LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate judge used a routine order to urge California's attorney general not to seek the expedited r...
Employment Column - By Robin J. Samuel and Jennifer L. Wagman - The longstanding belief that preventing employees from eventu...
Web Exclusive - Los Angeles County settled with its former cost litigation manager, who had filed a claim for wrongful termina...
A federal judge is expected to remand 145 clergy abuse cases filed against the Diocese of San Diego back to a state court for ...
Forum Column - By Josh Horwitz - A bill soon to come before the California Senate could solve the state's epidemic levels of u...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Women's Rights Won't be Equal Until They're Written Into the Constitution
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Martha Burk - Nearly 90 years after its introduction in Congress, the Equal Rights Amendment still languishe...
Web Exclusive - San Francisco white-collar crime defender John Keker is off to the rescue, this time to bail out Mississippi t...
SANTA ANA - A Long Beach man who spent 24 years in prison for a murder he did not commit may be able to see grand jury evidenc...
RIVERSIDE - A federal jury in Los Angeles, handing down a verdict in a rare hate-crime civil case, has ordered six alleged sup...
Litigation
Detainees Who Spoke Out About Death Transferred to Texas
By Sandra Hernandezn
Three men who spoke to reporters about the death of a Mexican immigrant with HIV while in federal custody have been transferre...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Clerk's Interest in an Inmate Crosses a Line
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of cases flow through the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals each year. But Jane Cross was drawn to j...
Judges and Judiciary
On New Web Site, Attorneys Are the Ones Doing the Judging
By Robert Iafolla
LOS ANGELES - In court, lawyers always make sure to respectfully address the judge as "your honor." But that de rigeur deferen...
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - A civil lawsuit by the man accused of being responsible for 2001's anthrax scare threatens th...
Judges and Judiciary
Beverly Hills Judge Handled Hollywood Celebrities' Cases
By Rebecca U. Cho
Retired judge Andrew J. Weisz, a pioneer of innovative courtroom solutions who saw the likes of Johnny Carson and Dean Martin ...
Focus Column - By Joseph M. Barrett - An examination of the standards for restricting a jury's ability to be exposed to certai...
Three years after a judge declared San Francisco's affirmative-action law unconstitutional, the city is still fighting for the...
Letter to the Editor - I am the attorney for the prevailing plaintiffs/appellants in the recent California Supreme Court case ...
When all else fails, unlawful immigrants sometimes turn to federal lawmakers to introduce special bills to save them from bein...
Law Practice
California Law Puts State Ahead of the Curve in Lead Cases
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - The recent furor over lead-tainted Chinese products comes as no surprise to California lawyers who have been p...
SAN JOSE - What started out as a David versus Goliath trademark battle over how Internet search engines sell advertising has n...
SANTA ANA - Frat boys who dream of owning strip clubs but want a classier career objective to offer mom and dad may now tell t...
Colleagues and attorneys say Judge Kyle S. Brodie has already adapted to the jam-packed schedule of San Bernardino's superior ...
Environmental
Greener Pastures: Some Firms Upgrade to Eco-Friendly Digs
By Rebecca U. Cho
A growing number of law firms are taking steps to create more environmentally friendly offices. Among them, Nixon Peabody's Ti...
LOS ANGELES - More than four years after a federal judge barred police officers from searching and detaining Skid Row resident...
SACRAMENTO - California lawmakers brokered a budget deal on Tuesday, ending a 51-day impasse that disrupted payments to a numb...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Security Cameras Erode Liberties Without Increasing Safety
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Mark Schlosberg and Nicole Ozer - Americans anxious for digital surveillance on every corner should look at...
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - As back-to-school season begins, parents should be aware of the legal recourses available ...
Focus Column - By Howard N. Madris - It turns out that one of the best ways to make money at a bankruptcy auction is by losing...
Criminal
Rising Security Costs Leave L.A. Courts Wanting for State Funding
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - Inmates flashing gang signs. Defendants charging at witnesses and attorneys in courtrooms. A man shooting a prob...
Steven Kaufhold, a civil litigator with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, is representing Assembly Republicans in their effo...