A bankruptcy judge granted Heller Ehrman's request to reject five of its leases and approved its settlement with its Los Angel...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Mandatory Settlement Conferences Save Court's Time, Resources
By Sara Libbyn
The mandatory settlement conference process is the only mechanism for bringing all parties together at the same time, and save...
Adding another black mark to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, a prosecutor has been punished for withholding...
A recent high court ruling proves that neither the governor nor the Parole Board always gets the last word on parole, writes L...
Recent policy reversals by Apple and the Recording Industry Association of America show that the music industry is finally rea...
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Justices Give Judges More Discretion on Police Immunity
By Lawrence Hurleyn
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed in a unanimous decision Wednesday to give judges more discretion to evaluate when law enforcemen...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly probing whether Apple Inc. made timely disclosures to its shareholde...
Entertainment & Sports
Reality Television Programmers Settle Wage Claims
By Cortney Fieldingn
Television networks and production companies behind some of the biggest names in reality programming - including "The Bachelor...
Lawyers and staff are feeling the pain of layoffs at Cooley Godward Kronish. In a firmwide memo sent out Wednesday, Cooley CEO...
When the 25-year-old Washington, D.C. lawyer arrived in a Mississippi town in 1969 to try its only doctor for segregated waiti...
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has named a new managing partner in Sacramento.
Irma Poole Asberry, with 27 years of experience in divorce litigation, thought she was well-prepared for her family law judici...
In a moment rich in symbolism, the high-water mark of the civil rights movement was evoked - if not eclipsed - when Barack Oba...
The Daily Journal's annual roundup of 20 top California lawyers under 40 spotlights practitioners working on cutting edge matt...
As supervising judge of Ventura County's family law court, John Smiley is used to presiding over cases that sometimes go on fo...
Criminal
'Anti-Authoritarian' San Francisco Lawyer Heads Up Spector's Case
By Christian Berthelsenn
In contrast to the sometimes-unwieldy team of five lawyers Phil Spector had for his first murder trial, Doron Weinberg - along...
As the California Supreme Court struggles with a case pitting gay rights against the will of voters, an academic program this ...
Mad about the flawed process known as the Bowl Championship Series? Blame the Supreme Court, writes Robert D. Brain. - Forum C...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
'Rapanos' Revisited: Decision Disrespectful of Property Rights
By Sara Libbyn
Despite all of the litigation efforts made, America still awaits a clear definition of the Clean Water Act's reference to the ...
In 2008, California's appellate courts issued a number of decisions clarifying insurance coverage issues, writes Kirk A. Pasic...
The Daily Journal's annual roundup of 20 top California lawyers under 40 spotlights practitioners working on cutting edge matt...
Another chunk of the former entertainment practice at the now-defunct Dreier Stein Kahan has found a new home. They are starti...
Large Firms
Bankruptcy Judge to Consider Heller's Request to Reject Leases
By Jill Redhage
A judge will weigh three requests this afternoon from attorneys representing Heller Ehrman in its bankruptcy: that the dissolv...
A federal judge has ordered lawyers in the Bratz doll litigation into court next week for an extraordinary hearing to discuss ...
Los Angeles-based First Regional Bancorp has elected a principal at Calabasas-based Horgan, Rosen, Beckham & Coren as its ...
Former East Philadelphia police officer Richard A. Platel now enforces justice as a California Bar Court judge. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Obama Is Being Pressured to Diversify S.F. Bench
By Rebecca Beyer
As President Barack Obama takes office in the nation's capital, attention on the other side of the country - specifically in t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit: AOL Class Action Can Proceed in California
By John Roemer
The tiny word "of" had big implications for angry AOL members looking to sue after their Internet service provider publicly di...
As a president coming into office with a scary economic crisis, two wars, shaky confidence in public institutions, diminished ...