SACRAMENTO - Republican party activists have asked the Sacramento Superior Court to disqualify Jerry Brown from the attorney g...
SAN FRANCISCO - At the center of the recent debate about California's lethal-injection execution procedure is the constitution...
San Mateo Bench Elects New Presiding Officers The judges of the San Mateo County Superior Court have elected Judge Robert D....
SAN FRANCISCO - Trial judges and court administration officials appeared to reach peace Friday after months of bitter and voca...
Firm Watch
Philadelphia Lawyer Sinks San Diego Roots at Luce Forward
By Robert Iafolla
LOS ANGELES - Veteran attorney Rick L. Frimmer completed his transition from the Northeast to Southern California by joining L...
Discipline
Process for State Bar Rules Changes Is Transparent, Public
By Eric Berkowitzn
The Oct. 10 article titled "Neutrals Fear ADR Rule Change Is Power Grab by Judicial Council" suggests that proposed new Rule 2...
Labor/Employment
Employees Can Sue Even When Unions Have Arbitrated Claims
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Douglas N. Silverstein and Alexandra M. Steinberg - So you think that those wage claims you arbitrated last ...
SAN FRANCISCO - After an 11-year tenure at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, corporate and securities attorney Eric J. Fin...
LOS ANGELES - Here's a lawyer joke for you. ...
LOS ANGELES - Jack Sholkoff has moved up to Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, quite literally. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Counsel Should Work With Arbitrators to Manage Process
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Richard Chernick - The U.S. Supreme Court has made arbitration attractive to commercial parties because its ...
Firm Watch
New Firm Boasts That Women Are Half of Its Equity Partners
By Jennifer Hammn
SACRAMENTO - A new general-litigation law firm is establishing its roots in Sacramento and boasting that half of its equity pa...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Judge Wins Top Honor for Federal Judiciary
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - Giving J. Clifford Wallace the federal judiciary's top honor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy praise...
LOS ANGELES - A handful of candidates have emerged as potential successors to U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang, who announced on ...
LOS ANGELES - County Supervisors Gloria Molina and Michael D. Antonovich called Friday for an independent counsel to investiga...
SAN FRANCISCO - To a law school graduate with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to pay off, a career in public-int...
VENTURA - Judge Colleen Toy White believes people can change. ...
LOS ANGELES - A bookcase behind the desk of U.S. District Judge James Otero provides a seemingly incongruous pairing. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - On a foggy October night in 1954, Allen Ginsberg stood at the corner of Pine and Powell streets, zonked on pey...
LOS ANGELES - As a judge, Alan B. Haber had a reputation for moving the calendar along and shrinking the backlog of cases. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the most famous amphibians in California has something new to croak about. ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Write, Enforce Noncompetition Agreements Conservatively to Avoid Suits
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Patrick Cain - Although noncompetition agreements are allowed in certain limited circumstances (Business and...
Litigation
Twenty Years Later, False Claims Amendments Keep Working
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Mark Labaton - Oct. 27 marks the 20th anniversary of Congress' passage of the 1986 amendments to the federal...
Judges and Judiciary
DA Sticks With Witness Who Says He Sees Horned Aliens
By Carri Karuhnn
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon is standing by a prosecutor's plans to call a witness who believes he is vi...
Corporate
Survey: 63 Percent of Companies Conducted Internal Investigations
By Gabe Friedmann
While internal investigations have been grabbing headlines in the Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal, they are nothing new in ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Indicates Doubt About Local Police as Federal Agents
By Dennis Opatrnyn
A federal three-judge panel Thursday appeared doubtful that local police and their reports should be considered federal agents...
SAN FRANCISCO - After years of fighting allegations that he recklessly botched dozens of immigration cases, attorney Walter R....
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Take Steps to Ensure Mediated Settlements Can Be Enforced
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Deborah Rothman and Victoria Pynchon - Ladies and gentlemen, start your word processors. ...
Labor/Employment
Office Romances Can Create Hostile Environment for Bystanders
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Mary C. Dollarhide - Workplace romances are more hazardous than ever. ...
In the race to be a great neutral, many people think judges have a built-in-advantage: the bench. The honorable in front of th...