Labor/Employment
State Must Look at More Than Seniority in Promoting, Hiring
By Cheryl Miller
SACRAMENTO - Dealing a blow to California's powerful government employee unions, the state Supreme Court held Thursday that se...
Entertainment & Sports
Panel Affirms Dismissal of Raiders' Suit Against NFL
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A state appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Oakland Raiders aga...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday that a fugitive extradition treaty between the United States and Hong ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Charles James, head of Chevron Corp.'s 300 lawyers, likes to reward a job well done with a savory meal, but h...
INDUSTRIAL HAWTHORNE - A partnership led Kearny Real Estate Co. and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V purchased a 92-acre, 2.6...
Forum Column - By Rachel Dioso and Simon Cole - Since the wildly popular show "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" first aired ...
Letter to the Editor - Although I come to praise staff writer Jason W. Armstrong's generally accurate story on my opposition t...
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Catherine Valerio Barrad - A clear understanding of the standards of appellate review is the...
Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - Picture a soldier in battle, hunched over his rifle, grenades exploding on all sides ...
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Wednesday for longtime Los Angeles attorney Robert L. Dickson. Dickson, who gained nat...
NEWPORT BEACH - A memorial service will take place in August for retired Superior Court Judge Phillip A. Petty. Petty, a spor...
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Peter D. Lichtman, a star jurist in the Los Angeles Superior Court's complex litigation unit, got no hel...
Judges and Judiciary
Affable, Altruistic Commissioner Helps Children First
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Though some have affectionately referred to his office as "dorm room-ish" and chaotic, don't let the mess in Co...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Baseball-Style Arbitration Isn't Just for Sports
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - The new National Hockey League labor deal has little in common with the collective agreement Major League Baseb...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed four new judges to the Los Angeles bench and one to the Placer County cou...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would consider whether the second-degree murder conviction i...
MULTIFAMILY STANTON - A 168-unit apartment complex traded for $24.5 million or $145,833 per unit. John Walsh of Marcus & M...
LOS ANGELES - Cross the corporate strivers of "The Apprentice" with Court TV-style real-life drama, and what's the result? "T...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's criminal justice system, including its judges, is failing to enforce domestic violence laws and m...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Each and every year, hundreds of thousands of California citizens petition the courts to d...
International
Implementation of Option Rules Has International Implications
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Focus Column - International Law - By Julia Walk - As companies react to the implementation of option expensing requirements u...
LOS ANGELES - The University of West Los Angeles, besieged by financial turmoil facing its School of Law, dropped a new bombsh...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed "disappointment" that the State Bar Board of Governors rejected a reques...
LOS ANGELES - Self-described "digital immigrant" Rupert Murdoch announced he would shell out $580 million to purchase Los Ange...
Litigation
Major Cocoa Processors Aided Torture, Former Child Laborers Charge in Suit
By John Hanusz
LOS ANGELES - A recent suit filed in federal court in Los Angeles alleges the complicity of Nestl, Archer Daniels Midland and...
Firm Watch
Akin Gump's Role With Chinese Oil Firm Garners Scrutiny
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - When Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld signed on to represent China National Offshore Oil Co. in its bid for U...
WASHINGTON - A little-known federal law that has been on the books for 23 years but has led to only one successful prosecution...
Judges and Judiciary
El Centro Judge Likes Mental Gymnastics at Court, Home
By Don Ray
EL CENTRO - Imperial Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Jones loves the challenge of a good puzzle. When Jones is done with his ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Faces Drunken Driving, Campaign Funding Charges
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - The state judicial watchdog agency took a major step against a Santa Barbara judge Tuesday, formally charging ...
LOS ANGELES - Fenwick & West attorneys based in Mountain View represented Siliquent Technologies Inc. in its recently anno...