Arizona's SB 1070 is reminiscent of Manzanar, where American citizens of Japanese descent were detained based on their appeara...

No one expected Chief Justice Ronald George to retire or that Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye would be nominated as his replacemen...

Readers comment on the issue of running against an incumbent judge. ...

Courts should not punish a lawyer who acts reasonably and ethically, but is understandably fooled by the confusion of family m...

If a statute is enacted but not used, does it make a sound? By Dan Jacobson of Pacific West College of Law. ...

Identifying which client holds attorney-client privilege is tricky in the realm of corporations, but not so anymore.

The court tossed Lindsay Lohan a a life jacket but she chose to sink instead. ...

Environmental practitioners can no longer afford to ignore liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensat...

Tips on writing effective mediation briefs for faster settlements. ...

Public education would benefit from a bottom-up approach with less government control.

California and the 9th Circuit have been leaders in holding that class action waivers are unenforceable, but this may be chang...

James Gray of ADR Services argues for the repeal of the nation's policy on "Drug Prohibition." ...

The Roberts' court has established as a crime, the advocation of activity that is nothing more than lawful and nonviolent,

When it comes to intimate conduct between lawyers and clients, what are the limits? ...

Timothy Tosta of Luce Forward tells the tale of a man hardened by the criminal justice system, who learns to give life and him...

Many attorneys appear not to take the Los Angeles County Superior Court's pro bono mediation program seriously. This attitude ...

All things considered, in California there is still no precise guideline for interpreting an insurance term.

The unseating of San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer will have a far greater politicizing effect than many...

Appellate courts have created a new beast, which Robert Tyson of Tyson & Mendes believes will allow plaintiffs' attorneys ...

It's time to calm down. Arizona's recent actions have little or nothing to do with racism, and everything to do with frustrati...

Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney's Office advises those lawyers who do not see a problem mixing business and p...

Money for student organizations at a public university is provided by the state or by the students. Such funds should not be u...

Subjecting the U.S. health care system to the free market would drive down costs, says James Gray of ADR Services. ...

While mediation has evolved greatly over the years, the goal has remained the same - helping parties settle without resorting ...

James Gray proposes specific changes to our systems of criminal justice, health care, education and immigration, the source of...

Problematic lawyers are often well known to the bench and bar. Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney's Office discu...

Jan Frankel Schau of ADR Services Inc learned the hard way that mediators may be compelled to testify in federal court actions...

It's tragic and ridiculous that Pierce O'Donnell should go to jail or lose his law license over a small contribution to a fail...

The 9th Circuit, for the first time, weighs in on a major issue of CERCLA law that has divided federal courts around the nation.