Criminal
L.A. Federal Judge Rejects Christensen's Motion for New Wiretap Trial
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer denied attorney Terry N. Christensen’s motions for a new wiretapping trial Monday, rejecti...
Pro bono service is the best way for lawyers to invest themselves in the type of charitable and volunteer service called for b...
A recent 9th Circuit decision highlights the importance of accurate drafting, not only for stock purchase agreements, but for ...
Seven former Heller Ehrman attorneys will be joining Goodwin Procter's real estate investment management and hospitality pract...
Dan Stormer of Hadsell, Stormer, Keeny, Richardson & Renick in Pasadena is lead plaintiffs’ counsel for Nigerian activists...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Parties in Settlement Often Overlook What's Most Important: the Numbers
By Sara Libbyn
Parties strain to understand their adversary’s intentions in settlement negotiations, and often overlook the most important in...
A federal judge is set to decide today whether to grant attorney Terry N. Christensen a new trial based on what his attorneys...
Law Practice
Lawyers Clear Up Misconceptions About Ex-Cons' Right to Vote
By Dhyana Levey
Attorneys call it “The Big Myth.” Common misconceptions regarding who is allowed to vote in California after being convicted o...
Personal jurisdiction is of practical importance for casinos, because it answers the question of whether the casino can be sue...
Law Practice
For MoFo Attorney, Guantanamo Situation Was a Call to Arms
By Susan Mcraen
Charles Patterson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster, is one of about 20 U.S....
Law Practice
Judicial Council Grapples With Judge Shortage, Court Upgrades
By Amy Yarbroughn
The policy-making body for the state's courts unanimously approved a list of 41 construction projects that will be funded by a...
The State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders is meant to aid judges, probation and parole officers in assessing...
The management team of San Francisco-based Thelen has called a firmwide partnership meeting for Tuesday at which dissolution i...
Fontana Judge Stephan Gray Saleson says the key to compelling testimony is letting the witnesses tell jurors the story. It's h...
The latest reports from the State Bar
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed two lawyers and a retired appellate justice to positions on state commissions.
When Pacific Gas and Brobeck collapsed, Judge Dennis J. Montali had the daunting duty of patching up their finances. ...
Don't expect to play golf with Tom Mars, Wal-Mart's general counsel. The retail giant's corporate culture encourages arms-leng...
No matter who wins the election, we must remember that the Constitution applies to everyone, writes Kathleen Taylor. - Forum C...
Although many types of property may be subject to escheat laws, employers are generally left holding unpaid wages, commissions...
Verdicts
Settlement Sets Stricter Rules for Animal Killing at Shelters
By Noah Barronn
Animal advocates have scored a coup in a settlement that makes it tougher for Los Angeles County's six shelters to euthanize c...
Timothy J. Corcoran Left Practice for Mediation With No Regrets ...
In trying to influence Californians to vote against Prop. 2, the secretary of agriculture proved to be just another bad egg in...
An elderly pedophile who traveled from Garden Grove to the Philippines for sex with young girls will be locked up for life, th...
Defense attorneys in the Broadcom stock option backdating scandal this week accused the lead prosecutor in the case of leaking...
This summer, the media seethed after being locked out of what should have been an open hearing in a high-profile Yolo County m...
Officials at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center said this week that they have new evidence that the hos...
Despite a very shaky climate for real estate deals, the San Francisco outposts of two firms participated in a couple of large ...
Guarding Tradition Is No Excuse for Denying People Liberties
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold has added two special counsels in its Los Angeles office.