Foley & Lardner attorney Stacy Taylor used to drive through the busy, one-way streets of San Diego to get to her office in...
Christmas came early this year for Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips. ...
SAN DIEGO - Promising to unify a divided district attorney's office and regain the confidence of police agencies, former feder...
SAN BERNARDINO - The state attorney general's office is investigating allegations by county officials that Robert J. O'Connor ...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for two Pakistani students say federal officials are unfairly punishing their clients based on their nat...
SAN FRANCISCO - California cities and counties may yet get a formal voice in the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy, desp...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury sided Friday with one of the world's most renowned art dealers, finding that W...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmakers Will Visit Two Riverside Courts
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Assemblyman David Kelly, R-Idyllwild, and State Sen. Jim Battin, R-La Quinta, will visit Riverside County courts t...
Appellate Practice
Anthrax Precautions Lower Number of Petitions High Court Considers
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is heading for a record low number of signed opinions this term, in part because of concerns ab...
SAN FRANCISCO - The city's Legal Community Against Violence has undertaken a controversial new advertising campaign to prod co...
SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Lazarus, having complained to the city Ethics Commission about his opponent in San Francisco's city attorn...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego office of Haight, Brown & Bonesteel is now a one-attorney outpost following the recent departure...
SACRAMENTO - The head of California Common Cause has accused a state agency of lax enforcement of campaign disclosure laws aga...
Firm Watch
Pillsbury Wintrop: NBA LEGEND BRINGS TOUCH OF MAGIC TO OPEN HOUSE
By Staff Writer
None of the attorneys at Pillsbury Winthrop in Los Angeles was interested in a game of one-on-one against former Laker star Ea...
In 1990, the U.S. Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. The goals of the disabilities act are laudable. It was ...
In Styne v. Stevens, 26 Cal.4th 42 (2001), the California Supreme Court held that the one-year statute of limitations s...
As we begin the 21st century, older Americans in the work force face both good news and bad news about age discrimination in e...
What side are you on? On July 8, the New York Times reported on a battle between lawyers who support keeping citations in the ...
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the last remaining issues in the long-playing probate fight among Jerry Garcia's heirs - control of luc...
SAN RAFAEL - San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and...
LOS ANGELES - A management audit of the Los Angeles city attorney's office praises the criminal division's high conviction rat...
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Sandals, a highly regarded partner and member of Morrison & Foerster's environmental and land use gr...
Constitutional Law
Court Asks Whether 'Sam' Law Passes Constitutional Muster
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - In a lively First Amendment debate, the California Supreme Court on Thursday cast a skeptical eye on the validit...
Government
DA Launches Re-Election Bid, Promising Justice for Victims
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - In a speech announcing his intent to run for re-election, District Attorney Paul Pfingst declared Thursday that if...
LOS ANGELES - The county Board of Supervisors approved a $275 million settlement for an inmate who filed a federal civil right...
SACRAMENTO - In October 1998, Salvator Xuereb pulled his GMC Yukon into the parking lot of a Los Angeles doughnut shop, leavin...
Government
Judge Orders State to Release Murder Suspect's Fingerprints
By Matthew Heller
SAN LUIS OBISPO - Putting public safety before the privacy rights of welfare recipients, a judge has ordered state officials t...
LOS ANGELES - A lot of things are different in federal court these days - especially if they involve the Middle East or airpla...
LOS ANGELES - The receiver for a defunct company that scammed millions from investors trying to purchase at a discount the lif...
OAKLAND - Emeryville attorney Michael Schmier, best known for his long and so far futile efforts to force the publication of ...
