California Courts of Appeal
State Justices Weigh Problems With Cold Case Prosecutions
By Laura Ernden
Web Exclusive - By Laura Ernde - The California Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday about how to determine whether a defen...
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor company led by a husband-and-wife team faced with stock options backdating alle...
Focus Column - By Dominique R. Shelton and Jennie Levin - Despite the prevalence of knock-offs and the claims of fashion desig...
Century City’s Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff has gained a former Katten Muchin estate planning attorney. Find out who else is ch...
The Assembly will soon cast votes on whether to allow the State Bar to charge members $10 annually above base dues for five ye...
After fighting organized crime as an FBI agent, Judge Joseph P. Brannigan always makes sure the 'right thing' is done. ...
California Supreme Court
California High Court Weighs Sex Offenders' Right to Testify
By Laura Ernden
The California Supreme Court is poised to become the first in the country to recognize that sex offenders have a constitutiona...
Forum Column - By Robert W. Tarun - Great cross-examination requires more than just solid preparation - it requires applying y...
California Courts of Appeal
Transcript Fees Must Be 'Reasonable,' Panel Says
By Zack Vaneyckn
A state appellate court Wednesday decided that deposition reporters must provide parties with transcripts for a "reasonable fe...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Barbara Jurist Was Longest Sitting State Judge
By Zack Vaneyckn
Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Joseph L. Lodge, 1932-2008, the longest sitting California judge on the bench, died ...
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has appointed San Francisco attorney Jack W. Lee to the bipartisan committee that vets federal j...
President Bush has nominated a lawyer with close ties to several California firms to be a member of the Securities and Exchang...
Judges and Judiciary
West Covina 'Institution' Was Judge, Mayor and Teacher
By Peter Matuszakn
Judge Robert O. Young, 1927-2008, who was first elected to the Citrus Municipal Court in 1974 and retired in 1995, died on Mon...
Intellectual Property
Are Business Methods Worthy of Being Patented?
By Alexia Garamfalvin
In a showdown that could change what sort of technology and biotech inventions can be patented, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
Less than a year after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay out $660 million to settle hundreds of sex ...
To settle a federal lawsuit, the FBI has agreed to withdraw a previously secret national security letter that sought informati...
Focus Column - By John W. Kim - Commercial landlords can pursue greater claims for tort-related damages against bankrupt tenants.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has bulked up its insurance recovery group with a former counsel for the Fireman's Fund Insu...
Brett A. Sagel, left, and Kenneth B. Julian violated a professional conduct rule banning lawyers from contacting "represented ...
Litigation
DA Files 47-Page Appeal of Judge's $1-Per-Minute Late Fee
By Jason W. Armstrong
It was just a $5 fine - $1 for each minute he was late to court. And Phillip Greenberg, the deputy district attorney who got t...
Focus Column - By David A. Gerber - In a recent trademark case, the 9th Circuit added further complexity and unpredictability ...
Attorneys representing two Yahoo! Inc. shareholders that had already sued the Sunnyvale-based company and its board of directo...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmaker Wants Disclosure of New Judges Rated Unqualified
By Linda Rapattoni
A lawmaker, upset over the lack of diversity in the governor's judicial appointments, said he will introduce a bill requiring ...
APX Inc., a Santa Clara-based provider of infrastructure to environmental and energy concerns, selected Gary Guzy, a former Cl...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The country needs to refocus its priorities on middle-class families, and create a politic...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Asking Voters to Provide ID Is Not An Impermissible Burden
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - Given the state's enormous interest in maintaining voter confidence in the electoral pr...
The California Supreme Court lent a sympathetic ear Tuesday to two software engineers who claim they were fired for bringing t...
Government
Boalt Hall Professor Narrowly Avoids Congressional Subpoena
By Lawrence Hurleyn
John Yoo agreed to testify hours before Congress was set to vote to issue a subpoena. He'll tell an oversight committee about ...
In an opinion that attorneys called a significant boon for California domestic partners, a state appeals court Tuesday held th...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
McCain Attacks 'Activist' 9th Circuit in Campaign Speech
By John Roemer
The GOP presidential candidate's whack at appeals court drew swift reaction from California lawyers Tuesday. ...