Last week's market volitility did more than leave some retirement accounts in the red-it could ultimately lead to a large disc...
In the wake of the economic meltdown, which has spurred few enforcement actions or prosecutions, a relatively obscure federal ...
Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...
A physical attack brought Judge Christine Byrd a greater understanding of the courtroom.
Palo Alto-based Cooley LLP expanded its intellectual property practice in Seattle with the addition of three partners.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Superior Court Judge, Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
Lawyer rosters in Riverside County and the Central Valley didn't keep up with population booms last decade, and local attorney...
The chilling tale of how an attorney came to defend an American serial killer. By Sam L. Amirante of Amirante and Etchingham a...
Mediation at its heart is about negotiation - dollars are relatively easy to deal with, interests create the challenges. By Ri...
The future use of public-private partnerships in California takes a positive step forward. By James M. Chantland and D. Creigh...
Books
If the walls could talk: Messages at Angel Island capture immigrants’ anguish
By Karen Natividadn
Personal accounts of immigrants detained at Angel Island are uncovered for the first time. By Elaine Elinson ...
Firm represents foreign-based companies seeking U.S. investors. ...
San Francisco-based Sedgwick LLP is adding an office in Washington D.C. Aug. 15. The firm's leadership said the move will stre...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel returns $2 million in taxes to tribe
By John Roemer
The Blue Lake Rancheria tribe of Humboldt County will recoup $2 million in federal taxes plus interest, a 9th Circuit panel ru...
Jurors heard bond manager Jeffrey E. Gundlach seemingly contradict the testimony of his associate when he denied he ordered un...
JAMS neutral Richard C. Neal's tactic of bluntly assessing the merits and drawbacks of a case has made him one of the more sou...
Books
Tortured confessions: Reliability concerns now a second-thought
By Sharon Liangn
Using tortured confessions in the terrorism context raises troubling consequences. By M. Katherine Darmer of Chapman Universit...
California Supreme Court
State supremes take up issue of notice in suits against public agencies
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide how strictly courts should adhere to a law requiring plaintiffs to give ...
Mattel Inc. filed a notice Thursday of its intent to appeal a federal judge’s decision to award MGA Entertainment Inc. nearly ...
A transgender woman who sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles after one of its employees sent condemning letters a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is contending that condominiums in the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego actually are securi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit conference proceeds at luxury resort, despite looming budget cuts
By John Roemer
Despite another circuit's decision to cancel its annual conference in the face of budget cuts, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
The state Supreme Court Thursday agreed to hear a case on the constitutionality of two assembly bills that would dissolve loca...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit broadens judges' discretion in federal recidivism sentencing
By John Roemer
Federal judges can more easily lengthen criminal sentences and order deportations based on a defendant's earlier convictions i...