SAN JOSE - The number of attorneys who responded to the Santa Clara County Bar Association's bi-annual survey of local judges ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Marc Morgenstern has left his post as managing partner of Cleveland's Kahn Kleinman for the San Francisco off...
LOS ANGELES - A $2 million award to an HIV-positive, gay California Youth Authority cook who sued his employer for harassment ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego appellate panel has ruled that public funds should not be used to help a sexually abused foster ch...
LOS ANGELES - James Rogan, a former congressman and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined Preston Gate...
Entertainment & Sports
Judges Tosses Trademark Case About Famous Hot Rod Eleanor
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has thrown out a trademark infringement case over the legendary hot rod "Eleanor" from the "Gon...
LOS ANGELES - Lorraine L. Loder is not just a lawyer. She is also a client. When the American Civil Liberties Union was search...
SAN FRANCISCO - Kate Ohlandt, a wealth management partner from Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, has joined Farella, Braun + M...
Appellate Practice
Court Scraps Oral Arguments in Gennifer Flowers' Appeal
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Those wishing to catch a glimpse of Bill Clinton's former mistress Gennifer Flowers during an oral argument Tu...
EL CENTRO - It was a conundrum for the Imperial County Superior Court judges. Federal law required that the court hire a child...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor Puts Federal Public Defender on Superior Court
By Ryan Oliver
LOS ANGELES - Maria E. Stratton, the federal public defender for the Central District for the past dozen years, was appointed...
Criminal
Finding Fugitives in Mexico Presents Quandary
By Ryan Oliver And Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Now that Mexico's Supreme Court has opened the way for thousands of alleged killers to stand trial in the Unit...
BIG THUNDER PACT - Admitting responsibility for a roller-coaster fatality two years ago, Disneyland has agreed pay a confident...
SUSPENSIONS Alexander, Steven Mark , Merced Boyd, Shannon Roberts , Laguna Niguel Fegen, Paul F. , Los Angeles Mahdessian, Rit...
LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins has announced the promotion of 30 associates to partner throughout 13 offices. In Los Angel...
MULTIFAMILY EMERYVILLE - Fremont Investment & Loan provided $109 million in financing to Port Kihei Investments Inc. for ...
A WOMAN'S WORK - Patricia Oliver grew up in Los Angeles and Denver. She married Tom Oliver in 1985. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Please, Let Us Enjoy Holidays Without Hysteria Over Religion
By Contributing Writer
Letter to the Editor - The relentless William J. Becker Jr.'s latest article ("Thanksgiving: An Endorsement of Religion Lost o...
Focus Column - By Laura W. Brill, Christopher M. Newman,Ted M. Sichelman and Jonathan P. Steinsapir - Decisions of federal cou...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
State Cigarette Tax Hike Could Support Children's Health Care
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - A society can suffer no greater indictment than allowing children to suffer needlessly or ...
LOS ANGELES - Insurance adjusters won a $120 million settlement this month in a class action claim that alleged Allstate Insu...
Labor/Employment
New Year Brings New Considerations for Employment Attorneys
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Jonathan Fraser Light - Employment lawyers both relish and dread the onslaught of new laws with which t...
Letter to the Editor - Isn't it ironic that the ACLU - the same organization that has been pressing the United Way to refuse d...
LOS ANGELES - A Gumby doll sits on the desk of Toluca Lake mediator Steve Cerveris. The job of the animated TV character, Cerv...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Question: What do you get when the Court of Appeal issues an opinion that reverses the t...
LOS ANGELES - Now that Mexico's Supreme Court has cleared the way for thousands of alleged killers to stand trial in the Unite...
LOS ANGELES - Any woman attorney - no matter what her practice or employer - will gladly talk about the struggle to balance fa...
Environmental
Plaintiff Groups to Pay Penalties Over Misused Prop. 65 Funds
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - An Oakland school's burned out music program will be the beneficiary of an unusual deal between the state and ...
CIVIL TRIALS END - Buckling under a heavy criminal trial caseload, Riverside Superior Court officials have decided to halt civ...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Superior Court judges have elected three San Diego-area lawyers as commissioners. The three a...