Can the circuit save the whales? Acting swiftly to protect marine mammals after hearing oral arguments last week, the 9th U.S....
Forum Column - By Kent Scheidegger - An upcoming Supreme Court case should make clear that having a slightly below-par attorne...
LOS ANGELES - Beck DeCorso Daly Kreindler & Harris, one of the last premier white-collar criminal-law boutique firms in do...
Civil Rights
Skid Row Crackdown Creates 'Debtor's Prison,' Lawsuit Says
By Anat Rubinn
LOS ANGELES - Civil rights attorneys have launched a broad legal attack on the city's Skid Row crackdown, saying that tactics ...
David W. Long books six settlement conferences a day. After eight years as supervising civil judge of the Ventura County Supe...
Maurice "Mo" Jourdane, one of the California Rural Legal Assistance lawyers who got the notorious short-handled hoe banned fro...
Focus Column - By Martin L. Pitha and Kathryn Ann Visosky - When your co-defendant remains party to a case after coming to a s...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Verdict Against Ford in SUV Rollover Case Not the Injustice Automaker Claims
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Louis G. Arnell - Though it's been portrayed as a matter of evidence admissibility, the verdict finding Ford...
Two Bay Area lawyers with a side patent business will get $7.5 million following a settlement they reached with the educationa...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has paved the road to punitive damages against Dole Food Co. in the cas...
Commissioner Kenneth J. Fernandez's courtroom is filled with stuffed animals and candy - it's all an effort to make the child...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Immigration
Nary a Lawsuit Slows Start of S.F.'s Trans-Bay Cable Project
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - If someone were to propose cutting a 6-foot-deep trench for 50 miles through the mud under one of the most env...
Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - When attempting to obtain attorney fees at trial, lawyers should remember that the reputation...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Should Sports Receive Special Treatment When It Comes to Liability Issues?
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Michael Willemsen - Should the physical extremes routinely endured by athletes be subject to unique treatmen...
Firm Watch
Probate Partner Balances His Law Practice, Military Duty
By Devan Mcclainen
Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Nick Tooliatos gives new meaning to work/life balance. ...
Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - On Veterans Day, a columnist looks at a recent attack on the right to have a traditiona...
SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service will be held Nov. 29 for Peter Belton, a former senior staff attorney and influential force...
Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - She's the only eighth-grader with her white polo shirt - part of her school uniform - untucke...
Law Practice
Board Favors Insurance Disclosure but Disagrees on Specifics
By Amy Yarbroughn
LOS ANGELES - It's back to the drawing board for a controversial proposal to require attorneys to tell their clients that they...
Government
Discipline Woes Might End Illustrious and Embattled Career
By Amy Yarbroughn
For the past four years, Richard I. Fine has been fighting State Bar misconduct charges and is now in jeopardy of being disbar...
LOS ANGELES - New Jersey-based Merck & Co. is still taking its Vioxx-related litigation one case at a time. But now, inst...
Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Although he's not a practicing attorney, Daniel Velton isn't waiting to make an impact on...
Riverside County prosecutors say 1,600 people, including Paul Hering, entrusted Heath & Associates with their savings and ...
With Honors
On the Move
As presiding judge of the Alameda Superior Court, George C. Hernandez Jr. has to please judges, commissioners, community ...
Richard H. Millen talks about mediation in an almost-mystical way, but he's decidedly down-to-earth in his approach. The 87-ye...
Government
Emissions Lawsuit Against EPA Garners Support of 14 States
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - Fourteen states pledged to support a lawsuit Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed Thursday demanding the federal Envi...
Employment Column - By Karen L. Gabler and Jenna H. Strauss - New technological developments make it easier than ever for empl...