Former California Senate Majority Leader John Burton has settled a lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of sexual harass...
A federal grand jury retuned a felony indictment against attorney Pierce O'Donnell late Thursday, charging the prominent plain...
Litigation
Unsworn Defendants Have No Right to Speak, Court Rules
By Cortney Fieldingn
Web Exclusive - Criminal defendants do not have a right to speak during sentencing hearings unless they are under oath and a p...
An attorney for a defendant in the corruption case of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona asked a judge Thursday to remov...
The State Bar Board of Governors has signed on a partner in the San Francisco office of Farella Braun + Martel to its committe...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Art Nakazato declined to grant prosecutors their detention request in the Henry Nicholas fraud case, a d...
“I’ve drunk the Kool-Aid,” says U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II, who is launching one of the first federal drug co...
Law Practice
Los Angeles' Lawsuit Alleges Massive Wall Street Bond Conspiracy
By Peter Matuszakn
E-mails between Bank of America executives, obtained by the FBI, prove an elaborate kickback scheme existed between banks that...
Jurors today will begin hearing the recorded conversations between attorney Terry N. Christensen and private eye Anthony Pelli...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Health Department Proposal Undercuts State Birth Control Laws
By Sara Libbyn
A new Health Department proposal would subvert sensible state laws regulating birth control, writes Cristina Page. - Forum Col...
Based on the state's alarming statistics, the Legislature enacted a series of changes to California’s foreclosure laws designe...
U.S. District Judge David O. "problem-solving court" is in many ways like a standard drug court or gang court. What is unique ...
A team of private and public interest lawyers has won a bid to preserve welfare benefits for thousands of Alameda County's poo...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Town Hall Meeting Will Address Mediator Expertise
By Greg Katzn
Hosted by Pepperdine University School of Law and the Southern California Mediation Association, the meeting aims to address p...
California Supreme Court
High Court to Review Lead Paint Attorney Issue
By Laura Ernden
The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether local governments can engage private attorneys to go head-to-h...
H. Dean Steward filed motions Wednesday to dismiss the indictment against his client Lori Drew, an alleged "cyber-bully" accus...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Second Amendment provides an individual right to bear arms, attention has turned...
Litigation
In Seeking Damages, Mattel Puts Profit From Bratz Dolls at $1.3 Billion
By Jason W. Armstrong
Lawyers for toy giant Mattel began trying to persuade a federal jury Wednesday to force competitor MGA Entertainment to pay bi...
Web Exclusive - Nokia and chip maker Qualcomm agree to settle all outstanding legal disputes. ...
Web Exclusive - San Diego filed suit Wednesday against Countrywide Financial Corp. in an effort to block the mortgage giant fr...
Barring late changes, Larry Sonsini and his law firm - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - will not be named in a civil law...
Same-Sex Couples Should Marry and Register
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has installed the firm's first partner-in-charge for its San Diego office.
Todd M. Schneider embraces technology at his San Francisco law firm. “There has been an uproar — people saying, 'Oh my goodne...
Law Practice
Childhood Television Fantasy Becomes a Face-to-Face Cost-Saving Reality
By Hannah Naughtonhn
Flashback to the year 1968 when "The Jetsons" promised a future of flying cars and interactive televisions. It's 40 years late...
One of the most significant developments on the Internet in recent years has been the rise of online communities. ...
Law Practice
Law Libraries' Tech Tools Give Firms a Handle on Vast Information Universe
By Hannah Naughtonhn
Talk to any information professional today, and they will tell you that their biggest challenge is taming the information glut...
Law Practice
Where You Live May Be the Most Crucial Decision You Make
By Hannah Naughtonhn
The following is excerpted from the book "Who's Your City?" by Richard Florida. Reprinted by arrangement with Basic Books (www...
Law Practice
The Talent Contest: Looking for an Edge With the Creative Class
By Hannah Naughtonhn
Leading law firm managers pose questions to Richard Florida, author of "Who's Your City" and "The Rise of the Creative Class."...
An appellate court has overturned a judge's $5 fine for a lawyer who was five minutes late to his court, saying the jurist neg...