As a neutral at JAMS since 1999, Judge Diane L. Wayne has built a reputation among many lawyers as the go-to person to handl...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Courtroom Analogies Are to Lawyers as Weapons Are to Soldiers
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter - Attorneys looking to make the maximum rhetorical impact on juries should remember th...
When Ramon Aguilera shot and killed Marcos Gonzalez, he also set in motion a complex force of litigation that began as an atte...
LOS ANGELES - The federal government is putting lives at risk because it routinely fails to test, track or treat HIV and AIDS ...
SAN JOSE - Prosecutors have not made a convincing case that Gregory Reyes, the former chief of Brocade Communications Systems ...
SANTA ANA - The case thought to be the largest federal death-penalty prosecution in modern times isn't a death-penalty case at...
A California-based footwear company prevailed this week in a civil lawsuit brought against it by its former chief financial of...
A Fresno man who was burned on 65 percent of his body in a workplace fire was awarded $27 million by a federal jury in Fresno....
Gone are the days when a judge could retire and dabble in mediation or arbitration, or a lawyer could mediate part time while ...
More attorneys, like Jackie Harlow, are spending time at law firms before seeking clerkships, where they hit the ground runnin...
The state's 40 Top Neutrals for 2007 ...
WASHINGTON - Only one thing seemed crystal clear Wednesday as the Supreme Court confronted its latest case on the legal rights...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Patient-Doctor Alliances Can Prevent Rescission Abuse
By Troy Senikn
Health Care Column - By David A. Robinson - A legal alliance between doctors and patients may be the only effective method of ...
Forum Column - By Alex Coolman - The furor over Barry Bonds' steroid use reveals a set of drug policies aimed more at making t...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Writers' Guild Takes on Producers for Rights to Unfinished Scripts
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Tony Segall - A challenge to the Writers Guild of America's efforts to monitor the scripts of striking scree...
WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved a bill that would restore a temporary judgeship to California. The bill passed the Senat...
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Sacramento trial judge and trashed the U.S. ...
Government
Republican Senator Blocks Vote on Court-Security Legislation
By David Houstonn
WASHINGTON - A Republican senator is holding up an eagerly awaited federal court security bill because of what he says are pro...
A federal jury in San Francisco has found Stephanie Jensen, the former vice president of human resources at Brocade Communicat...
California Neutrals
Expanding Conflict Resolution: One Neighborhood at a Time
By Alexa Hylandn
Community mediation programs help and train residents to resolve disputes both around the block and around the world. ...
Focus Column - By William F. Sullivan and Peter M. Stone - The Supreme Court looks set to split into two camps in a case over...
LOS ANGELES - Landlords who lease to medical-marijuana dispensaries across the state are being notified by federal authorities...
LOS ANGELES - Judge Michael S. Mink will convene the first of four juror-sanction hearings Friday for North Central District c...
Whether becoming a bench officer or giving up car racing, Judge Mark S. Millard adapts smoothly to each stage in his lif...
LAPD officers move in to arrest a homeless woman sleeping on a sidewalk downtown. Of the 7,528 people arrested in the first 10...
Securities
Despite SEC Rule Change, Some Still Shy From Tender Offers
By Devan Mcclainen
A year after the Securities and Exchange Commission eased the way for tender offers in domestic mergers and acquisitions, many...
Forum Column - By Jennifer L. Monk - A new state law intended to end gender discrimination in education could expose schools t...
Services will take place Friday for Warren E. Slaughter, a retired Riverside County Superior Court judge, who died of natural ...
SAN FRANCISCO - In the backdating criminal trial of former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Gregory...
Focus Column - By Gary Davis - The deep-seated emotional issues that often accompany disputes over women's participation in co...