SANTA ANA - Ronald L. Bauer knows that many lawyers supported his application to be an Orange County Superior Court judge 15 y...
Firm Watch
S.F. Boutique Senn Meulemans Joins With Armstrong Teasdale
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - The partnership at the San Francisco litigation boutique Senn Meulemans took a good look at itself earlier this ...
SACRAMENTO - The winning candidate for California attorney general in November's election will be stepping into an office with...
Judges and Judiciary
State Appellate Justice Appreciates Biography of Earl Warren
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Richard M. Mosk - There have been a number of biographies of Earl Warren. ...
Government
L.A.'s Homeland Security Chief to Return to Private Sector
By Robert Iafollan
LOS ANGELES - After 16 months as Los Angeles' first deputy mayor for homeland security and public safety, Maurice Suh is will ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Wants Supreme Court to Toss Superior Equities Doctrine
By Laura Ernden
An appellate judge Tuesday urged the state's highest court to do away with a 68-year-old doctrine that he argued can be used t...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Says UPS Must Give Deaf Workers Chance to Drive
By Amelia Hansen
United Parcel Service cannot deny deaf employees the opportunity to work as package-vehicle drivers, a federal appeals court r...
SAN DIEGO - He's headed the organization for only a year. But that's all the time Kevin Keenan needed to rekindle a fire in th...
There's nothing Orange County Superior Court Judge Warren H. Siegel likes as much as a good opera. But when it comes to court,...
Intellectual Property
Federal Litigators Face New Burdens in E-Data Discovery
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Joseph S. Wu - Starting in December, all parties appearing before the federal courts will have to grapple wi...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
L.A. Court Must Do Better to Be Inclusive, Equal on Mediators
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Elizabeth A. Moreno - The Los Angeles Superior Court's Civil Mediation Panel is not inclusive and destroys t...
FORUM COLUMN - By Ronald A. Peters - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did employers a good turn by vetoing SB 815, legislation that ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
While Private Equity Makes Waves, Strategic Buys Sail Smoothly
By Rick Kennedyn
COLUMN - RICK KENNEDY - Last week's headliner deals seemed to reinforce the year's recurring theme: no sector of the economy i...
Judicial Profile
Onetime GOP Player Finds His Groove on Court of Appeal
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Paul R. Haerle, at the time a very political Republican lawyer, filed suit in 1982 to block Democratic Gov. Je...
LOS ANGELES - The ACLU of Southern California wants a federal judge to order four immigrants released from detention centers w...
Judges and Judiciary
Neutrals Fear ADR Rule Change Is Power Grab by Judicial Council
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Retired judges working in alternative dispute resolution are worried proposed changes to their rules of profes...
MONTEREY - Chief Justice Ronald M. George told a gathering of the California Bar on Saturday that the judicial branch made gre...
LOS ANGELES - Commissioner Amy M. Pellman listened intently during a recent morning hearing in her downtown Los Angeles family...
SAN FRANCISCO - Elven Joe Swisher cut an impressive figure on the witness stand, his Purple Heart proudly pinned to the wide l...
LOS ANGELES - Partners Laurence Schnabel and Jon Kardassakis have left the 14-lawyer firm they founded, Lindahl, Schnabel, Kar...
LOS ANGELES - Litigator Paul L. Gale practiced at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth for three decades, even serving as the f...
Judges and Judiciary
Schwarzenegger Reinstates Judge Defeated by Bagel Shop Owner
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reappointed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs to the bench af...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Diane L. Becker - The California Registered Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 (Califo...
LOS ANGELES - Only several months into his second stint as a litigator with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, David Burg was offe...
FORUM COLUMN - By Richard W. Garnett - Visit the local bookstore, turn on talk radio, or click on a favorite blog, and two cla...
Judges and Judiciary
DA Can't Prosecute Ex-Fugitive After Giving Details to Hollywood
By Robert Iafolla
An appeals court last week removed a lead prosecutor from a death penalty trial in Santa Barbara County because of his action...
Entertainment & Sports
'Lonelygirl15' Earns Litigator His 15 Minutes of Fame
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - If anyone ever writes a book on the secret lives of lawyers, Greg Goodfried's story will be Chapter 1. ...
Corporate
High Court to Rule on Attorney Fees in PG&E Bankruptcy Case
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would decide whether a litigant can recover attorney fees in a case in...
Regional water regulators had the authority to issue a permit underlying a multibillion-dollar cleanup of the Los Angeles regi...
Janice Liu has joined B. Riley & Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, as general counsel. Liu left Latham & Watkins to j...