Focus Column - By Michael P. Judge - Public defenders perform an invaluable service for poor communities. For MCLE credit. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
State's Courts Need Diverse Judiciary to Ensure Justice, Reflect Community
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - Mike Davis - With black and Hispanic prison populations swelling, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to appoint m...
Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Seyfarth Shaw last week added labor and employment litigator Jeffrey Wortman, formerly of...
Industry Watch - Alexa Hyland - LOS ANGELES - California-based Buchalter Nemer continues to strengthen its appellate practice ...
Forum Column - Donald Kilmer - The hysteria over gun violence ignores statistical realities. ...
LOS ANGELES - Throughout his 50 years as a prominent divorce lawyer, Harry M. Fain was know for reinventing the practice of fa...
Lobbyists from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips have been walking the hallways of the state Capitol, drumming up support for tort...
WASHINGTON - The long-running federal corruption investigation focusing on U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Cal., has stalled. ...
SANTA MONICA - Jeffrey L. Bleich, a San Francisco partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, will be the new president of the Stat...
On the Move
Whether she's competing on the track, winning political office or rising in law, Judge Karen L. Robinson has her eyes on the n...
The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley propelled Joel Pressman into a legal career, and as a judge he says he is 'doing his best...
Howard Rice partner Julia Vax has developed a keen understanding of risk through her general business, corporate and securitie...
Simply claiming your seat belt is uncomfortable doesn't mean you can win a lawsuit. ...
SANTA ANA - In a strongly worded opinion, a federal appellate court on Thursday castigated the U.S. Department of Veterans Aff...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Trend Reversal: Disabled Workers Are No Longer Immune From Discipline
By Troy Senikn
Employment Column - By Leonid M. Zilberman - The tide of litigation that came in with the passage of the Americans with Disabi...
SAN FRANCISCO - The first criminal stock-option backdating trial in the country appears headed for a jury as soon as next week...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - The Supreme Court attempts to sort out the wreckage when the Endangered Species Act and the...
LOS ANGELES - Dole Food and Dow Chemical continued to use and sell a pesticide that executives in both companies knew caused h...
LOS ANGELES - Jeffrey Kichaven is officially a globetrotter. From New Orleans to Toronto, Kichaven is called upon to facilitat...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - A land-use provision intended to spur conservation is leading to a rash of fraud. ...
LOS ANGELES - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley tapped Los Angeles attorney Ilana Rosenzweig on Thursday to be the head of a new ...
Thousands of beefed-up prison sentences imposed by judges under the state's previous sentencing scheme were upheld Thursday in...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy duke it out over what constitutes a "wetland." ...
Judges and Judiciary
Two Move Up to 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith A. Jury, who sits in Riverside, has been elevated to the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy App...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Hooked on Juvenile Drug Court's Real-Life Tragedies and Triuimphs
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - Lynn Duryee - The personal travails and surprising success stories of troubled youths provide plenty of emotion...
You've teed off on the fifth hole of a golf course nestled in the Angeles National Forest in northern Los Angeles County. You'...
Focus Column - Timothy Martin - A recent 9th Circuit ruling keeps Google and other search engines from liability for the gatew...
Forum Column - Gregory Rutchik - A combination of financial concerns and a lack of imagination are preventing the entertainmen...
LOS ANGELES - A broad coalition that includes builders, school boards and Hollywood studios is warning that proposed changes t...