After hundreds of investors lost $240 million in a securities scam, a judge ruled that the state agency responsible for protec...
SAN FRANCISCO - Barney, the fictional purple dinosaur known for his songs about love and hugs, could be headed to court. ...
LOS ANGELES - Another Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan litigator is leaving to join Steptoe & Johnson's newly minted C...
LOS ANGELES - Defending the actions of police officers on Skid Row, a spokesman for Los Angeles Police Chief William H. Bratto...
Technology & Science
Apple Settles iPod Patent Dispute for $100 Million
By Anna Oberthurn
Apple Computer has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a dispute over a patent used in its iPod, the company's popular digita...
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys guilty of the worst behavior are a step closer to never practicing law again. ...
Law Practice
Doing It Differently: Knobbe Martens Favors Cooperation Over Competition
By Robert Iafolla
LOS ANGELES - Attorney Craig S. Summers turned down an offer to join Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear when he graduated from Lo...
Technology & Science
With New Blog, City Attorney Zaps San Diego's Newspaper
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - It's like an old-fashioned newspaper war, but only one side is a newspaper. The other is a blog by San Diego City ...
I am writing in response to the front-page article "Panel Tosses Conviction of Carjacker; Prosecutor in L.A. Withheld Evidence...
SAN FRANCISCO - There was no happy hour Wednesday for an heir to the Schlitz beer fortune who's serving a 265-year prison sent...
Despite the formidable efforts of cable news producers, newspapers and radio talkmeisters, evidence mounts that trial by media...
Los Angeles County attorney Tania Whiteleather worked hard for her client, Whitney Ford. But because she did it for love, she...
Civil Rights
Supreme Court Sidesteps Important Treaty to Let Convictions Stand
By David Minkown
A United States Supreme Court ruling in a criminal case involving two foreign nationals raised a fundamental question of inter...
Large Firms
As Law Firms Aim to Increase Business, Alumni Programs Snowball
By Robert Iafolla
LOS ANGELES - Although Eric Gaynor left Latham & Watkins' Los Angeles office in 1999, the attorney continues to work with ...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Property Owners, Be Wary of 'Imminent Peril'
By David Minkown
Over the past decade, property owners could be forgiven for becoming a little complacent after a trilogy of favorable Californ...
LOS ANGELES - While Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley likes to talk tough about cracking down on public corrup...
WASHINGTON - When it comes to Hurricane Katrina litigation, no one has set his sights higher than Los Angeles attorney Pierce ...
The Schwarzenegger administration must arbitrate a beef with the prison guards' union over how to conduct employment negotiati...
LOS ANGELES - The latest police tactic to get the homeless off the streets of Skid Row is to arrest people for the unauthorize...
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Greta Fall combines pleasantness and control to make all in her courtroom comfortable a...
Government
Judge Blocks Logging in Sequoia Forest-- Feds 'Trampled Environmental Laws,' Court Says-- 'Monument Plan'
By Gabe Friedmann
In companion rulings Tuesday, a federal judge in San Francisco blocked the U.S. Forest Service from carrying out a plan for ex...
SAN JOSE - Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez defended himself Monday against misconduct charges, saying he t...
LOS ANGELES - Globalization has led to the outsourcing of factories and service centers to other countries, but several law fi...
Labor/Employment
Supreme Court Confirms Doctrine of At-Will Employment
By David Minkown
By Arthur A. Hartinger and Jesse J. Lad The California Supreme Court has been faced with numerous controversies regarding...
SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco opened its new jail last week, it was legal history in the making. ...
Judges and Judiciary
U.S. Justices Will Give Guidance on Excluding Expert Testimony
By David Minkown
By David M. Axelrad and Mary Christine Sungaila In "Will State Supreme Court Shift Balance of Power Between Judges and Ju...
Judges and Judiciary
Fascination With Language Finds Malapropism Spilled on the Page
By David Minkown
I enjoy words, so I liked the story entitled "Fascinated by Language" by Anat Rubin (Daily Journal, August 15). ...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for the Roman Catholic bishop of San Diego filed a motion Monday seeking to make public the names of 1...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cooley Godward Will Join Hands With Kronish Lieb
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - After years of speculation surrounding Cooley Godward's search for a merger partner, the firm has tied the kno...
Judges and Judiciary
2nd District Opinion Faults Judge for 'Variety of Reasons'
By John Roemer
Nobody's perfect, but sometimes judges' flaws go too far. Conceding that "an error-free trial exists more in imagination than...