Labor/Employment
When Is Offensive Workplace Language, Conduct Part of Job?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Richard S. Whitmore - On July 21, the state Supreme Court agreed to decide whether an assistant writer on th...
Family
County Must Stop Penalizing Abused Children for Department's Mistakes
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Shelvy - In Los Angeles County, 30,000 abused and neglected children are dependents of the court an...
SAN FRANCISCO - In an about-face, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the Constitution's double jeopar...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the only state law sanctioning gay marriages. The jus...
SAN DIEGO - A woman who shot her boyfriend four times after they had rough sex will not get a new trial, a state appellate co...
Law Practice
Litigator Steered Bingham's Adoption Pro Bono Initiative
By Claude Walbert
Services have taken place for Richard Clark Field, a business and commercial litigator who represented clients in some of the...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge has cited San Francisco attorney Peter Furst for contempt of court and fined him $850 f...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the government cannot withhold federal funds from law schools for refu...
Administrative/Regulatory
Commissioner Doesn't Cut People Off in Traffic Court
By Craiq Anderson
PALO ALTO - Santa Clara County Commissioner James Madden, who handles traffic court cases during most of his work week, views...
Judges and Judiciary
Editors Call Shots in Judges' Op-Ed Debate Over Splitting 9th Circuit
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - A friend of mine, a liberal residing in a conservative state, told me recently that, when he gets t...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Wetlands Case Send Warning About Zoning
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - A Superior Court jury's $5.6 million verdict against the Santa Barbara County planning department sends a loud...
Real Estate/Development
Law School Dorm Project At Stanford to Be Adjusted
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Stanford University officials Monday downplayed reports that investor Charles Munger might withdraw his $43.5...
WASHINGTON - The courtroom of U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth probably should have a sign on the door reading "Don't Mes...
INDUSTRIAL VISTA - The Majmudar Family Trust purchased a 34,194-square-foot distribution facility at 2350 Oak Ridge Way from ...
A slight rumble can be felt on the 32nd floor of the east Century Plaza Tower. And no, it's not the seemingly never-ending dem...
Public Interest
Dinner Raises $520,000 for Legal Aid Foundation of L.A.
By Lorelei Laird
In 1929, the Southern California Legal Aid Foundation Clinic opened its doors under the auspices of the USC Law School to prov...
Personal Injury & Torts
U.S. Charges Unlicensed Doctor For 'Equivalent of Botox Parties'
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The man known as "Dr. Daniel" made house calls, showing up at private residences with a black bag full of syring...
Column - Closer - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The office holiday party or other business holiday entertaining can be an opportuni...
LOS ANGELES - Children's social worker Jose Galindo spends his days - and often nights and weekends - protecting foster kids a...
Entertainment & Sports
Marvel Sues Game Makers For Copyright Infringement
By Draeger Martinez
Fresh off the filing of a federal lawsuit against Walt Disney, comic book titan Marvel Enterprises has new foes to contend wit...
San Andreas attorney Kenneth M. Foley will try once again to convince a judge that a law enforcement officer should face poten...
Los Angeles sole practitioner Rachel Roth is a music management attorney with high-profile clients worth millions. But she say...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Inland Empire Bar Groups Select Presidents for 2005
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
The county bar associations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties recently named new presidents, and both leaders have big ...
Intellectual Property
Biotechnology Patents Meet World of Board Games
By Lorelei Laird
San Diego intellectual-property attorney Richard Warburg was on vacation in England in the summer of 2003, watching his family...
After working at Winston & Strawn for only a year, Chuck Birenbaum, a labor and employment pro, has been named managing pa...
The California Minority Program honored Santa Monica's Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan with its Drucilla Stender Law Firm...
Owners of 19 single-family homes in Yucaipa have filed two construction defect lawsuits against Redlands builder Howard Robert...
Administrative/Regulatory
Nonprofit Act Will Be Helpful If It Does Not Cost Too Much
By Columnist
Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Thomas C. Klein - In August 2004, the state Legislature passed the Nonprofit Integrity ...
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - May the government punish the Boy Scouts of America for the "offense" of embracing old-fash...
Appellate Practice
Judiciary Applies Own Rules in Interpreting 'Organic' Constitution
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Roderick E. Walston - History, as they say, is written by winners. One of those on history's winning side is...