Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Scholars in multiple disciplines, including Stanford Law professor Hank Greely, are working on a three-year $10 million grant ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has ordered intelligence officials to release documents that could influence the debate in Con...
LOS ANGELES - Mark L. Bronson, a California lawyer who brokered some of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's biggest rea...
Web Exclusive - For the first time, a California Court of Appeal has ordered a law enforcement agency to return marijuana that...
Focus Column - By Margaret Grignon and Zareh Jaltorossian - A recent decision of the 6th District Court of Appeal reignites th...
LOS ANGELES - Chris Poole has been named the new president of Irvine-based JAMS, one of the nation's largest private providers...
LOS ANGELES - Reversing an earlier tentative ruling, the federal judge handling the wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Plea Bargaining in Capital Cases Is More Than Just a 'Necessary Evil'
By Troy Senikn
Letters to the Editor - Readers weigh in on the death penalty, licensing talent agents and the efficacy of mediation. ...
Law Practice
Russoniello Plans Case-by-Case Approach This Time Around
By Dennis Pfaffn
Now that Joe Russoniello is poised to take over as Northern California's U.S. attorney for a second time, some legal observers...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Supreme Court Wary of Maine Law Aimed at Tobacco Control
By David Houstonn
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it likely will rule against a Maine law aimed at preventing minors from...
WASHINGTON - Earlier this year, supporters of the major patent reform legislation before Congress were confidently talking abo...
Personal Injury & Torts
Injured Joggers Will Receive Record $50 Million Settlement
By Jim Adamekn
In what may be the biggest settlement of a personal-injury case in the state this year, the city of Dana Point announced Tuesd...
Like it or not, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has become the Northern District's - and perhaps the nation's - resident exp...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mediation Could Be Key to Improving U.S.-Chinese Business Relations
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Thomas J. Stipanowich - Ancient Chinese customs and modern American business acumen look poised to reshape t...
Morrison & Foerster veteran B. Scott Silverman, a senior labor and employment law attorney at the firm, has been elected t...
Litigation
Civil Rights Lawyer Yagman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
By Zack Vaneyckn
After a marathon three-day sentencing hearing, a federal judge Tuesday sentenced outspoken civil rights attorney Stephen G. Ya...
As Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona fights charges of official corruption, witness tampering and mail fraud, he finds himself...
From using "marriage-neutral" terms to providing support for employees undergoing gender transition, a new report aims to help...
Forum Column - By Lawrence J. McQuillan - The fact that Anna Nicole Smith's pursuit of her husband's fortune continues in the ...
Law Practice
Anti-Defamation League Will Honor Litigator With Justice Award
By Alexa Hylandn
High-profile litigator Marshall Grossman will be honored for his commitment to social justice Saturday at the Anti-Defamation ...
After a foray in the field of public relations, Roy O. Chernus returned to law and is now a Marin County Superior Court commis...
Judges and Judiciary
Not Your Typical Behind-the-Scenes Lawyer
By Linda Rapattoni And Hudson Sangree
Fredericka McGee said of her job as general counsel to Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, “Sometimes, I’m such an advocate — once ...
Although land-use attorney Robert P. Silverstein has stopped a lot of bulldozers in his career, he doesn't oppose all developm...
Law Practice
Judge Will Determine Whether Pellicano's Rights Were Violated
By Zack Vaneyckn
A federal judge ordered an evidentiary hearing Monday to determine whether the government violated the Sixth Amendment rights ...
Environmental
Legal Battles Over Oil Spill Ooze Into San Francisco Courts
By Fiona Smith
As the massive cleanup effort from the San Francisco Bay oil spill begins winding down, residue from the incident has begun oo...
Labor/Employment
Wage-and-Hour Suits Work Their Way to Tech Companies
By David Houstonn
It was one prediction Ted Borromeo wishes he had wrong. With stockbrokers, pharmaceutical salespeople and other white-collar w...
The California Supreme Court on Monday opened the door to defense attorneys sharing limited information gleaned from police of...
Forum Column - By John Poyner - While recent legislation intended to prevent wrongful convictions in California was well-inten...
The second criminal backdating case against a former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. executive went before a jury Monday, ...