co-defendants Thursday on a host of crimes related to the private eye'...
California Supreme Court
High Court Overturns Ban on Gay Marriage in California
By Laura Ernden
The California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 today that it's unconstitutional for the state to exclude gays from marriage. ...
Appellate Practice
MySpace Gets $230 Million in Record Anti-Spamming Award
By Nicolas Taborekn
"Spam King" Sanford Wallace and his partner owe Santa Monica-based MySpace Inc. a record $230 million in damages after a feder...
Centurion Mediation, a new mediation firm formed by a former litigator and a former bank executive, is up and running in Los A...
In August, Judge James Robertson II of San Francisco Superior Court began consolidating asbestos cases without a motion from a...
The Daily Journal's Top 75 tell what it takes to be a woman litigator in 2008. ...
A veteran San Francisco litigator discusses the recent creation of the Consumer Attorneys of California's first women's caucus...
Litigation
No Easy Access to Compromise For Disability Litigation Reform
By Linda Rapattoni
Sacramento defense lawyer Robert Lorbeer fumes that disabled plaintiffs seem to make a fortune suing businesses for minor viol...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Bullying, Rigidity Are Surefire Negotiation Deal Breakers
By Sara Libbyn
Though not rocket science, negotiation does require preparation, patience, street smarts and a sufficient degree of candor, wr...
It is not far-fetched to wonder whether the current Supreme Court would reach the same conclusion on interracial marriage as t...
Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont, a lawyer, was named majority leader Tuesday of the California Assembly by new Assembly Speaker Kar...
Public Interest
Manatt, Intel Among Honorees At Public Counsel Fundraiser
By Anat Rubinn
Public Counsel will hold its annual William O. Douglas fundraising dinner tonight at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel. ...
A Federal Circuit decision is casting a new hue on obviousness analysis for chemical compounds, writes Pauline Farmer-Koppenol...
As Heller Ehrman's chairman prepares to move to New York in hopes of growing the East Coast offices, a prominent New York part...
Appellate Practice
Lawyers Are Punch Line in Suit Over Comedian's Estate
By Jim Adamekn
Joey Bishop's live-in companion has sued two lawyers at Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble, Mallory & Natsis, as well as the fir...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
State Rule Pre-empts Decision on Hot-Button Billing Practice
By Evan George
With no end in sight to the longtime legal standoff between HMOs and hospital physicians over billing practices, state officia...
The U.S. government has sued an infomercial impresario for allegedly welshing on a deal to have federal inmates staff his call...
Torrance Judge Eric C. Taylor is satisfied in trial court but colleagues say the 45-year-old jurist would make an excellent ch...
In their own words, the honorees offer their views on how far women have come in the law profession - and how far they have ...
Jordan Yospe, former general counsel for Mark Burnett Productions and founder of The Brand-Aide Entertainment Group, has joine...