Litigation
Tribal Courts: The Next Wave of Independence for State Indians
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - When lawyers occasionally cite California's Rules of Evidence in Judge Anthony Brandenburg's court, he gently adm...
WASHINGTON - Plaintiffs' lawyers feared the worst three years ago when the Republican-controlled Congress and President Bush a...
Judge Tomson T. Ong draws on his grandparents' wisdom and his success as an immigrant to America in holding defendants respo...
While traffic idled on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles Monday, environmentalists celebrated a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that re...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Santa Barbara teen drowns, a lawsuit follows and suddenly everybody from the California League of Cities to ...
Litigation
High Court Lets Stand Verdict for California Prison Officer
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider California's attempt to overturn a sexual-harassment verdict wo...
Forum Column - By Andrew B. Coan - Until it's proved otherwise, the public should assume the worst in the president's firing o...
LOS ANGELES - James H. Kindel, a prominent Los Angeles tax lawyer and founder of the firm Kindel & Anderson, died March 29...
Deals Column - By Jason Song - Are biomedical investors throwing caution to the wind? ...
SAN FRANCISCO -The Commission on Judicial Performance, the watchdog agency that governs the state's judges, has a new chairper...
SAN JOSE - A federal judge has granted a motion filed by a former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. employee to be tried sep...
SAN FRANCISCO - In an opening brief to the state Supreme Court challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage, the San Fran...
Judges and Judiciary
Longtime Prosecutor and Judge Was Great Innovator and Storyteller
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - Lawyers and judges described Cecil Hicks Jr., the longtime Orange County district attorney and judge who died Frid...
Focus Column - By Kirk Pasich - Sometimes an injury on the job is employment-related for purposes of insurance coverage. Somet...
Judges and Judiciary
Brown Says Ruling Strengthens Cases Against Automakers
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - Monday's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolsters California's efforts to impose new standards on vehicles...
LOS ANGELES - After eight years and a trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, pioneering civil rights lawyer R. Samuel Paz's longest-r...
SAN FRANCISCO - Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis confirmed Monday that former San Francisco U.S. Attorney Kevin ...
Whether getting a rare judicial appointment as a public defender or writing and arguing appeals while running the department, ...
Judicial Profile
Judge Brings Same Discipline to Calendar as to Workout on the Metro Steps
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - If you ride the Metro to or from downtown Los Angeles, you may see Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Eliza...
To resolve cases in family court, Judge Derek Woodhouse draws on his ability to hear what the pro pers before him are not sayi...
A judge's recent decision that threatens to shut down a vital California water project has raised questions about the roles of...
RIVERSIDE - A State Bar investigator who has advised Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on his judicial picks in the past is mounting ...
Government
AG Spokesman Barankin Moves Desks, Becomes State Deputy Attorney General
By Dan Schechnern
Industry Watch - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - Nathan Barankin, who attended law school while working as communications di...
Industry Watch - By Bobbi Murray - LOS ANGELES - Veteran corporate litigator and transactional attorney Gary F. Torrell has j...
Forum Column - By Nora Quinn - Details are critically important to the legal profession. But following the rules isn't easy, e...
Focus Column - By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran - Property rights advocates claim another victory when a city plan to t...
Environmental
Officials Weigh Options to Avoid System Interruption Over Species Protection
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - While some officials have vowed to continue fighting a recent ruling on a key part of the State Water Project,...
Law Practice
With Sacramento Office, Stradling Moves to Become Top Bond Counsel in State
By Alexa Hylandn
Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - LOS ANGELES - Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has strengthened its bid to become the to...
Large Firms
Jeffer Mangels Finds Right Hire to Open Orange County Office
By Dan Schechnern
Industry Watch - By Drew Combs - LOS ANGELES - Partners at the Los Angeles-based law firm Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmar...
Industry Watch - By Gabe Friedman - LOS ANGELES - When Kathleen Andleman starts her new job as general counsel to the Californ...