Forum (Forum & Focus)
In an Uncertain Economy, Lawyers Should Keep an Eye On LLC Clients
By Sara Libbyn
In the present business climate, keeping a vigilant eye on the financial well-being of clients who are members of an LLC is si...
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will pay 15 California government and municipality agencies $160 million in a se...
Criminal
Man Who Killed Former State Bar President Sentenced to 15 Years to Life
By Jason W. Armstrong
A Superior Court judge Monday sentenced a Palm Springs transient to 15 years to life in prison for murdering former State Bar ...
The state's judicial watchdog agency Monday scolded a retired San Bernardino County judge for rude and demeaning comments to a...
Yolo County has improved its system for choosing racially representative grand juries after a prominent Hispanic man complaine...
Web Exclusive - A federal judge on Monday handed identical six-month prison sentences to the last two class action lawyers imp...
Employees who feel they've been discriminated against can try to resolve the problem internally without fear they'll lose thei...
Criminal
Defense Attorneys Skeptical of Plan to Let DAs Oversee Crime Labs
By Jim Adamekn
Orange County supervisors are set to approve today a plan to build an expanded DNA lab that would be overseen jointly by the s...
Criminal
L.A. Federal Judge Rejects Christensen's Motion for New Wiretap Trial
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer denied attorney Terry N. Christensen’s motions for a new wiretapping trial Monday, rejecti...
Pro bono service is the best way for lawyers to invest themselves in the type of charitable and volunteer service called for b...
A recent 9th Circuit decision highlights the importance of accurate drafting, not only for stock purchase agreements, but for ...
Seven former Heller Ehrman attorneys will be joining Goodwin Procter's real estate investment management and hospitality pract...
Dan Stormer of Hadsell, Stormer, Keeny, Richardson & Renick in Pasadena is lead plaintiffs’ counsel for Nigerian activists...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Parties in Settlement Often Overlook What's Most Important: the Numbers
By Sara Libbyn
Parties strain to understand their adversary’s intentions in settlement negotiations, and often overlook the most important in...
A federal judge is set to decide today whether to grant attorney Terry N. Christensen a new trial based on what his attorneys...
Law Practice
Lawyers Clear Up Misconceptions About Ex-Cons' Right to Vote
By Dhyana Levey
Attorneys call it “The Big Myth.” Common misconceptions regarding who is allowed to vote in California after being convicted o...
Personal jurisdiction is of practical importance for casinos, because it answers the question of whether the casino can be sue...
Law Practice
For MoFo Attorney, Guantanamo Situation Was a Call to Arms
By Susan Mcraen
Charles Patterson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster, is one of about 20 U.S....
Law Practice
Judicial Council Grapples With Judge Shortage, Court Upgrades
By Amy Yarbroughn
The policy-making body for the state's courts unanimously approved a list of 41 construction projects that will be funded by a...
The State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders is meant to aid judges, probation and parole officers in assessing...
The management team of San Francisco-based Thelen has called a firmwide partnership meeting for Tuesday at which dissolution i...
Fontana Judge Stephan Gray Saleson says the key to compelling testimony is letting the witnesses tell jurors the story. It's ...
The latest reports from the State Bar
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed two lawyers and a retired appellate justice to positions on state commissions.
When Pacific Gas and Brobeck collapsed, Judge Dennis J. Montali had the daunting duty of patching up their finances. ...
Don't expect to play golf with Tom Mars, Wal-Mart's general counsel. The retail giant's corporate culture encourages arms-leng...
No matter who wins the election, we must remember that the Constitution applies to everyone, writes Kathleen Taylor. - Forum C...
Although many types of property may be subject to escheat laws, employers are generally left holding unpaid wages, commissions...
Verdicts
Settlement Sets Stricter Rules for Animal Killing at Shelters
By Noah Barronn
Animal advocates have scored a coup in a settlement that makes it tougher for Los Angeles County's six shelters to euthanize c...
Timothy J. Corcoran Left Practice for Mediation With No Regrets ...