The San Diego County Water Authority is calling "no fair" with a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern C...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Bar Backs Mock Trials, Focus Groups
By Pat Broderick
The San Diego County Bar Association weighed in on a question about lawyers conducting mock trials and focus groups. ...
As news of James Towery's appointment as the State Bar's new chief trial counsel spread Friday, he joked the words 'glutton fo...
Perspective
Barristers to Blogs: Softening Ethical Restrictions in the Digital Age
By Sharon Liangn
Historically, the legal profession has frowned upon attorney marketing and advertising. But that's changing, says Michael Lubo...
Perspective
No Way, Amending an Agreement Can Violate State Securities Laws?
By Lisa Kestenbaumn
When drafting contract amendments, neglecting the California Corporate Securities Law may lead to unpleasant surprises, cautio...
With all the fuss over Internet privacy, you'd think that your tax information was more sacrosanct. That's not so in the eyes ...
Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School comments on a recent controversial event in Israel. ...
Mitchell Jacobs and Thomas Feuerman discuss the issue of debts incurred by spouses after separation in a typical marital disso...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Ruling Hammers Barry Bonds Case
By Fiona Smith
Federal prosecutors hoping to convict slugger Barry Bonds suffered a major blow after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals up...
U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte, Jr's announcement Friday that he will recreate a unit to prosecute corruption charges is a sign t...
Yolo County Superior Court Judge Paul K. Richardson is a fan of the old west who doesn't shoot from the hip in court.
Chris Manderson, John Schafer and Lance McKinlay weren't looking for just any clients when they opened their law firm in Septe...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...
Automatic photos of drivers running red lights are hearsay, an Orange County Superior Court appellate panel has ruled. ...
'Mean and nasty?' Just think how difficult Judge Richard Adler would be without the yoga.
Class-action allegations have been withdrawn against a Los Angeles lawyer accused of cheating homeowners in need of mortgage m...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
No Broadcast of Prop. 8 Trial
By Laura Ernden
Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of San Francisco has denied a media request to broadcast the closing arguments in the same-sex ma...
Covington & Burling attorneys are representing BP plc in a fight over $750 million in insurance policies to cover the cost...
Mountain View-based Synopsys Inc. agreed to buy Fremont-based Virage Logic Corp. for $315 million with the help of more than 3...
The California Supreme Court waded deeper into the battle over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts Wednesday and granted ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Searches Beyond U.S. Border OK'd
By John Roemer
The extended border search doctrine validates the arrest of an elderly man smuggling 37 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. from M...
JAMS neutral Jay Folberg's background as a law professor and former dean has proved helpful in mediating cases for nonprofits,...
A legal war is brewing between a San Diego County Indian tribe and a local water district over human bones found on land where...
A former lawyer for a Disney company on Thursday told of dealings that allegedly cut the creator of "Who Wants to be a Million...
Testimony from high-ranking church officials taken in a clergy abuse lawsuit should be made public, a judge ruled Thursday. ...
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court Reinforces Fifth Amendment Doctrine Against Lower Courts
By Sharon Liangn
The Supreme Court's recent decision regarding the Miranda doctrine isn't aimed at police officers or even state courts....
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hardball, and Other Academy Award Nominees
By Carla Pinedan
Why do attorneys play hardball in mediation when far more often than not, such an approach is incendiary and counterproductive...
Disproportionate teacher layoffs in the L.A. Unified School District tells kids they are expendable and lack the same value as...
Administrative/Regulatory
The State Bar has named James Towery its new chief trial counsel
By Riley Guerin
The State Bar has named James Towery, a longtime trial attorney and former State Bar president -- its new chief trial counsel....