Gun Show Delays Suit Against L.A. A spokesman for the nation's largest gun show said Wednesday the organization has delayed f...
By Tom Teepen As much justice as was possible in the circumstances has been done in the awkward case of Samuel Sheinbein, the...
^^Recruiting Roundtable^^ Interview Intervention When trying to land that dream job, don't forget the basics By Anna Marie Ar...
Government
Workers' Compensation Attorneys Fight Against Sell-Out Compromise
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Workers' compensation attorneys and labor unions are making a final push in the waning days of the legislative s...
Putting a new twist on a novel anti-insurance fraud statute, 20th Century Insurance Co. has sued a contractor for allegedly s...
SAN DIEGO - Hugh P. Chindlund, a veteran trial attorney, has died following a three-month battle with colon cancer. He was 52...
A veteran of several high-profile death penalty cases, including the Unabomber's, has been asked to join the defense team for...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a coup for Boalt Hall School of Law, prominent e-commerce theoretician Mark A. Lemley has been recruited t...
The convicted three-strikes thief who was zapped with a 50,000-volt stun belt for repeatedly interrupting a judge during sent...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers argued Wednesday before the California Supreme Court over the scope of the state media shield law, a ...
SAN JOSE - Gov. Gray Davis signed a watered-down bill Wednesday that will tighten the requirements for defense attorneys who ...
SAN JOSE - A federal judge has thrown out some of the trade secrets theft allegations brought in Cadence Design Systems' civi...
Labor/Employment
Some Defendants Won't Take Harassment Suits Lying Down
By Patricia Jocobus
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco businessman Russell Jacobus knew his special friendship with the female office administrator wa...
Government
Ventura Deputy Picked to Lead Troubled Riverside PD's Office
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Gary Windom, senior supervising deputy public defender in Ventura County, has been selected as Riverside County's...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a move that will create a 470-attorney national law firm, Howrey & Simon will merge with Arnold White ...
A judge Monday questioned the constitutionality of a California law that allows Holocaust survivors and their heirs to sue fo...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ventura Bar Adopts a Code of Civility
By From Staff Reports
The Ventura County Bar Association board of directors recently adopted basic "Guidelines for Professional Conduct and Civility...
By Joseph R. Giannini Like Rip Van Winkle, the majority in Warden v. State Bar of California, 99 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8877 (A...
Decision on Curfew Law Put on Hold The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to put off for one week a decisi...
Limits on Internet Access Scrutinized Without any discussion, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to or...
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Just Between Us Arbitration Award Will Not Have Collateral Estoppel Effect The court held ...
By Robert A. Levy Here it is, the centerpiece of the government's crusade against Microsoft, verbatim from its 800-page propo...
SAN FRANCISCO - Jared Carter, a sometimes acid-tongued Ukiah attorney who has long represented Pacific Lumber Co., on Aug. 31...
SACRAMENTO - The plaintiffs' bar has struck a deal with major insurers on compromise legislation that would increase insuranc...
SACRAMENTO - Some 3,000 state-employed attorneys and administrative law judges would get 8 percent raises, plus salary step i...
SAN JOSE - A second national retail chain has agreed to settle a lawsuit targeting it for allegedly deceiving customers by fa...
WASHINGTON - Washington's traditional summer slumber has ended, and many lawmakers probably wish they could hit the snooze bu...
A transient who was convicted of first-degree murder even though the victim's body has never been found was sentenced Monday ...
^^San Diego Watch / Martin Kruming^^ The Bar Association of Northern San Diego County has moved into a new building, but the ...
SAN DIEGO - Extraordinary legal maneuvers are promised in a hearing on a motion to dismiss a murder case on the grounds of pr...
