SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco trial judge took the unusual step of dismissing robbery charges against two defendants this we...
Most firms that enjoy long-term success didn't just strike gold accidentally. They drafted and implemented strategic plans t...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Many Cannot Afford Lawyers Because of State Bar Policy
By Contributing Writer
One hears everywhere that there are too many lawyers, that California soon will have given out 200,000 bar cards, that every f...
On June 14, the state Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 25 Cal.4th ...
Last month, the Legislature adopted a bipartisan redistricting plan that was quickly signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis. By an...
Most historians agree that America fought with one hand tied behind its back in Vietnam. In the war against terrorism, we may ...
If the three most important aspects of real estate are location, location, location, the three keys to career development are ...
The Yiddish word for one who knows a lot is "maven." The court system is full of mavens. We have the expert witness, who knows...
LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica law firm sued the Los Angeles Unified School District and its general counsel on Thursday, claimi...
San Francisco has a knack for adopting landlord-tenant ordinances that raise constitutional eyebrows, even when courts uphold ...
In the aftermath of the events of Sept. 11, our nation's leaders have directed us to go about "business as usual." They have ...
In my undergraduate cultural anthropology class, we would watch films condemning oppressive Western nations. We read Margaret ...
By recently denying a petition for review of the 1st District Court of Appeal's decision in Nippon Credit Bank v. 1333 N. Cali...
LOS ANGELES - Authorities are ignoring laws to protect victims of slave trafficking, according to immigration lawyers for two ...
WASHINGTON - Facing for the third time a highly charged affirmative-action case from Colorado, the Supreme Court indicated Wed...
LOS ANGELES - Former Symbionese Liberation Army associate Sara Jane Olson pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing pipe bombs th...
LOS ANGELES - Californians convicted of drug possession before July 1 but sentenced afterward are eligible for drug treatment ...
LOS ANGELES - An anthrax dump site on the other side of the world soon will be secure, thanks in part to the work of three stu...
LOS ANGELES - In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the area governed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...
Constitutional Law
Dr. Dre Assists Michigan Cities in Subduing Their Inner Totalitarian
By Garry Abrams
City officials in Detroit and Auburn Hills, Mich., don't have to go very deep to get in touch with their inner totalitarian. D...
LOS ANGELES - Gary Apfel walked away from New York's LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae 13 years ago. Now, he returns to the fi...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and Irell & Manella argued Wednesday over whether to h...
Many litigators think of depositions primarily as a discovery tool. It's easy to see why.
Remember Sgt. Joe Friday of the old television series "Dragnet?" When the aging blonde witness at the crime scene would stray ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge in Long Beach Believes Fairness Is Built Into System
By Tamara Scott
Everyone's talking about terrorism these days, but my family and I have experienced terrorism up close and personal. We surviv...
Intellectual Property
Software Maker Wins Injunction Against AOL In Copyright Case
By Marisa Navarro
LOS ANGELES - America Online Inc. is finding out it's all or nothing in a $47 million copyright-infringement case in Los Angel...
Mediation is a fact of life. Whether ordered by the court, selected by counsel or required by contract, mediation is a process...
LOS ANGELES - Child-support payments must be determined by actual income and cannot be calculated based on the perception of a...