FORUM COLUMN - By Karl Fleming - 'I may not be much, but I'm all I think about" is the self-mocking self-appraisal of a friend...
SANTA ANA - An unusual class action claiming Wal-Mart is responsible for "sweatshop" conditions at suppliers in five Third Wor...
Intellectual Property
Hollywood's Guy to Guide IP and Courts Agenda
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Hollywood is starry-eyed at the prospect of Rep. Howard Berman, a Los Angeles Democrat, taking over next month as...
Judges and Judiciary
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tort Reformers Complain of "Hellhole" Courts in California
By Donna Dominon
A national tort reform group put San Francisco and Los Angeles courts on a "watchlist" of the country's "Judicial Hellholes" a...
SAN JOSE - Hewlett-Packard Co. is looking for a new law firm to serve as its outside counsel after severing its long relations...
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Leonid M. Zilberman - As employers look forward to 2007, what are likely to be the burning employment i...
Trinity's High Empty Country Begets Court of First-Name Familiarity
SAN FRANCISCO - Criminal defense attorney Nanci L. Clarence assumes the role of president of the Bar Association of San Franci...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Margaret Grignon and Zareh Jaltorossian - When a trial court denies a motion for summary judgment, absent a ...
SACRAMENTO - Ward Connerly, the father of California's ban on affirmative-action programs, announced Wednesday he will try to ...
Law Practice
Professor Turns Disasters Into a Legal Discipline at Boalt Hall
By Tim Hay
BERKELEY - Hurricane Katrina was a disaster on more than one level. And for many it was also a wake-up call.
LOS ANGELES - A California Supreme Court ruling that restricted public access to police disciplinary records is being used to ...
Discipline
New Guidelines Threaten to Delay Stock Option Prosecutions
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Leslie Caldwell stayed up late Tuesday night in her Embassy Suites hotel room in Washington, D.C., mulling what ...
Family
Recognizing Civil Domestic Partnerships Without Sex or Religion
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Kenneth G. Petrulis - A nondiscriminatory form of civil domestic partnership is the answer to family partner...
Intellectual Property
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Federal Circuit Clarifies Intent In Patent Infringement
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - Patent holders beware: Infringement is a state of mind.
Intellectual Property
Game Maker Fights Switcheroo That Made Toy Site a Porn Site
By Andrew Harmonn
LOS ANGELES - Santa Monica-based board games company Morning Star Games got a rude awakening late last week when it discovered...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - I recently read Howard Privette's commentary regarding sentencing for securities fraud cases ("Sentenci...
VALLEJO - Solano County Superior Court Judge Robert S. Bowers' resume takes him from bartending in Aspen, Colo., to a top-secr...
SAN FRANCISCO - After two years of research, the state Supreme Court announced new guidelines Tuesday that will put significan...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Alan L. Friel - Not so many years ago, companies needed only to follow their own privacy policies to avoid r...
Judges and Judiciary
Respected Veteran S.F. Judge Can't Get No Consideration
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer appears to be on a losing streak.
Trusts & Estates
Judge Orders Qualcomm Founder to Pay $100 Million Judgment
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - One of the founders of Qualcomm must pay more than $100 million in damages to the beneficiaries of a family trus...
An Orange County lawyer whose suspension was due to be lifted early next year has gotten himself into more hot water for quest...
Litigation
Web Site Collects, Dissects and Posts Cease-and-Desist Letters
By STEVE HARMON
LOS ANGELES - Though they're often signed "very truly yours," cease-and-desist letters are perhaps the least romantic of all m...
Discipline
State Judicial Performance Panel Removes Judge Hall From Office
By Jim Adamekn
The state Commission on Judicial Performance removed embattled Santa Barbara Judge Diana R. Hall from office Tuesday, finding ...
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors have had little success getting indicted private investigator Anthony Pellicano to roll over...
Zoning, Planning and Use
San Diego Developer Wins $37.5 Million Jury Award
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court jury has awarded $37.5 million to a San Diego firm that claimed the Irvine Co. attempted to illeg...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday revised its controversial policy of pressuring companies to waive attor...
SANTA ANA - Karen Milam heard the news of a minister in trouble in the desert at 3 p.m., and quickly headed out to help him, d...
LOS ANGELES - A statewide coalition of advocates for youths with disabilities has sued state and county agencies for allegedly...