LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court has announced the new members of the court's policy-making Executive Committee. M...
SAN JOSE - In Judge Ronald M. Whyte's Silicon Valley courtroom, the stakes are high - hundreds of millions of dollars - in leg...
LOS ANGELES - The federal court's Central District clerk's office Thursday issued a "clarification" of its check-acceptance po...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court has upheld a California statute aimed at curbing unsolicited e-mail advertisement mess...
Law Practice
Legal Consultant Leaves Altman For Public Agency Law Practice
By Marisa Navarro
LOS ANGELES - Suffering a blow to its Bay Area business, nationwide legal consulting firm Altman Weil Inc. will lose the head ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali to block a demand by state utility...
WASHINGTON - Erwin Chemerinsky was on the phone, calling from Des Moines, Iowa, where he was about to speak to a group of judg...
Appellate Law Practitioner Column by Laura Grisolano and Catherine Valerio Barrad - Even an order that is not appealable still...
Dicta Column by Peter M. Newton - Most law firms assign partners to be associates' mentors and supervisors. It is vital that t...
Labor/Employment
Begin the New Year Right by Avoiding Job-Seekers' Pitfalls
By Columnist
Employment Column by Craig A. Blumin - The New Year is upon us. It's a time to wash away bad habits and start fresh with good ...
Dicta Column by Leigh Datzker - We are on our way into Year 2 of the 21st century, and the lucky among us are fresh from som...
Law Practice
Book Says Attorneys Cruised Through Top Law Schools on Diet of Indulgence
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Anyone who believes top rank law schools are brutal academic salt mines that routinely push students ...
LOS ANGELES - Music attorney Jay Cooper, formerly of Manatt Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles, now heads the Los Angeles en...
SAN DIEGO - A bearded, 48-year-old homeless man accused of killing another homeless man in a dispute over a blanket was arraig...
SAN FRANCISCO - David Roseman, the primary outside leasing counsel to San Francisco real estate investment company The Shorens...
LOS ANGELES - A family-oriented channel is at the center of a heated legal battle between two media giants fighting for contro...
LOS ANGELES - After five years with the Los Angeles federal public defender's office, Michael J. Proctor is returning to priva...
WASHINGTON - In Washington, D.C., nothing is routine anymore after Sept. 11, when I stood on the roof of an apartment building...
Judicial Profile
Former Civil Lawyer Runs Tight Ship as Judge in Criminal Court
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After 16 years on the Superior Court in Los Angeles, Judge Keith L. Groneman may retire next year - or maybe he ...
WASHINGTON - John Ashcroft was just 220 days into his new job when the world turned upside down. Before the terrorist attacks ...
Dicta Column by Richard J. Simmons - California employment law is expanding as a result of new judicial opinions, statutes and...
Focus Column by Michael M. Berger - Santa Monica had a decent idea but had rotten execution. The city's Rent Control Board co...
Dicta Column by The Rodent - Remember last year when just about all associates had way too much to do? At that time, the quest...
Focus Column by Ethan K. Friedman - The 4th District Court of Appeal recently took the opportunity to establish a helpful tool...
Forum Column by Shawn J. Nelson - Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality of searches of adult probationers in ...
LOS ANGELES - Only time will tell how deep a seismic shift the California Supreme Court will experience from the death of Just...
Judges and Judiciary
Monterey Jurors' Stay Will Be a Bit More Enlightening
By Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - The dominant feature of main jury assembly room in Monterey County Superior Court is, in the words of Presiding Jud...
SAN DIEGO - Courts have lagged far behind corporations in moving toward the paperless world of complete computerization, but S...
Forum Column by Pablo Agrio - Propelled by the kidnap and murder of Polly Klaas back in 1993, political opportunists seized th...
Forum Column by Philip J. Hess - California once looked with favor on private-attorney-general fee awards. Within a five-day p...