San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi will join community activists today to rally against City Attorney Dennis Herrera's ...
Discipline
Professors Cite Prosecutors' Lack of Accountability and Win-at-All-Costs Attitude in Wrongful Convictions
By Ryan Oliver
Web Exclusive - LOS ANGELES - A lack of accountability and a win-at-all-costs attitude among state prosecutors is being cited ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Race, Speech Issues Oversimplify Education Challenges
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - The Supreme Court's recent decisions on school segregation and student expression are di...
SAN FRANCISCO - Arden Realty purchased 26 research-and-development office buildings in the Silicon Valley for an undisclosed a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Energy finance partners James R. Cowan and Arthur T. Kolios, both formerly of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & ...
For the second time in her career, Rosalind R. Tyson has been named interim head of the Securities and Exchange Commission's L...
Almost every day of every week during campaign season, small armies of young, idealistic men and women fan out across the subu...
LOS ANGELES - The California Department of Corporations has adopted a series of revisions to the state's stock-option regulati...
Forum Column - By Jon Coupal - Backers of a new ballot measure hope to reignite the campaign against the abuse of eminent doma...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Business, Private Life Collide in Luxury-Home Mediations
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Matthew W. Argue - Mediation that touches on an issue as sensitive as your home requires concessions in the ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state has shut down a bankrupt Los Angeles County-based nationwide law firm that officials say continued t...
Focus Column - By Robert Hulse - New federal rules governing the application process for patents alter the strategies necessar...
Education
Should Charter Schools Follow Public Schools' Conflict Rules?
By Jim Adamekn
SACRAMENTO - A fight is brewing over whether charter schools must adhere to tough conflict-of-interest rules that apply to pub...
Scott Ciment has traded the comforts of Newport Beach for a security compound in Kabul, pursuing his dream of helping young de...
The state labor commissioner overstepped her authority two years ago when she unilaterally reduced penalties for employers who...
Orange County Judge Stephen Perk makes settlement conferences a required stop when litigants embark on a civil case ...
Two Ventura Jurists Retire From Bench
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Immigration Raids Trample the Constitution Without Securing the Nation
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Julia Harumi Mass and Phillip Hwang - ICE raids in Hispanic communities bring to light serious questions ab...
On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made it tougher for long-settled legal immigrants who have committed an aggra...
Entertainment & Sports
For East Coast Practice, Manatt Brings In New-Media Veteran
By D. Heimpel
LOS ANGELES - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips bolstered its East Coast entertainment profile Monday with the addition of new-med...
Focus Column - By Richard M. Coleman - The "Musings of a Discovery Referee" series continues with a look at a commonly used le...
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer did not rule Monday on a defense motion to dismiss all criminal charges aga...
Eliot G. Disner, left, waged a 2 1/2-year battle against BAR/BRI and Kaplan over Bar Exam classes that culminated Monday with...
Immigration
Immigration Judge's Sudden Resignation Raises Eyebrows
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - When Ted A. White, a West Virginia attorney, abruptly quit his post as a Los Angeles immigration judge this year...
LOS ANGELES - A former Milberg Weiss partner pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday as part of a cooperation deal that is ex...
Focus Column - By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran - Developers looking to fight back against government land-use restrict...
Law Practice
Path in Arts Led L.A. Bar President to New Love of Litigation
By Maya Meinert
Newly minted Los Angeles County Bar Association President Gretchen M. Nelson takes the helm with several objectives in mind. C...
Government
Nicaraguan Workers' Fight With Chemical Makers Comes to U.S.
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - In the 22 years since the Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of a pesticidal chemical in this countr...
Focus Column - By Joseph S. Belichick - One of 2007's less-hyped Supreme Court decisions marked a dramatic shift in pleading s...
Industry Watch - By Alexa Hyland - LOS ANGELES - Westlake Village-based attorney Dien Le opened the California directory of at...