Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe told Warrington Parker III he could do appeals full time if he joined the firm's new appea...
Students throughout San Diego County have heard the story of Andy Adams and Beth Baker, two kids on trial for scheming to sell...
Michael Judge, Los Angeles public defender, is determined to make his office a pleasant one to work in for all his employees. ...
In a controversial deal that has piqued the interest of top Washington lawmakers, DHL Worldwide Express has agreed to buy the ...
In Closing Column - By Lin M. Meyer - Law firms that check and provide employee references need to know about changes in the l...
Longtime Oakland city attorney Ines Vargas Fraenkel has taken a private-practice gig with the public sector employment law fir...
Forum Column - By Johanna Y. Ong and Robert J. Becher - Recently, the 1st District of the California Court of Appeal in Yan...
Focus Column - Litigation - By Thomas H. Clarke Jr. - On March 3, the California Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited op...
Litigation
'Dodge' Provides Valuable Guidance On Preservation of Computer Data
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Focus Column - Litigation - By Daniel W. Park - By now, everyone knows the power of computer data in litigation, especially e-...
Forum Column - By Ron M. Supancic - As Chief Justice Warren Burger stated in 1984, "The entire legal profession ... has become...
SAN FRANCISCO - Henry Bunsow, a well-known trial lawyer who opened Howrey Simon Arnold & White's San Francisco office last...
SAN FRANCISCO - Public defenders are working 60 to 70 hours a week, with an average of 80 pending cases, while spending a larg...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich has answered one of the key unresolved questions following Brobeck, Phleger &...
Appellate Practice
Jurists Methodically Crank Out Rulings in Constitutional Cases
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - This Supreme Court term is unlike any other in recent memory: The justices are poised to end their work in late J...
SAN FRANCISCO - Four months ago, Robin Gross left her high-profile position as staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Found...
Attorneys Association Will Present Program on Creating a Trial Theme - The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles holds...
Employment Law - By Valerie A. Fontaine - Lawyers, like surfers, are looking to ride the next big wave. Law practice ebbs and ...
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the quasi-governmental pension protection agency, a...
Constitutional Law
Even 30 Years After 'Roe,' Abortions Services Are Rare
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Forum Column - By Magaly de Oliveira Marques, Ann Hayman and Lourdes Rivera - Women in America had reason to celebrate on Jan....
Employee Benefits
Company May Require Stock Option Plan Rules to Be Uniform
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Thomas C. Klein - Employees of a publicly traded company expect to be participants in the c...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Breakfast Club Backs Ex-Judge For Board of Governors Spot
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - A group of Los Angeles lawyers that for decades successfully picked who would represent the county on the State ...
FULLERTON - The arraignment of former priest John Peter Lenihan, who is charged with repeatedly molesting a teen-age girl 20 y...
LOS ANGELES - Leaders of the Los Angeles legal services community gathered Wednesday night to celebrate the career of David La...
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran municipal attorney Jayne Williams has been hired as city attorney for San Leandro, replacing fellow M...
LOS ANGELES - Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Thursday assigned Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle to preside over...
LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve Cooley said Thursday that his office is not considering criminal charges against the Tre...
BAKERSFIELD -The "abuse excuse" has been popularized in the past decade in dozens of cases of spouses and children who have su...
Intellectual Property
Industry Presses for Legislative Solutions to Digital Piracy
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Each year, millions of consumers go into the Internet, agree to respect copyrights in licensing agreements, and ...
SAN FRANCISCO -A federal judge, questioning the integrity of the Bush administration's 2002 decision to loosen the definition...
LOS ANGELES - Just in time for the April 15 tax deadline, Justice Department officials Thursday filed a civil complaint to sto...