Law Practice
Black Jurors Were Illegally Kicked Off Panel, Court Says
By Amelia Hansenn
An Alameda County prosecutor illegally used race in striking black members from a criminal jury pool, a federal appeals court ...
A federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday that 34 recorded conversations prove Terry N. Christensen was the "shot-caller" who ...
Even though he's worked as a plaintiff's attorney for most of his career, Jeffrey Ross says his heart's in resolution, not con...
A doctor who lost his medical license at age 84 after an investigation into an allegedly bungled exam has won $3.9 million for...
Verizon's ears are ringing - to the tune of $21 million - after the wireless behemoth settled last week with a class of Califo...
A landmark federal appellate decision overruled the affirmative-duty-of-care-standard for patent law disputes it originally se...
A Superior Court judge has nullified several private security contracts worth $6.7 million the city awarded to bidders for the...
A recent court decision will allow the Forest Service and other forest management agencies to implement needed programs to pre...
A recent Supreme Court decision in has made unions' legislative strategy much more difficult, writes Timothy Ryan. - Employmen...
Personal Injury & Torts
Jury Rejects $1 Billion Claim Against Motrin
By Cortney Fieldingn
A couple claimed their 6-year-old daughter lost her vision and nearly died from a reaction to Children's Motrin. Their lawyer,...
Web Exclusive - Web Exclusive - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a 10 percent reduction in drug reimbursme...
A federal court jury Thursday agreed with Mattel Inc. that one of its former designers created the concept for the successful ...
Drumming Up Business in a Down Market
The California Supreme Court Thursday dealt a blow to Pacific Lumber's logging plans for its vast forests in Humboldt County.
Los Angeles entertainment and real estate law firm Greenberg Glusker named a new leader of its litigation practice, Lee A. Dre...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
California Needs a Real Energy Policy, Not Regulators and Rhetoric
By Sara Libbyn
We deserve a real energy policy that recognizes that markets and contracts produce power. Regulators and rhetoric do not, writ...
A federal judge empaneled a jury of seven men and five women for the trial of attorney Terry N. Christensen and former celebri...
Former highway patrolman Edward H. Bullard traded his badge for a robe and now the sits on the bench in Santa Maria's Superior...
Plaintiffs' lawyers suing IndyMac Bancorp in a securities-fraud class action filed a motion Wednesday, asking a judge not to d...
Law Practice
In-House Counsel Group Asks: Is There Life Outside of Law?
By Rebecca U. Cho
An Association of Corporate Counsel event this month seeks to broaden the horizons of attorneys dissatisfied in their careers ...
The specific fact pattern necessary to trigger an insured's right to Cumis counsel and 2860's rate cap and arbitration provisi...
Blue Shield of California has illegally canceled the medical coverage of least 850 of its sick policyholders since 2002, accor...
The specific fact pattern necessary to trigger an insured's right to Cumis counsel and 2860's rate cap and arbitration provisi...
Amid filmdom's labor turmoil, former Screen Actors Guild general counsel David White is providing advice to lawyers with actor...
The California Supreme Court Wednesday refused to block a November ballot initiative aimed at overturning the court's landmark...
Critics say unproven and even false accusations would remain public for the duration of a case, a process that could last year...
John R. Epperson, special counsel at Farella Braun + Martel in San Francisco, was appointed to the executive committee of the ...
The trial for Terry N. Christensen is set to begin today with jury selection. Christensen is the sole lawyer charged in connec...
Reality TV workers brought their fight for better benefits and improved on-the-job conditions to San Francisco on Tuesday, and...
Corporate
Microsoft GC Upstages Google, Yahoo at Antitrust Hearing
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Congress joined the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday in examining antitrust concerns raised by an advertising deal between Goo...
