Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - In employment cases, a plaintiff's prayer for relief often includes bo...
Forum Column - By Richard Lessner - When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Lawrence v. Texas , pro-family conserv...
Intellectual Property
Use Restrictions Can Prevent Reuse Of Single-Use-Only Medical Devices
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By John Kappos and John Heal - A recent decision from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
LOS ANGELES - Originally slated for this week, jury selection in the long-pending case between Dickson, Carlson & Campillo...
LOS ANGELES - Merger discussions between San Diego's Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps and Seattle's Preston Gates & E...
SAN FRANCISCO - In the latest defeat for San Francisco's tenants-rights ordinances, a judge has tossed out a measure designed...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday appointed Yolo County Superior Court Executive Officer Kathleen M. White to serve...
OAKLAND - The team chosen to monitor Oakland's compliance with a recent police-reform settlement got its first taste this wee...
Labor/Employment
Legislation to Let Workers Sue the Boss For Violations
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state's budget crisis and a growing labor force necessitate beefing up civil penalties for labor law violati...
SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Cormac J. Carney has been confirmed to the U.S. District Court in a 80-0 vote b...
SANTA ANA - When Sheila Hanson opens the people's case today against former priest John Lenihan, it will be a reunion of sorts...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles businesswoman and Republican Party activist with strong ties to Beijing was arrested Wednesday alo...
SAN FRANCISCO - As the city faces a financial crisis, Mayor Willie Brown's budget office soon will decide whether the San Fra...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court dove headlong into the surf of the California Coastal Commission controversy Wednes...
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court officials plan to close the satellite court facility in Santa Clara for up to si...
Judges and Judiciary
After 20 Years, Judge Still Relishes Challenge of Trial
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Judge Howard A. Schwab is as much a scholar as a he is a jurist. In addition to a career that includes 20 years ...
Forum Column - By Daniel U. Smith - A Court of Appeal has ruled that, when an injured worker sues a third party for negligence...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Act Attempts to Put Arbitration Agreements on Equal Footing
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Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - The Federal Arbitration Act applies to contracts "eviden...
SAN FRANCISCO - Marilyn Hall Patel, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern California, has been chosen to receiv...
LOS ANGELES - David Kalish is neither the first cop to face charges of sexual misconduct with the Los Angeles Police Departmen...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bradford Duft, a former chief of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison's intellectual property practice in San Diego...
SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland must stand trial for returning a stolen $600 diamond ring to its owner. The 9th U.S. Circ...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyer Gerald V. Scotti, who killed himself and his paralegal in March, was under pressure from federal authorit...
LOS ANGELES - Pot smokers can breathe a little easier after a state appeals court affirmed Tuesday that owning a "smoking devi...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Housing Authority employee fired for giving the address of three public housing tenants to a man w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Six former Morgan Hill students, who claim principals ignored their complaints of taunts and beatings based o...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurist Tries to See Each Defendant as Individual
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - When Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis tells jurors that she feels their pain, she truly does. Sev...
Forum Column - By Eve Hill - In the 1960s, when many states refused to recognize the basic human rights of African-Americans, ...
Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Robert Burch - In In re Marriage of Abrams , 2003 DJDAR 1123 (Cal...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego on Monday became the first California city to pass an ordinance that allows forfeiture of vehicles used ...