Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton isn't the first law firm to zero in on the growing video game industry, but it may be th...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
If You Know the Case Law, Litigation Doesn't Have to be Robotic
By Sara Libbyn
When the law is uncertain and the terrain dangerous, there are generally two paths for attorneys to follow: abide by the statu...
Immigration
Many Are Called, Few Respond to Voluntary Removal Program
By Pat Broderick
Immigration activists on both sides of the issue descended on the federal building in San Diego Friday, marking an emotional f...
Leeann Berry, 37, was an accidential bigamist because she failed to complete the paperwork for her divorce. The San Francisco ...
Law Practice
Embattled Santa Clara County Prosecutor Explains Mistakes
By Laura Ernden
Deputy District Attorney Benjamin Field admitted at his State Bar trial Friday that he made some mistakes, but said he never i...
Law Practice
Lure of Mediation: Defense Attorney Wants Judge to Show His Hand
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
Web Exclusive - Is U.S. District Judge George P. Schiavelli leaving the bench to work as a mediator? A criminal defense attorn...
A federal judge said Friday he would delay imposing regulatory penalties on the former chief executive of Brocade Communicatio...
As the son of a civil rights giant, Juvenile Court Commissioner John C. Lawson II learned the values that guide his work w...
Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judicial Profile
Raised as a Scrapper, Judge Shakes Off Panel's Critique
By Pat Alston
A year into his appointment as a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, Elia V. Pirozzi is earning praise from lawyers an...
Thousands of prisoners serving life terms will get a new shot at being released after a close California Supreme Court decisio...
Tyler Wall joined Brocade Communications Systems Inc. in 2005, in what was perhaps the company's darkest hour. ...
SAN DIEGO - Earlier this month, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced that the city will receive $15.5 million in new grant ...
As a juvenile court referee in Van Nuys and a published author, Leora Krygier often finds that wayward youth need a good writi...
Law Practice
Heller Ehrman Delays Start for Fall Associates Until January
By Jill Redhage
Heller Ehrman’s 54 incoming fall associates won’t start work on Oct. 13 anymore. The firm said it called its new hires Wednesd...
Litigation
No Verdict in Bratz Doll Case After Day One of Deliberations
By Jason Armstrongn
Federal court jurors went through their first day of deliberations in the damages phase of the Bratz doll fight Thursday witho...
Private eye Anthony Pellicano challenged the prosecution's conclusion Thursday that a list of sometimes bizarre phrases laced ...
Employee manuals must be consistent and harmonized with any other documentation that may possibly govern the employer-employee...
In an anxiety-inducing move in Santa Ana’s federal building, criminal defense lawyers for embattled billionaire Henry Nicholas...
Verdicts
Investment Advisers to Receive $33 Million in Bias Settlement
By Rebecca Beyer
Four California women who claimed they were being systematically passed over in favor of men for business opportunities at the...
China's largest bank shunted millions of dollars to Middle East terrorist groups, Israeli victims of terrorist attacks claimed...
The extreme differences between these types of “rivers” exasperates regulators and courts alike, which must apply the narrow p...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jammed Riverside Court Will Compel Mediation
By Greg Katzn
The first thing Riverside County Superior Court Judge Michael B. Donner told a courtroom packed with trial-ready lawyers on a ...
U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco will decide whether Congress acted constitutionally in granting telecoms...
When a person is vindicated and receives compensation for unlawful incarceration, recent IRS releases suggest it may be taxabl...
Neutral Robert A. Merring played in the Rose Bowl twice, on New Year's Day 1971 and 1972. ...
San Diego's Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch has added three attorneys to its business and technology team.
Shareholder activism hits a bump in the road.
Hypocrisy is on display in calling for boxer to sign off on federal judge’s nomination