^^First Principles^^ By John C. Eastman The U.S. Supreme Court is once again visiting the issue of prayer in public schools. O...

The chief financial officer of the State Bar of California, T. William Melis, has resigned. Melis, whose last day was Friday, ...

Corporate Law Last Leg A corporate entity exists until its affairs are wound up, excepting only to be sued in a quiet-title ac...

WEBVAN WONDERLAND Alan Chesick, general counsel of online grocer Webvan Group Inc., believes the company will one day deliver ...

Tribbling Up Like those loveable, furry balls on the early 'Star Trek' episode, lawyers at a Santa Monica firm are multiplying...

LARGE FIRMS Legal recruiters are living high on the hog now that California's major firms have upped associate salaries to new...

Ancillary Authors Federal Courts Differ on Criteria for Co-Authorship The safest practice is not to permit any contribution fr...

A once-prominent personal injury attorney with a reputation for charming juries into large verdicts has returned to the courtr...

Seymour Greitzer, founder of Glendale University College of Law, died March 3 from chronic lymphocytik leukemia. He was 75. Gr...

^^PRODUCT LIABILITY^^ The incident that led to the largest personal injury verdict in history, Anderson v. General Motors Corp...

^^COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT^^ Despite Columbia Picture Television Inc.'s termination of licensing agreements with C. Elvin Feltne...

SAN DIEGO - When Edward J. Schwartz was a boy, he attended kindergarten on the site where San Diego's federal courthouse now s...

In one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts ever awarded in Los Angeles County , Vasquez v. Lin , BC191183 (Los Angeles...

According to her testimony in Henley v. Philip Morris Inc ., 995172 (San Francisco Superior Court, Feb. 9-10, 1999), Patricia ...

SAN DIEGO - Madge Bradley, who studied law in a correspondence school and became San Diego County's first female judge, died W...

A Northridge couple who allegedly used $634,000 in insurance proceeds to not only repair but remodel their earthquake-damaged ...

WASHINGTON - Appearing before a House subcommittee Thursday, Los Angeles' Chief U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. urged ...

MORENO VALLEY - The Moreno Valley Police Department wants to send a message to child molesters: Don't come to our city unless ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Police officers in pursuit of lawbreakers are immune from personal injury suits even if their negligent behavi...

SAN FRANCISCO - An 11-judge federal appellate panel appeared poised Thursday to duck the contentious question of whether two C...

DICTA This week's 'The Practice' highlights two powerful themes in lawyers' lives: law firm management and jury nullification....

^^Criminal Law^^ Proposition 21's addition of strike-priors that are unrelated to gangs or juvenile crime leaves the measure o...

By Phil Record I fear that too often we take for granted the words of those precious documents that guarantee our freedom: the...

DICTA A 'Family Law' client decides that breaking the law is a small price to pay to stop the birth of drug addicted, unwanted...

DICTA Judge Amy's courtroom consists mostly of sophomoric, over-dramatized adults whining about emotional distress. Page 8. ^^...

SANTA ANA - The tug-of-war over custody of a 123-pound Rottweiler named Guinness is set for a court hearing next month, and a ...

^^Criminal Law^^ Prosecutors may rebut a defendant's testimony merely by pointing at the defendant's presence at trial. Page 7...

MARYSVILLE - Prosecutors have moved to disqualify the judge who cut the murder convictions of Jeffrey Aaron Erickson to vehicu...

SANTA ANA - A top official in the district attorney's office said Wednesday that the office is "moving ahead" following the re...

DICTA Many attorneys mistakenly focus on attaining new clients rather than retaining existing ones. Page 8. By Barbara Lewis a...