Focus (Forum & Focus)
Conquering the Fear of Legal Entrepreneurship in Eight Easy Steps
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By K.C. Victor - Building a bigger portfolio is as simple as overcoming basic business inhibitions. ...
Government
Bush Goes With Safe Bet in O'Brien Amid U.S. Attorney Scandal
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - While President Bush had a range of candidates to choose from for U.S. attorney in California's Central District...
Technology & Science
In a Sign of the Times, Blog Disrupts the Trial It Covers
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - Over the last decades, computers have brought 3-D graphics and real-time transcripts to trials all over the nation...
LOS ANGELES - After seven months of searching, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles has picked Mario Salgado as its new exe...
Kern County Superior Court Judge Michael G. Bush won praise from the local media and legal community while presiding over a no...
Spurred by his mother’s insistence on education, Judge Juan Ulloa rose from picking cotton to sitting on the bench. ...
On the Move
Forum Column - By Jeff Berke - One litigator's war stores include a vanishing trial and a settlement conference with no one to...
With Honors
Los Angeles-There are no coincidences in the world of Mariam Zadeh. This Buddhist sensibility, that everything happens for a r...
SACRAMENTO - It was just five years ago that lawmakers were rushing to introduce bills to protect whistle-blowers from retalia...
SAN FRANCISCO - With his curly, dark hair and youthful good looks, Jason Gold fits the profile of a 32-year-old hedge fund man...
Litigation
BALCO Leaker Held to 'Higher Standard' With Prison Sentence
By Amelia Hansen
Web Exclusive - SAN FRANCISCO - Troy Ellerman, former BALCO attorney, has a lot in common with Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice Pre...
Forum Column - By Nina E. Vinik - A San Francisco shooting inspired the work of a group of lawyers aiming to curb gun violence...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Attorney Is Still on Case for Nicaraguan Workers
By Jennifer Hammn
Despite reports from Nicaragua that banana plantation workers there were signing a petition to fire their U.S. counsel in a to...
Government
As Predicted, Bush Taps Thomas O'Brien to Be U.S. Attorney in L.A.
By Jennifer Hammn
Web Exclusive - LOS ANGELES - After months of anticipation, the White House on Thursday nominated Thomas O'Brien to be the nex...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Bush’s Tenure Gives New Meaning to the 'Imperial Presidency’
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - George W. Bush's tyrannical tendencies rival those that of another George--the one who touch...
Employment Column - By Melanie M. Poturica and David A. Urban - Employment lawyers who work with public employees better start...
LOS ANGELES - ADR Services Inc., one of the state's leading alternative dispute resolution providers, is opening an Orange Cou...
An insurance agency was ordered to pay $5.8 million after one of its agents failed to inform a Santa Fe Springs company it was...
SAN FRANCISCO - Philadelphia-based Duane Morris expanded its Southeast Asian footprint Thursday by opening offices in Vietnam'...
WASHINGTON - The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., could be the next one in the political hot seat. ...
LOS ANGELES - Faced with the imminent threat of jail, a former attorney for Phil Spector on Thursday capitulated to court dema...
Law Practice
Collaborative Divorce Booms as Method to Ease the Parting
By Susan Mcraen
Attorney Fred Glassman, right, helped Bart Greenhut obtain a collaborative divorce, a process whereby a couple, their lawyers,...
Government
Judge Delays Child Porn Case Over Agent's Fear of Testifying
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - To give a government special agent time to get over her fear of testifying, a federal judge has delayed a hearin...
SAN FRANCISCO - Fearing that minorities will have their civil rights trampled, community activists vowed Thursday to closely m...
Verdicts
Jury Awards Couple Damages in Dispute With Insurer Over Toxic Mold Claim
By Alexa Hylandn
LOS ANGELES - More than four years ago, Kathy and Perry Rodriguez began remodeling their home in Orange, only to find that ext...
SACRAMENTO - Land in the North Natomas area of Sacramento may not have been developed in a proper and timely manner, the Sacra...
At 31, defense attorney George Mgdesyan has built an impressive record, securing victories in each of five felony cases to rea...
ANAHEIM - In a 6-0 vote, the Anaheim Planning Commission approved plans for the Gene Autry Experience development July 9. ...
