PALO ALTO - Shirley Buccieri, a former general counsel of Transamerica Corp., has rejoined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Palo...
LOS ANGELES - William Shernoff's desk has yet to arrive, and art works lean against the walls of his office waiting to be hun...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has tapped benefits expert Christine Richardson as a partner in the firm's Sa...
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that a convicted criminal defendant granted a new trial and later acquitted has...
SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of battling over pepper spray, it appears that plaintiffs' attorneys representing North Coa...
SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years of battling over pepper spray, it appears that plaintiffs attorneys representing North Coas...
LOS ANGELES - Rocky Delgadillo on Friday named two veteran attorneys with government experience to top posts in the Los Angel...
Administrative/Regulatory
Santa Clara DA's Chief Assistant Has Early Fund-Raising Lead
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu, who was first out of the gate in the campaign t...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss the county from a lawsuit filed by Thomas Lee Goldstein, whose mur...
Judges and Judiciary
Holdout Interpreters Seek Raises and Right to 'Team'
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - While the Los Angeles superior court recently finalized a deal giving interpreters their first-ever employee c...
Appellate Practice
Panel Upholds Copyright Ruling for Country Joe McDonald
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued some legal tips for music makers: If you write an origin...
SAN FRANCISCO - Contracts governing the distribution of a vast amount of Central Valley water were put under a legal cloud by...
Gerald Barron has joined Lozano Smith as senior litigation counsel in the firm's Monterey office. Barron was previously at Sho...
INDUSTRIAL OXNARD - Anticipating expansion, Olde Thompson leased a 43,072-square-foot industrial facility at 3501 Camino Del S...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - From the villages of Sudan to the factories, sweatshops and brothels of India and Southeas...
Administrative/Regulatory
Bratton, Parks Deserve Most Credit For New Peace Between City, Blacks
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - The argument raged hot and heavy among patrons at a popular coffeehouse over who was...
Labor/Employment
Employers Must Reconsider Response to Medical-Marijuana Users
By Columnist
Employment Column - By John Lattin - In June, medical marijuana went up in smoke. On June 6, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the...
Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Bill Detamore - By any standard, a $1.55 billion lesson is expensive, even for Morgan Stanle...
Litigation
Welders Sue Employers Over Health Damage From Manganese
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - Southern California became the latest battleground this week in a nationwide fight over manganese, a mineral use...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Court Enforces Disability Arbitration Clause
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Insurers won a victory with a recent California Supreme Court opinion that found in favor of enforcing a binding...
SAN BERNARDINO - A veteran San Bernardino deputy district attorney who was fired following allegations that he leaked a confi...
SAN FRANCISCO - One of Southern California's most prominent environmental legal advocates, Gail Ruderman Feuer, was among a s...
LOS ANGELES - Public-interest lawyers suddenly have found new respect in Los Angeles City Hall. In his first month on the job,...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral Starts Cases With Warrior's Resolve
By Erin Park
LOS ANGELES - Some might say it's fitting that Earl P. Willens' favorite song is Frank Sinatra's "My Way." The woolly, 70-year...
LOS ANGELES - The judges of the Orange Superior Court have elected three commissioners. Craig E. Arthur, Max DeLiema and Glenn...
LOS ANGELES - Sex is essential to marriage, but money is not, according to a recent appellate-court opinion. A woman cannot a...
Intellectual Property
Senators Attack File-Sharing Firms, Back 'Grokster' Ruling
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Senators on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee stressed Thursday their support for the Supreme C...
LOS ANGELES - Robert E. Nagle's job is all about the bottom line. As the county's litigation cost manager, Nagle is responsibl...
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Civil Liberties Union fired off a motion Thursday to set aside a Yolo County judge's order again...
SAN DIEGO - Saying the award was excessive, a San Diego judge has overturned a $6.85 million jury verdict in a sexual-harassme...