Focus Column - By Debra B. Self - Mediators should consider several factors that are shown to influence the outcome of settlem...
SAN FRANCISCO - The debate between Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz over which place has better surfing may never be wiped out....
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - The candidates running for president have wildly different takes on many issues, including th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Two alternative San Francisco newsweeklies faced off in court Tuesday, as opening arguments and testimony bega...
She's taken on big tobacco, big banks and big guns, and now former San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne is front and ce...
Administrative/Regulatory
Litigator Writes Unofficial User Manual for E-Filing
By Zack Vaneyckn
LOS ANGELES - Like thousands of civil litigators in California's Central District, attorney Martin W. Anderson took an online ...
P. Peter Benudiz, Heller Ehrman's most prominent California real estate attorney in the hospitality industry, is set to leave ...
After years grabbing the headlines as a prosecutor of political corruption cases, Los Angeles Judge Edward B. Moreton is adjus...
Legal observers, like Niels W. Frenzen, professor at USC Gould School of Law, say the abrupt transfers of and videoconference ...
Discipline
Milberg Lead Plaintiff Gets No Jail Time Because of Illness, Age
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Seymour Lazar, the first person charged in the criminal investigation of Milberg Weiss, narrowly escaped a priso...
Two immigrants who sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security saying they were forcibly drugged during failed attempts to d...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Modern Miracle of Human Cloning Requires Man-Made Parameters
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Joy Delman - Lawmakers should define the parameters of human cloning so that the procedure can live up to it...
The California Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the conviction of a Catholic priest who molested three teenage boys, vindica...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday cleared the way for a Feb. 27 start to the trial of private investigator Anthony Pellican...
Focus Column - By Terry C. Leuin - No one should buy into the myths surrounding liability coverage in terms of patent infringe...
Entertainment & Sports
Latham Lawyer Puts Together $28 Billion Deal for Harrah’s
By Devan Mcclainen
Charles Ruck, a corporate partner at Latham & Watkins, spent the past 18 months putting together the pieces of a transacti...
LOS ANGELES - According to the old adage, when the economy is good, lawyers make deals. When the economy is down, lawyers liti...
In a closely watched case in the entertainment industry, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the Talent Agen...
Los Angeles Judge William Highberger went to law school to hone his journalism skills, only to uncover his legal talent. ...
A few months ago, Robbie Catchings was looking at a potential life sentence in two separate cases. But in a rare turn of event...
IRVINE - Jones Day has boosted its securities group with the hires of McDermott Will & Emery's former securities litigatio...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Eight Tips Help Lawyers Adjust to Mandatory E-Filing Requirements
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Martin W. Anderson - The U.S. District Court's new e-filing guidelines can appear tricky - but they don't ha...
California Courts of Appeal
Governor Puts Federal Judge on 1st District
By Laura Ernden
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed U.S. District Judge Martin J. Jenkins to the 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday. ...
LOS ANGELES - Tom Waits made an appearance at the annual Bet Tzedek fundraiser last week to support his longtime friend and la...
Judges and Judiciary
After 27 Years, Moscone Will Step Down From Superior Court Bench
By Rebecca Beyer
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Philip J. Moscone, one of the court's longest-serving judicial offic...
Self-Assessment Test by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli ...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor's Judicial Picks Put Two New Judges in Riverside
By Amy Yarbroughn
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his first judicial picks of 2008 Friday, among them a dozen new superior court judges, in...
LOS ANGELES - For the lone lawyer charged in the federal wiretapping and conspiracy case against private eye Anthony Pellicano...
Product Liability
Supplement Makers Open New Front in Attack on Proposition 65
By Fiona Smith
SAN FRANCISCO - An assault by a dietary supplement manufacturer on California's Proposition 65 has opened a broad new front in...
SAN FRANCISCO - Julie Fieber and Emily Yukich tipped the shareholder balance at Folger Levin & Kahn earlier this month whe...