Judicial Profile
Jurist Is Combination of 'Mother Theresa, Best Friend, Sister'
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - To hear U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James tell it, those in her job are the most impartial and conflict-...
Judges and Judiciary
Clothes Could Make or Break the Lawyer, for Jurors at Least
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Karl Fleming - I was in the Dallas courtroom that 1964 day that Jack Ruby became headed to the gas chamber f...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Every Aspect of Arbitration Has Room for Collaboration
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Richard Chernick - In Monday's Focus column, I addressed the concept of the managerial arbitrator, someone s...
Mergers & Acquisitions
When the Going Gets Tough, McAfee Goes Shopping for Startups
By Jennifer Hammn
COLUMN - Rick Kennedy - Stock options were once Silicon Valley's best friends as they allowed cash-poor startups to attract ex...
FORUM COLUMN - By Natasha Minsker - As the weeklong hearing on lethal injection in federal district court in San Jose highligh...
Immigration
Judge Won't Release Four Men Being Detained in Immigrant Class Action
By Sandra Hernandezn
A Los Angeles federal judge refused to release four men who are part of a class action that challenges the prolonged detention...
SAN FRANCISCO - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe confirmed that licenses previously held by Coudert Brothers to operate in B...
Despite repeated warnings by a federal judge about the "dangers and disadvantages" of self-representation, one of celebrity sl...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Sacramento Monday approved a deal resolving one of the nation's oldest environmental disput...
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera's request for a preliminary injunction against the Oakdale Mob street gang will b...
SACRAMENTO - Republican party activists have asked the Sacramento Superior Court to disqualify Jerry Brown from the attorney g...
SAN FRANCISCO - At the center of the recent debate about California's lethal-injection execution procedure is the constitution...
San Mateo Bench Elects New Presiding Officers The judges of the San Mateo County Superior Court have elected Judge Robert D. F...
SAN FRANCISCO - Trial judges and court administration officials appeared to reach peace Friday after months of bitter and voca...
Firm Watch
Philadelphia Lawyer Sinks San Diego Roots at Luce Forward
By Robert Iafolla
LOS ANGELES - Veteran attorney Rick L. Frimmer completed his transition from the Northeast to Southern California by joining L...
Discipline
Process for State Bar Rules Changes Is Transparent, Public
By Eric Berkowitzn
The Oct. 10 article titled "Neutrals Fear ADR Rule Change Is Power Grab by Judicial Council" suggests that proposed new Rule 2...
Labor/Employment
Employees Can Sue Even When Unions Have Arbitrated Claims
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Douglas N. Silverstein and Alexandra M. Steinberg - So you think that those wage claims you arbitrated last ...
SAN FRANCISCO - After an 11-year tenure at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, corporate and securities attorney Eric J. Fin...
LOS ANGELES - Here's a lawyer joke for you. ...
LOS ANGELES - Jack Sholkoff has moved up to Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, quite literally. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Counsel Should Work With Arbitrators to Manage Process
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Richard Chernick - The U.S. Supreme Court has made arbitration attractive to commercial parties because its ...
Firm Watch
New Firm Boasts That Women Are Half of Its Equity Partners
By Jennifer Hammn
SACRAMENTO - A new general-litigation law firm is establishing its roots in Sacramento and boasting that half of its equity pa...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Judge Wins Top Honor for Federal Judiciary
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - Giving J. Clifford Wallace the federal judiciary's top honor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy praise...
LOS ANGELES - A handful of candidates have emerged as potential successors to U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang, who announced on ...
LOS ANGELES - County Supervisors Gloria Molina and Michael D. Antonovich called Friday for an independent counsel to investiga...
SAN FRANCISCO - To a law school graduate with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to pay off, a career in public-int...
VENTURA - Judge Colleen Toy White believes people can change. ...
LOS ANGELES - A bookcase behind the desk of U.S. District Judge James Otero provides a seemingly incongruous pairing. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - On a foggy October night in 1954, Allen Ginsberg stood at the corner of Pine and Powell streets, zonked on pey...
LOS ANGELES - As a judge, Alan B. Haber had a reputation for moving the calendar along and shrinking the backlog of cases. ...