The Supreme Court expressed little sympathy for "Judge Alex" Ferrer in a fee dispute between the television jurist and his for...
SANTA ANA - Indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona stepped down Monday primarily to keep mega-firm Jones Day on his defens...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Robert C. Bonner, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President...
LOS ANGELES - After eight years at the helm of Loyola Law School, Dean David W. Burcham has accepted a promotion to provost of...
LOS ANGELES - University of Southern California law professor and Fox News commentator Susan Estrich joined litigation powerho...
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - Congress should move forward with plans to prohibit judges from accepting ethically que...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state-court system is losing a key lobbyist at the same time it is bracing for big budget cuts in Sacramen...
Firm Watch
Orrick Hire Bolsters Intellectual Property Practice in L.A.
By Rebecca U. Cho
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe snagged Mark P. Wine, the former co-chair of McDermott...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Keep Away: Outside Investment in Law Firms Is Terrible Idea
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By Kurt Melchior - Allowing outside capital investment in law firms is a bad idea. ...
Focus Column - By Andy Gillin and Ralph L. Jacobson - Anyone considering filing a wrongful-death claim should be aware of the ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Panel Says No to Probes of NASA Workers' Sex Lives
By John Roemer
New intrusive background checks of NASA scientists' sex lives and other intimate issues have gotten three thumbs down from a 9...
Industry Watch - By Anat Rubin - Longtime public interest attorney Paula Pearlman has been named executive director of the Lo...
Administrative/Regulatory
TV Commentator's SEC Trial Draws to an End
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - In the months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a small Van Nuys telemarketing company run by two Saudi Ara...
The U.S. Supreme Court added three other new cases to its docket on Friday, dealing with these issues: Campaign finance, Emplo...
Industry Watch - By Devan McClaine - Squire, Sanders & Dempsey announced the addition of Wenzhao "Connie" Wang as a corpor...
As school officials seek ways to protect themselves from liability over the growing problem of cyberbullying, JAMS mediator Ga...
In a dramatic policy shift, the Department of Homeland Security has agreed it will no longer forcibly drug immigrants to facil...
WASHINGTON - Criminal defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to confront their accusers in court, but is that right forfeited...
Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's l...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeals court has chopped down a Humboldt County prosecutor's attempt to prove that Pacific Lumber Co....
After years in the sexual-assault and officer-involved units of the district attorney's office, Orange County Judge Sheila F. ...
San Francisco Commissioner Marjorie A. Slabach combines her skills from teaching with her love of family law. ...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a 10 percent cut for the courts Thursday as part of his $141 billion state budget proposa...
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. ...