SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan will protest the $831 in parking violations he racked up over three years, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris is rounding out her staff by reaching into the ranks of the state Justic...
Forum Column - By Kris Whitten - What do recent court decisions striking the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance a...
Labor/Employment
Sexual Stereotypes Can Serve as Evidence of Workplace Bias
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered sexual stereotypin...
LOS ANGELES - Stuart Buchalter, a Los Angeles corporate attorney noted for his skill at operating and guiding corporations, di...
Product Liability
Gun Company Liability Case Set for Third Trial in March
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A nationally watched case in which Berkeley parents claim a gun company is liable for the death of their 15-ye...
Holland & Knight has acquired seven-lawyer boutique Cowley & Chidester. The Cowley firm, located near San Diego in Ran...
Constitutional Law
City Cleared To Join Fight Against Limit On Abortions
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The city has joined the battle against the U.S. Department of Justice over the medical procedure known as part...
LOS ANGELES - A Palm Springs man, booted from his estranged lover's home on Valentine's Day, can go back, an appellate court h...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dan Oki said Wednesday that a projected $30 million to $40 million statewide sh...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that he has named former state appeal court Justice Daniel M. Kolk...
LOS ANGELES - Two African-American workers have filed racial discrimination lawsuits claiming a supervisor at Home Depot's Woo...
Judges and Judiciary
Chamber of Commerce Plans State Judicial-Race Campaigns
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In the latest sign of the business community's increasing interest in judicial politics, the president of the U.S...
WASHINGTON - Even if the justices decide next month not to hear M.K.B. v. Warden, 03-6747, the post-Sept. 11 detention ...
LOS ANGELES - In the late 1990s, after he helped prosecute the O.J. Simpson case, Deputy District Attorney Hank M. Goldberg de...
SACRAMENTO - The state's political watchdog agency Wednesday sued Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, charging him with nearly 70 violat...
SAN FRANCISCO - Harold Taylor may not have known his ex-girlfriend was two to three months pregnant when he shot and killed he...
LOS ANGELES - If your clients are serious about settling difficult cases and you are well-prepared, the best man to bring abou...
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Aspinwall - Community service provides an excellent opportunity to see our profession from a fres...
Appellate Practice
Case Extending 'Constructive Filing' Doctrine Is Depublished
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Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Andrea M. Schoor - The old saw that "timing is everything" has particula...
SAN FRANCISCO - A computer worker who was fired for posting Bible scripture condemning homosexuality in response to company po...
SAN DIEGO - The district attorney of Imperial County has agreed to pay a $200 fine to the state's political watchdog agency fo...
LOS ANGELES - A closely divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a Los Angeles man convicted in a 1...
SAN JOSE - After spending nearly three decades on the bench, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Joseph F. Biafore is join...
LOS ANGELES - Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has picked up a Las Vegas office with the addition of name partner V. Andr...
SAN DIEGO - A former federal prosecutor and a civil trial lawyer have been added to the ranks of magistrate judges in U.S. Dis...
SAN FRANCISCO - There may be a silver lining for attorneys who forget to get a client's written consent when referring a case ...
SAN FRANCISCO - After three dismal years capped by layoffs and the dissolution of major law firms including Brobeck, Phleger &...
SAN FRANCISCO - The lawyers who represented 14 million Californians in a giant class action against Microsoft Corp. have petit...
SAN MATEO - When he traveled on business as a corporate lawyer, Ed Kaufman liked to spend his off-hours unwinding in places su...