Alternative Dispute Resolution
'Moncharch' and 'Armendariz' Didn't Address Standard-of-Review Issue
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Charles W. McCoy Jr. - Prior to Moncharsh v. Heily & Blase, 3 Cal.4th 1 (1992), California courts...
Focus Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - In days of yore, courts granted summary-judgment motions rarely and only where it wa...
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would abolish the state's Youthful Offender Parole Board and hand over its duties to juvenile court j...
LOS ANGELES - In a cautious postscript to her unprecedented decision in the Compton election challenge case, Judge Judith Chir...
LOS ANGELES -Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips has recruited antitrust veteran Eliot Disner from Ervin Cohen & Jes...
LOS ANGELES - After years on the bench and with more than half a decade of alternative dispute resolution work under his belt,...
LOS ANGELES - Just one day after "Spider-Man" closed one of the most successful film opening weekends of all time, a San Franc...
SACRAMENTO - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prohibit pre-employment mandatory arbitration c...
Labor/Employment
Police Union Sues Parks, LAPD For Unfair Promotion Practices
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles police union has sued former police Chief Bernard Parks for allegedly flouting the civil service...
PERRIS - A Lake Elsinore crematory owner accused of stealing parts from bodies intended for cremation has pleaded not guilty t...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court gave no clear indication Tuesday how it will rule in a pair of cases that could s...
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Army has agreed in a federal court settlement unveiled Tuesday to stop blowing up unwanted bombs, roc...
LOS ANGELES - In early 1999, on a dirt trail used by smugglers in the mountainous terrain along the Mexican border, U.S. Borde...
Judges and Judiciary
Bad Back Forces Superior Court Judge to Give Up Gavel
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - After dealing with criminals for more than 30 years - first as an FBI agent and then as a judge - Orange County Su...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bion Gregory, the state's longest serving legislative counsel when he retired last year, has joined the Sacram...
LOS ANGELES - The family of a man who died last month in the head-on collision between a Metrolink passenger train and a Burli...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Oakland Raiders football team has been granted yet another delay in its $1.1 billion legal battle with Oak...
Judges and Judiciary
After 20 Years, Judge Still Relishes The 'Bit of Intrigue' in All His Cases
By Tamara Scott
SAN DIEGO - In his 20 years on the San Diego Superior Court bench, Judge William H. Kennedy has presided over hundreds of homi...
Forum Column - By Joseph L. Beachboard - Being an advocate for the use of arbitration to resolve employment disputes has been...
SAN DIEGO - When Calvin Parker got picked up for allegedly murdering and dismembering his Brazilian housemate, the district at...
Focus Column - By Bernard S. Kamine - The Feb. 4 majority opinion in Amelco Electric v. City of Thousand Oaks, 2002 DJD...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a highly unusual move, a federal appeals court overturned a jury verdict Monday and held a Lake County emer...
SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay law firm that won $7.5 million for its client is not guilty of professional misconduct because it ...
LOS ANGELES - The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the widespread government practice of maintaining and paying stables o...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court appeared unwilling Monday to take away the only dad a young boy has ever known si...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Board Supports Plan to Spin Off Conference of Delegates
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - The State Bar's Conference of Delegates got the go-ahead Saturday to continue with plans to break away from the ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Setting aside a 20-year landmark decision, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that, outside of the attorney-...
Appellate Practice
Supreme Court Has Its Work Cut Out for It Before End of Term
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - It's time for the Supreme Court justices to get serious about writing opinions. The court has issued 37 signed op...
SAN FRANCISCO - Brian Toman, chief counsel to the state Franchise Tax Board in Sacramento, has resigned his job and will join ...
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - A recent hearing before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to decide <...