In spite of the many similarities, litigation and arbitration have differences that effective advocates use to achieve superio...
SAN FRANCISCO - Tamu Sudduth, a young litigation partner at San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster, died Tuesday after a long...
There has been much discussion regarding the constitutionality of a voucher program to aid this country's schools. To begin wi...
Under both the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Fair Employment & Housing Act, California employers must provide re...
Barry L. Cohen, of Encino's Law Offices of Barry L. Cohen, won $338,000 in a legal malpractice case, Baroody v. Law Offices of...
After four years on the ropes in a False Claims Act case, Bay Area lawyer Allen Ruby attributes his $135 million verdict and s...
Because mediation is faster, cheaper and more informal than traditional civil litigation, it often is painted with a bright sm...
The U.S. Army's all-terrain Bradley fighting vehicle couldn't keep out water, and the manufacturer's explanations were all wet...
SAN FRANCISCO - Sacramento law professor J. Clark Kelso, a well-known legal expert who lectures and writes about the justice s...
Q: How will Armendariz v. FoundationPsychare Services Inc ., 24 Cal.4th 83 (2000) affect employment arbitration? Does the deci...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appeals court judges announced Tuesday that they will take another look at a ruling from last fall whi...
LOS ANGELES - The policing-reform advocate fired last week from the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight panel a...
It did not take long for the 2nd District Court of Appeal to apply the directives set out by our Supreme Court in Armendariz v...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Council members said Tuesday they are powerless to stop controversial retroactive pay raises Ma...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Charles E. McClung, senior partner of Laguna Beach's McClung & Davis and forme...
LOS ANGELES - In an unprecedented ruling, a trial court potentially has brought more public-agency employees into the public p...
LOS ANGELES - Current and former federal prosecutors expressed dismay Tuesday over a report that U.S. Attorney Alejandro N. Ma...
Here are answers, under the new rules, to questions employers covered by the Fair Employment & Housing Act and the America...
LOS ANGELES - U.S. Department of Justice investigators looking into the treatment of children in Los Angeles County's three ju...
SACRAMENTO - An influential former lawmaker has joined an attorneys' lobbying group on the eve of a legislative hearing today ...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a hearing featuring hearsay evidence and no cross examination, Animal Control officials contended Tuesday t...
SAN FRANCISCO - A medical transcriptionist whose obsessive grooming rituals made her repeatedly late for work cannot be denied...
Labor/Employment
Office Romance: A Really Bad Idea; Best Consult Your Attorney
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - In a survey bound to deliver more thorns than roses to love-smitten co-workers on Valentine's Day, most Americ...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday delayed the criminal trial of former attorney James H. Davis and redu...
Government
Lockyer Proposes Reforms for Riverside Police
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Capping an extensive investigation prompted by the fatal shooting of Tyisha Miller in 1998, California Attorney Ge...
Casino patrons may be arrested, tried, convicted and jailed for failing to repay amounts evidenced by casino markers. ...
LOS ANGELES - By just one vote Monday, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa won the backing of the largest labor...
Judges and Judiciary
Sacramento's Law Library Finds Elegant Digs
By Contributing Writer
SACRAMENTO - After 110 years of relegation to basements, the Sacramento County Public Law Library has a new home above ground....
At the start of their legal careers, most lawyers make the same pledge. They promise themselves not to become romantically inv...
In Waddel v. Georgia, 27 Ga. 262 (1859), Judge Joseph H. Lumpkin wrote the following for the court: The defendant havin...