Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Draeger Martinez - When an expert witness takes the stand, the lawyer who called him is banki...
Technology & Science
Frog Design Fends Off Litigation Over Wireless Eyewear
By Amy Spees
It sounds like a device straight from an episode of "The Jetsons," but wireless eyewear could be the next big thing in cellula...
SAN FRANCISCO - Dan O'Malley traveled the world as flight attendant, managed a popular bar and may have had enough talent to b...
Personal Injury & Torts
Trial Lawyer of the Year Led Oakland Raiders to Victory
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Personal injury lawyer Roger Dreyer of Sacramento has been named California Trial Lawyer of the Year by the state...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area disability rights proponents celebrated around a unique species of turkey this Thanksgiving as Oaklan...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bruce F. Marrs, a former Marine company commander who saw combat in Vietnam, ca...
Appellate Practice
Noted Federal Appeals Judge Ponders Extinction, Says Law Can Help
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Just in time for the holidays, Richard A. Posner, the well-known federal appellate judge, Universit...
SAN FRANCISCO - Most of the jurors in the trial of suspended San Francisco police officer Matthew Tonsing concluded he should ...
INDUSTRIAL BRISBANE - Peking Handcraft signed a lease for 132,700 square feet of warehouse space at the Gilmore Envelope buil...
LOS ANGELES - State tax officials must disclose to citizens the personal information they have gathered on them, an appellate...
Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - Appearing recently on Bill Maher's HBO program, Alan Simpson, the folksy former Repu...
Labor/Employment
New Law Provides Some Relief to Employers Facing Frivolous Claims
By Amy Kalinn
Employment Column - By Elise R. Vasquez - As part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget on July 29, 2004, the state Legislatu...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
New Advice for Arbitrators: Disclose, Disclose, Disclose
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Ruth V. Glick - Adoption of the Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in...
Forum Column - By Simon A. Cole and William C. Thompson - This past spring, Oregon attorney and Muslim convert Brandon Mayfie...
PALO ALTO - Jason Borrevik, the former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati senior associate who was sentenced Wednesday to f...
SANTA ANA - Former Orange Superior Court Judge Floyd H. Schenk has died from complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. ...
LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place Tuesday for Thomas A. Romeyn, a Los Angeles County prosecutor who spent 34 y...
LOS ANGELES - A man incarcerated for sex crimes against minors cannot see his children in prison, even though they were not h...
Appellate Practice
9th Circuit Decision Forces Release of Violent Immigrant
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A violent rapist who is a Vietnamese citizen must be freed from federal custody in the United States, the 9th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former partners of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison have resolved a major bone of contention with the bankrupt...
LOS ANGELES - Offenders placed in drug treatment under Proposition 36 were rearrested at significantly higher rates than abuse...
SACRAMENTO - Homebuyers and sellers are turning to the Internet in increasing numbers to find each other, figuring they can s...
SAN FRANCISCO - Q: How big is too big when it comes to judging whether a passenger can fit into an airline seat? A: Like beaut...
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer representing close to half of the former partners of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison said Tuesday th...
INDUSTRIAL MILPITAS - AC Foods Wholesale leased a 43,550-square-foot warehouse located at 1117 Montague Expressway from WP Inv...
LOS ANGELES - Calling it a "defining moment for the preservation of L.A.'s history," the Los Angeles Conservancy filed suit T...
Forum Column - By Greg Lukianoff - Have you ever lived in an apartment building? Have you ever been annoyed that some people t...
Law Practice
Billing Guidelines Offer Base Against Which to Measure Results
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gerald G. Knapton - Criticism of the growing use of billing guidelines by clients of many types does not add...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Administrative Adjudicators' Minds Do Matter Sometimes
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Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Stuart Miller - Regulated parties at administrative hearings sometimes find themselves...
SAN MARTIN - Judge Susan Bernardini has taken an unorthodox path to a seat on the Santa Clara Superior Court. The early 1980s ...