SAN FRANCISCO - One of the most famous amphibians in California has something new to croak about. ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Write, Enforce Noncompetition Agreements Conservatively to Avoid Suits
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Patrick Cain - Although noncompetition agreements are allowed in certain limited circumstances (Business and...
Litigation
Twenty Years Later, False Claims Amendments Keep Working
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Mark Labaton - Oct. 27 marks the 20th anniversary of Congress' passage of the 1986 amendments to the federal...
Judges and Judiciary
DA Sticks With Witness Who Says He Sees Horned Aliens
By Carri Karuhnn
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon is standing by a prosecutor's plans to call a witness who believes he is vi...
Corporate
Survey: 63 Percent of Companies Conducted Internal Investigations
By Gabe Friedmann
While internal investigations have been grabbing headlines in the Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal, they are nothing new in ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Indicates Doubt About Local Police as Federal Agents
By Dennis Opatrnyn
A federal three-judge panel Thursday appeared doubtful that local police and their reports should be considered federal agents...
SAN FRANCISCO - After years of fighting allegations that he recklessly botched dozens of immigration cases, attorney Walter R....
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Take Steps to Ensure Mediated Settlements Can Be Enforced
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Deborah Rothman and Victoria Pynchon - Ladies and gentlemen, start your word processors. ...
Labor/Employment
Office Romances Can Create Hostile Environment for Bystanders
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Mary C. Dollarhide - Workplace romances are more hazardous than ever. ...
In the race to be a great neutral, many people think judges have a built-in-advantage: the bench. The honorable in front of th...
LOS ANGELES - For the homeless, the Drop-In Center is one of the last places to get a bed on Los Angeles' Skid Row. Unlike the...
The Daily Journal recognizes the state's top neutrals. ...
LOS ANGELES - Litigants and lawyers who regularly do business in San Bernardino County Superior Court have filed a civil right...
Firm Watch
Unique Dreier Business Model Attracts Santa Monica Rainmaker
By Robert Iafollan
LOS ANGELES - Even before merger talks between Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan and Cooley Godward Kronish died last month...
Garry Abrams was the only journalist I've ever known in 40 years in the publishing business who got impeached as editor of his...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe is fighting attempts at being deposed in a lawsuit that alleges local ju...
Immigration
Nolo Contendere Plea Frees Vietnamese Immigrant From Prison
By Laura Ernden
When is being convicted not the same as committing a crime? When you're an immigrant who has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor...
BAKERSFIELD - Claiming that the local newspaper has "raised journalistic lying to an art form," Kern County's district attorne...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation Panel Does Well on Diversity, Balance
By Eric Berkowitzn
I beg to disagree with Elizabeth A. Moreno (LADJ, Oct. 10, "L.A. Court Must Do Better to Be Inclusive, Equal on Mediators"). ...
Known for his compassion, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Alvin E. Green Jr. is making his mark in drug court, where he ...
LOS ANGELES - Ted Marx was one of the highest-performing commissioned sales executives at Storage Technology Corp. But in 2001...
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney and television commentator Daniel Horowitz lost his wife to a teenage killer a year ago, and he talke...
SAN FRANCISCO - A deal's a deal, a Sacramento judge has ruled, even if it means certain smog-causing agents will stay in Calif...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's recently fired litigation cost manager has accused the county counsel's office of manipulat...
SAN FRANCISCO - When the rumor started buzzing around the Internet earlier this month that Google was negotiating to buy YouTu...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard W. Stanford Jr.'s gruff exterior reveals an independent mind, a focus on fairness a...
Real Estate/Development
Voting No on Eminent Domain Will Save Millions
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Bruce W. Beach - Playing off the national discussion on the proper limitations of the power of eminent domai...
FORUM COLUMN - By Peter Scheer - Attorney General Bill Lockyer wasted no time in indicting former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman P...
Real Estate/Development
Voluntary Waivers of Right to Protest May Be Enforceable
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - By Kenneth B. Bley and Andrew K. Fogg - Parties to a number of different kinds of agreements often include prov...
SAN FRANCISCO - Legal malpractice defense lawyer Pamela Phillips never intended for a courtesy visit to Howard Rice Nemerovski...