The past four months have been a puzzling time for some trial lawyers, who say recent conflicting appellate-court decisions le...
Morrison & Foerster added Dr. Gregory Einhorn as a patent law partner in its San Diego office Jan. 21. Einhorn comes to th...
Six gay students who say school officials did little to stop the physical abuse and daily harassment they suffered in the Morg...
A Southern California judge recently denied a defense lawyer's post-trial motions that called a $6.65 million award in a trip-...
Bingham McCutchen has been beefing up its West Coast broker-dealer practice, says practice group head Gerald Rath. With the ad...
Column - Legal Marketing - By Anne Bothwell - The start of a new year is often when lawyers and firms want to upgrade their ma...
Forum Column - By Ann Brick - The federal government has confirmed that it plans to take the unprecedented step of conducting ...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Recently, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in Goodridge v. Department of Public He...
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Thomas Havlena - California has had "reciprocal" criminal discovery since June 1990. See Pena...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO - Joseph C. Scott, former criminal defense attorney and local Democratic Party political heavyweight, had ...
Criminal
Priest, 72, Pleads Guilty to Molesting Teenage Girl in Back Seat of Family Car
By Dan Evans
LOS ANGELES - A 72-year-old priest pleaded guilty Friday to molesting a teenage girl in the back seat of her family's car last...
Notebook - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - Fabian Nunez is set to call the shots as new assembly speaker Feb. 9, and when th...
LOS ANGELES - Celebrated author Mark Salzman began teaching creative writing to the most violent teenage offenders at Central ...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - Southern California lawyers recently got their first peek at an issue that had bedeviled their m...
LOS ANGELES - A unanimous Los Angeles Superior Court jury has awarded three deaf men $24,000 after a legal fight with an insur...
SAN JOSE - An accused child molester has been allowed to withdraw his guilty pleas after a Santa Clara County judge concluded ...
LOS ANGELES - He made a ruling two years ago that could cost the state billions in property tax revenue. Last year, Orange Sup...
SAN FRANCISCO - In light of the state's budget crisis, some California judges are concerned they may lose the lucrative supple...
Two Spanish-language newspapers are combining to target the nation's growing Latino population, and two teams of Southern Cali...
LOS ANGELES - In 19 years presiding over juvenile delinquency cases, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Morton O. Rochman has se...
Forum Column - By James C. Turner and Suzanne M. Mishkin - In a proposal of breathtaking scope, State Bar members are pushing ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Apology Without Admission of Fault Can Be Sincere, Effective
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Jeff Kichaven - What does mediation have in common with love? Well, accordi...
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - Many associates who have accepted offers at other firms and tender their resignat...
LOS ANGELES - First Amendment litigator Gary Bostwick has left the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine for Sheppard, M...
SANTA ANA - Cybercafe owners can be forced to impose a daytime curfew on minors, provide security and videotape patrons, a sha...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a Bush administration request to prevent a Guantnamo Bay terrorism suspect fro...
Appellate Practice
Former Attorney Gets 10 Years For Bilking Clients of $2 Million
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - In one of the steepest penalties imposed in Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley's crackdown on corrupt la...
Appellate Practice
Activists Can't Dictate Clinic's Advice to Patients
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A group of activists can't force Planned Parenthood to tell women that abortion is unsafe and has been linked to...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Diego cop who stripped and masturbated for a homemade video he sold on eBay can sue the authorities who ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Five years ago, Judge A. Wallace Tashima donned black tie instead of his usual black robe and had the thrill o...