Intellectual Property
Chip Case Before High Court Likely Will Have Major Impact
By David Houstonn
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court's latest journey into the world of patent law could have huge consequences for the compute...
LOS ANGELES — Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Thursday joined forces with Attorney General Jerry Brown in support of the stat...
Employment Column - By Jeffrey C. Freedman - An Ohio Supreme Court ruling on sexual-harassment filings could influence Califor...
SAN JOSE - Retired San Francisco County Superior Court Judge William Cahill likes mediation, in part, because it's such a new ...
CORONA - Jurors in Riverside County have convicted three businessmen on charges involving one of the largest Ponzi schemes in ...
Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - Society's preoccupation with political correctness is stifling useful social dialogue. ...
Focus Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - When government officials disregard open-meeting requirements, they violate the public's...
ONTARIO - A memorial service for Donald J. Dunn, dean of University of La Verne College of Law, will take place Saturday at St...
LOS ANGELES - A traditional New Year's resolution at City Hall, to overhaul the city's risk-management procedures, came from a...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Rules of Evidence Should Codify Challenges of the Digital Age
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Joseph Burton - Until the rules of evidence are modified to address the unique aspects of digital informatio...
Appellate Practice
George Lobbies Panel on Reforming Death-Penalty Appeals
By Dennis Pfaffn
California Chief Justice Ronald M. George faced some skeptics Thursday as he launched his lobbying effort for reforming death-...
LOS ANGELES - After weighing the costs of continuing to prosecute three high-ranking members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison g...
WASHINGTON - Consumer advocates and trial lawyers have joined to push for Congress to ban what has become a common feature in ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists sued the federal Department of Energy Thursday over its designation of a corridor in Califor...
A federal judge on Wednesday reluctantly allowed indicted private eye Anthony Pellicano to dismiss his two lawyers and represe...
Following a career focused on victims, Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Jane L. Shade is known for her fairness on th...
Civil Rights
Member of School Board Sues His District Over Investigation
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - In a highly unusual move, a suburban school board member has sued his own district, claiming his colleagues violat...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dispelling the Urban Legends of Patent Mediation, One by One
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Jeff Kichaven - Mediators in patent cases need not have technical backgrounds to help settle cases effective...
SAN FRANCISCO - Public-interest attorneys may not be able to recover expert-witness fees without a change in the law, Californ...
Forum Column - By Bryan A. Liang - Efforts to change lethal-injection procedures are simply an attempt to pass the buck to the...
Focus Column - By Louise A. LaMothe - Improved technology has made videoconferencing a viable option for ADR cases. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - It didn't take long Wednesday for U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer to dash the hopes of former Brocade Commu...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel Limits Performer's Free Speech in Park
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Seattle street performer Magic Mike failed to enchant two of three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges We...
Trial lawyers are opposing legislation sponsored by Sen. Herb Kohl that would make it more difficult for courts to seal agreem...
California Courts of Appeal
S.F. Anti-Gun Ordinance Tossed Over State-Law Conflict
By Rebecca Beyer
A sweeping San Francisco anti-gun ordinance prohibiting nearly all city residents from possessing handguns is invalid because ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appeals Court Allows S.F. Health Plan
By Evan George
A federal appeals court on Wednesday resurrected San Francisco's embattled effort to extend universal health care coverage to ...
Jeffrey L. Bleich is representing American Standard Inc. before the California Supreme Court as it considers whether the state...
LOS ANGELES - Officials in the district attorney's office were scrambling for answers Tuesday, days after prosecutors didn't o...
SAN FRANCISCO - In its first opportunity to interpret the state's family medical leave law, the California Supreme Court on Tu...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
America's Aging Airport System Needs a Coordinated Makeover
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Michael L. Dworkin - Only a concerted effort from national leaders will fix the country's skyrocketing airpo...