LOS ANGELES - Litigator Paul L. Gale practiced at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth for three decades, even serving as the f...
Judges and Judiciary
Schwarzenegger Reinstates Judge Defeated by Bagel Shop Owner
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reappointed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs to the bench af...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Diane L. Becker - The California Registered Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 (Califo...
LOS ANGELES - Only several months into his second stint as a litigator with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, David Burg was offe...
FORUM COLUMN - By Richard W. Garnett - Visit the local bookstore, turn on talk radio, or click on a favorite blog, and two cla...
Judges and Judiciary
DA Can't Prosecute Ex-Fugitive After Giving Details to Hollywood
By Robert Iafolla
An appeals court last week removed a lead prosecutor from a death penalty trial in Santa Barbara County because of his action...
Entertainment & Sports
'Lonelygirl15' Earns Litigator His 15 Minutes of Fame
By Jennifer Hammn
LOS ANGELES - If anyone ever writes a book on the secret lives of lawyers, Greg Goodfried's story will be Chapter 1. ...
Corporate
High Court to Rule on Attorney Fees in PG&E Bankruptcy Case
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would decide whether a litigant can recover attorney fees in a case in...
Regional water regulators had the authority to issue a permit underlying a multibillion-dollar cleanup of the Los Angeles regi...
Janice Liu has joined B. Riley & Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, as general counsel. Liu left Latham & Watkins to j...
SANTA MARIA - With more than 20 years' experience in family law, Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Arthur A. Garcia st...
A deeply divided state appellate court ruled Thursday that gays and lesbians don't have a constitutional right to marry. ...
The article "Firing a One-Eyed Referee Can Cost More Than 15 Yards" by John Lattin and published on Sept. 27, surprisingly ass...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Former Covina Judge Listens to Both Sides Now
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Michael Rutberg realized early in his career that he didn't want to get caught up in the minutiae of running a l...
SAN FRANCISCO - Tenants of one of the city's largest apartment complexes filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the owners used a r...
Labor/Employment
Never Underestimate the Purpose or Pitfalls of Performance Reviews
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By Jonathan Fraser Light - Annual performance reviews are a stressful time for both reviewers and employe...
SANTA ANA - Some missing pants and a recorded-over audio tape pushed the city of Costa Mesa to pay $225,000 to a family whose ...
LOS ANGELES - During tough times, companies often turn to lawyers to provide counsel and in some cases even assume internal le...
LOS ANGELES -A Cheesecake Factory shareholder has filed a lawsuit alleging that directors and executive officers at the restau...
FOCUS COLUMN - By William F. Sullivan and Morgan J. Miller - The successive waves of companies facing a barrage of option-rela...
SAN FRANCISCO - Assistant U.S. Attorney Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. will soon reunite with several mentors and colleagues he left a...
Judges and Judiciary
Prosecutor's Fiction Too Close to the Truth - She's Off the Case
By Laura Ernden
A Santa Barbara County prosecutor was removed from a rape case Thursday because she wrote a novel that bore a strikingly simil...
Government
State, Guards Union Make Case to Judge to Avoid Investigation
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a federal judge Thursday that the governor knows he needs help re...
Judges and Judiciary
New President of Judges Group Will Work on Pension Reform
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Only months ago, the California Judges Association appeared on the brink of mutiny over whether to support man...
Judges and Judiciary
Faulting Prosecutors and Self, U.S. Judge Frees Bonds' Trainer
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge blamed slow-moving federal prosecutors Thursday for leaving him no option but to release the w...
LOS ANGELES - When immigration agents showed up at Raymond Gerald Soeoth's San Gabriel home early one morning in 2004, the Ind...
DISBARMENTS
SACRAMENTO - California Attorney General Bill Lockyer charged five people Wednesday, including former Hewlett-Packard chairwom...
FORUM COLUMN - By Michael Heimbold and Dylan Ruga - For clothing designers, H.R. 5055 is the best thing to happen to the Ameri...
SAN FRANCISCO - As law firms compete at an ever-higher level for business, so too must they meet the challenges of attracting ...