Alternative Dispute Resolution
Architect of Agreements Thrives on Complexity
By Jonathan Vaniann
Gordon E. McClintock became a full-time mediator 15 years ago and specializes in construction cases - settling complex, multip...
Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter - All too often, attorneys can't see the forest for the trees. And if the attorneys do...
A nondenominational religious group claims a state regulation gives California parks officials unconstitutional power to block...
Attorneys from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Intel Corp. and Google Inc., r...
Employment Column - By Michael S. Kalt and Leonid M. Zilberman - Employers should get actively involved in the legislative pro...
Verdicts
S.F. Agrees to Pay $5.1 Million In Malpractice Case Settlement
By Nicolas Taborekn
A middle-aged man who checked into San Francisco General Hospital complaining of a fever and cough and ended up with severe br...
For months, the company has contended that General Counsel David Dull was not involved in the stock options scandal that envel...
California Courts of Appeal
State Justices Weigh Problems With Cold Case Prosecutions
By Laura Ernden
Web Exclusive - By Laura Ernde - The California Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday about how to determine whether a defen...
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor company led by a husband-and-wife team faced with stock options backdating alle...
Focus Column - By Dominique R. Shelton and Jennie Levin - Despite the prevalence of knock-offs and the claims of fashion desig...
Century City’s Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff has gained a former Katten Muchin estate planning attorney. Find out who else is ch...
The Assembly will soon cast votes on whether to allow the State Bar to charge members $10 annually above base dues for five ye...
After fighting organized crime as an FBI agent, Judge Joseph P. Brannigan always makes sure the 'right thing' is done. ...
California Supreme Court
California High Court Weighs Sex Offenders' Right to Testify
By Laura Ernden
The California Supreme Court is poised to become the first in the country to recognize that sex offenders have a constitutiona...
Forum Column - By Robert W. Tarun - Great cross-examination requires more than just solid preparation - it requires applying y...
California Courts of Appeal
Transcript Fees Must Be 'Reasonable,' Panel Says
By Zack Vaneyckn
A state appellate court Wednesday decided that deposition reporters must provide parties with transcripts for a "reasonable fe...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Barbara Jurist Was Longest Sitting State Judge
By Zack Vaneyckn
Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Joseph L. Lodge, 1932-2008, the longest sitting California judge on the bench, died ...
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has appointed San Francisco attorney Jack W. Lee to the bipartisan committee that vets federal j...
President Bush has nominated a lawyer with close ties to several California firms to be a member of the Securities and Exchang...
Judges and Judiciary
West Covina 'Institution' Was Judge, Mayor and Teacher
By Peter Matuszakn
Judge Robert O. Young, 1927-2008, who was first elected to the Citrus Municipal Court in 1974 and retired in 1995, died on Mon...
Intellectual Property
Are Business Methods Worthy of Being Patented?
By Alexia Garamfalvin
In a showdown that could change what sort of technology and biotech inventions can be patented, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
Less than a year after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay out $660 million to settle hundreds of sex ...
To settle a federal lawsuit, the FBI has agreed to withdraw a previously secret national security letter that sought informati...
Focus Column - By John W. Kim - Commercial landlords can pursue greater claims for tort-related damages against bankrupt tenants.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has bulked up its insurance recovery group with a former counsel for the Fireman's Fund Insu...
Brett A. Sagel, left, and Kenneth B. Julian violated a professional conduct rule banning lawyers from contacting "represented ...
Litigation
DA Files 47-Page Appeal of Judge's $1-Per-Minute Late Fee
By Jason W. Armstrong
It was just a $5 fine - $1 for each minute he was late to court. And Phillip Greenberg, the deputy district attorney who got t...
Focus Column - By David A. Gerber - In a recent trademark case, the 9th Circuit added further complexity and unpredictability ...
Attorneys representing two Yahoo! Inc. shareholders that had already sued the Sunnyvale-based company and its board of directo...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmaker Wants Disclosure of New Judges Rated Unqualified
By Linda Rapattoni
A lawmaker, upset over the lack of diversity in the governor's judicial appointments, said he will introduce a bill requiring ...