Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - Steven Liu, DLA Piper's newest partner in Beijing, has observed some separation a...
Focus Column - By Steve Cooley - The Los Angles County district attorney gives a lesson on bail law, for MCLE credit. ...
Forum Column - By Lisa Peterson - A new bill before the California State Senate would greatly restrict the rights of pet-owner...
Industry Watch - By Peter B. Matuszak - LOS ANGELES - Bingham McCutchen has acquired its second prominent Japanese law firm of...
Forum Column - By Nancy Neal Yeend and Robert Terris -You can keep mediation from turning into litigation by learning how to d...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - SAN FRANCISCO - Woo & Associates, the San Francisco boutique run by Jeffery P....
Government
Former U.S. Attorney in S.F. Likely Will Return to Post
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Joseph P. Russoniello is almost certain to be the White House's nominee to replace former San Francisco U.S. Atto...
A federal jury convicted prominent civil-rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman on 19 felony counts for hiding assets and gaming th...
LOS ANGELES - Top litigator Brian C. Lysaght, who helped found one of Los Angeles' prominent boutiques, has left his post at D...
Resignations, suspensions and more.
A defendant who has been arrested can post bail through a private surety bond arranged by a bail agent who usually charges 10 ...
With Honors
On the Move
In one of their largest deals this year, lawyers at the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom represe...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice Derails Bill on Changing State's Citation Rules
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - Score another point this week for Chief Justice Ronald M. George, who has consistently knocked down every legisla...
Editors Column - By Peter Blumberg - If I'm to be tried for murder in front of a judge I don't like, I'm entitled to a differ...
Forum Column - By Rep. Darrell Issa - Congress will need to pursue compromise in its attempt at intellectual property reform. ...
Christopher D. Burdick was approaching retirement from the San Francisco law firm that bears his family name when tragedy stru...
Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - Insurance litigators need to be keenly aware of restrictions on their billing practices. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Top Court Gives Benefit to Trial Judge's Sentence
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it extremely difficult for most federal criminal defendants to challenge ...
Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Recent California court decisions have made it more difficult to circumvent employ...
SAN BERNARDINO - A judge has ordered the nation's largest municipal utility to pay $224 million for "intentionally" ignoring s...
In a narrowly written opinion, California's highest court ruled Thursday that a land use plan restricting residential developm...
SAN FRANCISCO - A world-renowned doctor who runs a winery has agreed to pay Napa County $550,000 over land-use violations at h...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists today will ask a federal judge to give biologists a legal say in running the state's massive...
Two criminal defense attorneys have accused San Francisco prosecutors and police of colluding with federal agents to set up a ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Ruling Raises Shareholders' Suit Standards
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday imposed new pleading requirements for shareholders trying to sue public compan...
SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates has named Superior Court Judge James L. Long huma...
A slew of federal criminal charges against top executives over misdated stock options has thrust securities powerhouses like B...
As in nature, the legal industry is in a constant state of evolution. Only the fittest (read: profitable) practices seem to su...