A state appellate court Wednesday refused to release a Fresno sex-offender who had declared himself cured because he had been ...
LOS ANGELES - Some jurors in Judge Michael Solner's courtroom marvel at the resemblance between the Los Angeles County Superio...
One lawyer's experience with debtor's prison. By Robert Selna ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Spoo is a copyright litigator, a Green Bay Packers fan, the father of 8-year-old twins - and a James Jo...
LOS ANGELES - Kenneth W. Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general, and Eric H. Holder Jr., a former deputy attorney general, are...
Judges and Judiciary
Congress Wrestles With Patchy Judicial Expertise in Patent Cases
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Michael M. Rosen - Recently, patent reform has become a topic of choice in the corridors of our Capitol, the...
A "mean-spirited" Long Beach man was justified when he reached out from the grave to punish three of his daughters because one...
LOS ANGELES - A new survey released Tuesday shows that median salaries for in-house lawyers increased this year by up to 9.5 p...
Entertainment & Sports
Fighting for the Right to Use Your Own Rock Band's Name
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - When the '80s pop-dance group Expose disbanded in 1996, they went down in history as the first girl group to hav...
Regarding "Clothes Could Make or Break the Lawyer, for Jurors at Least," (Daily Journal, Oct. 24), although in general trial l...
SAN FRANCISCO - On Tuesday, voters must decide whether to retain California's newest Supreme Court justice and its longest-ser...
Judges and Judiciary
Doing Little Things Well Aids Clients and Impresses Judges
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Bryan E. Smith - 'Nao pode ensinar o padre rezar missa." This popular Portuguese phrase translates to: "Who ...
LOS ANGELES - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman announced Tuesday that it has received a license to practice law in China. ...
WASHINGTON - In a high-stakes case for the business community, consumers and the trial bar, the Supreme Court on Tuesday wrest...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
New Green-Card Limit Exacerbates Nursing Shortage, Experts Say
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - Time is running out for Carl Shusterman's clients. ...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys who advised Ralphs Grocery Co. face investigation as prosecutors prepare to expand their probe of pote...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Epiphany Inspired New President of Mediation Group
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - After years of working as an adversary, former civil litigator Jan Frankel Schau revels in her new role as a med...
LOS ANGELES - Among the candidates vying to be the next U.S. attorney in Los Angeles are several with close ties to Washington...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation contends that a San Francisco self-help company is asserting bogus copyrigh...
Government
New Rules Tell Lawyers to Get a Grasp on Clients' Digital Data
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Victor Limongelli - There has been a widespread hue and cry about the pending amendments to the Federal Rule...
LOS ANGELES - While high-profile plaintiffs' lawyer William S. Lerach and the federal prosecutor investigating him sat as co-p...
LOS ANGELES - Assistant U.S. Attorney William Wesley Carter will bring his two decades of experience enforcing rules and regul...
Missing from attorney Julie Bisceglia's Op-Ed piece supporting sex-based pricing by businesses ("Ladies' Night Suits: The Late...
Judges and Judiciary
Cultural Exchange Instructs Leaders of Russia's Legal Community on American Law-Firm Methods
By Tim Hay
SAN FRANCISCO - Like just about everything in Russia today, the role of the lawyer in society is changing radically. ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Tensions in Israel Haven't Kept Deal Makers From Snapping Up Tech Firms
By Rick Kennedyn
COLUMN - Over the summer, images of rocket attacks and refugees dominated media coverage of Israel, but as the August ceasefir...
FORUM COLUMN - By Bonnie M. Dumanis - On Nov. 7, we have an important opportunity to make critically needed changes to the sta...
Criminal
Judge Lets S.F. City Attorney Use Injunctions on Street Gang
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - Over objections by the American Civil Liberties Union, a judge on Monday allowed the city attorney to move for...
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. attorney's office here has given up trying to prove it did not violate attorney-client privilege by l...
SAN FRANCISCO - Months of speculation ended Monday with San Francisco-based Thelen Reid & Priest and New York's Brown Rays...
SAN FRANCISCO - "Stormin'" Norman Vroman died in September, but his ghost looms large in the Mendocino County district attorne...