Ellen Barry has assumed leadership of the group of attorneys in California's Central District who represent indigent defendant...
RIVERSIDE - When Ellen Weinfurtner got a notice in the mail informing her she'd be trying her civil case in an elementary scho...
Irwin Buter 1931-2008 - Los Angeles celebrity divorce lawyer Irwin Buter, whose clients included CBS executive Leslie Moonves,...
Focus Column - By Glenn Dickinson - Nontraditional sources such as color, sound and scent present unique trademarking issues. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Winning Negotiations Requires the Powers of Persuasion
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Robert A. Steinberg - Advocates need more than oratory and logic to get their points across during settlemen...
Forum Column - By Christina Kotowski - Employers should handle employee complaints about sensitivities to perfumes and fragran...
Environmental
Judge Tosses Navy's Emergency Exemption for Sonar Testing
By Zack Vaneyckn
Web Exclusive - LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Monday batted aside a Bush administration move to overrule her recent order p...
Despite the credit crunch, January featured some massive deals, including the mending of the Oracle-BEA deal and possibly the ...
Law Practice
Trial Lawyers Behind Edwards Divide Between Clinton, Obama
By David Houstonn
WASHINGTON - When Democrat John Edwards withdrew from the presidential race last week, the trial lawyers' bar lost not only on...
Judges and Judiciary
In Big Reversal, $10,000 a Day Neutral Becomes Judge
By Alexa Hylandn
The next chapter in Louis M. Meisinger's life doesn't involve lying on a beach in Mexico, sipping margaritas. Instead, the 65-...
LOS ANGELES - A highly lauded class-action settlement reached last year between Blue Cross and policyholders, in which the ins...
Los Angeles Commissioner Henry J. Hall, who hears as many as 240 cases a day, works to minimize McJustice in his courtro...
SAN JOSE - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California was the first jurisdiction to adopt rules governing...
Von Crockett, Centinela Hospital’s chief executive officer, said the previous owners “were not able to go after the health pla...
SACRAMENTO - Eight conditional Enterprise Zones have been established by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in an attempt to revitaliz...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Group Launches Campaign To Improve Lawyers' Behavior
By Pat Broderick
SAN DIEGO - The young attorney had just been handed an unwelcomed decision by a judicial referee, and went ballistic. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Expanded Succession Guidelines Would Protect Our Institutions
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Brad Sherman - The U.S. needs to establish legal succession guidelines in the event that a candidate, presid...
Industry Watch - By Fiona Smith - SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran water attorney Hamilton "Hal" Candee is leaving the Natural Resource...
Litigation
'Modernized' Tax Law of Proposition S Could Invite Litigation
By Peter Matuszakn
LOS ANGELES - If voters approve Proposition S on Tuesday's primary ballot, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo will have effectivel...
Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - A group of eight land-use attorneys has left Bingham McCutchen for Sheppard Mullin Richter ...
Skadden and Yahoo found themselves on the other end of a big deal last week when Microsoft Corp. made its unsolicited $44.6 bi...
Government
Senate's Effort to Ban Junkets Could Stall Judicial Pay Raises
By David Houstonn
WASHINGTON - Efforts in Congress to give federal judges a major pay raise could be under threat because of an amendment to the...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Industry Watch - With Honors
Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's la...
Judge Kevin R. Murphy's athletic ability put him on a worldly path, and his father's law background put him on a career path. ...
Los Angeles Judge Dan Lowenthal focuses on maintaining a 'user-friendly' court that provides tailor-made justice for those who...
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta is part of the new wave of hiring in the office. District Attorney Steve ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Appointments Force Candidates to Change Plans
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - In a flurry of appointments to the bench late last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have spiced up some of...
Employment Column - By John T. Hansen - A 9th Circuit ruling on workers with disabilities provides new, clear guidelines for e...