A recap of marriage equality cases in the past year and a look ahead at pending cases for 2011. By Margaret M. Russell of Sant...
Criminal
The Impending Death of California's 'Community Caretaker'
By Genevieve Knollen
Will the state Supreme Court put the "community caretaker" exception to rest? By Patrick T. Santos of the Law Offices of Ronal...
Don't be fooled, the truth behind the environmental sensitivity of hybrid and electric vehicles. By Jonathan Michaels of the M...
Discussion of the gender gap in managing partners is not enough; it's time to push for change. By Patricia K. Gillette of Orri...
A resident of Liberty Station in Point Loma, upset over the presence of a "mega church" in her community, might be getting som...
Construction executive Ronald Tutor and a consortium of investors have closed a deal announced last August to buy the Miramax ...
Beazer Homes USA Inc., one of the nation's largest home builders, agreed to pay $925,000 and change the way it manages stormwa...
Iran owes $2.6 billion to 1,000 family members of the 241 U.S. servicemen killed and many more injured in a 1983 suicide atta...
A Los Altos-based tech company must pursue its patent infringement complaint against a dozen defendants in the Northern Distri...
At a time when people are selling off their jewelry to cash in on historically high gold values, a second-hand jeweler in Palm...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed more judges Friday. ...
Opposition to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to sell and then lease back a massive portfolio of state-owned office properti...
General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary for Grubb & Ellis Co. Santa Ana ...
Three weeks after former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz dodged a prison sentence for three felony convictions related to stock optio...
The San Francisco office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will shutter by the end of June and the firm's entire Nor...
Litigator Joins Skadden Arps In Palo Alto
Intellectual Property
Rambus Files New Patent Claims Against Technology Companies
By Craig Andersonn
Sunnyvale-based chip designer Rambus Inc. launched another legal assault against technology companies it accuses of infringing...
JAMS mediator Terry Friedman has been known to chase litigants into the parking garage to get them to settle a case. ...
Colleagues past and present say Orange County Superior Court's incoming Presiding Judge Thomas J. Borris cuts to the chase, co...
The state Supreme Court explains what triggers an insurer's right and duty to defend any suit. By Richard C. Giller of Alston ...
A new lawyer's guide to building relationships, and their careers, with seasoned attorneys. By Marc Garfinkle. ...
Litigation
Juror Privacy in Criminal Trials Involving Self-Represented Defendants
By Genevieve Knollen
California's jury policy raises serious questions about juror privacy in the courtroom. By David Finley of Chapman University ...
Henry S. David writes in response to the article, "The Emotional Consequences of Asset Protection." ...
For the first time in 40 years, a public defender is poised to become president of the Charles Houston Bar Association, an org...
The governor appointed handful of judges this week. ...
Cooley veteran Laura Berezin jumped ship to join Hogan Lovells in Palo Alto on Wednesday. ...
California Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a Nov. 30 opinion that Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and Los Angeles County Metro...
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Chapter 11 reorganization plan received approval from a New York judge, allowing the movie studio possib...
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian came under fire this week when a prominent startup incubator, The...