SAN JOSE - Even the government, with all its might, must choose its battles carefully. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Seattle-based Preston, Gates & Ellis would gain an East Coast and European presence by way of Pittsburgh-b...
FORUM COLUMN - Intellectual property lawyers who use frivolous cease-and-desist letters and lawsuits to attack protected speec...
Entertainment & Sports
Firing a One-Eyed Referee Can Cost More Than 15 Yards
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - Justice should be blind, but what about NCAA football referees? Some fans might believe that blindness is a pre...
Judges and Judiciary
Supreme Court Should Rule on 'Bong Hits for Jesus' Banner
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - In late August, Pepperdine University Law School Dean Kenneth W. Starr and the high-powered firm for which he i...
Judges and Judiciary
Carrying on the Brown Family Tradition of Public Service
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - Jeff Brown comes from a family of leaders, including uncle Pat Brown, the former governor, and cousin Jerry Br...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Critical of Plea Deal That Required Man to Leave California
By Jason Armstrongn
In what appears to be an unprecedented case in California, an appellate panel ruled Tuesday that an Orange County man whose ag...
Judges and Judiciary
Top Court Adds 9th Circuit's Pro-Consumer Ruling to Caseload
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court added nine new cases to its docket Tuesday, including a closely watched business case that...
SAN FRANCISCO - Legislation headed to President Bush's desk could make it easier for owners of famous trademarks to stop other...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers Help Filmmakers Tap Growing Number of U.S. Production Subsidies
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - Some states are showing filmmakers the money, and some entertainment finance attorneys are helping them find it....
True story. On the day Randy Rhodes got married, he was wearing a white polo shirt and a pair of jeans stained with fish guts....
LOS ANGELES - After 35 years of waging battles in the name of civil rights and social justice, the Center for Law in the Publi...
FORUM COLUMN - In April 2004, administrators at the Poway Public High School permitted the Gay-Straight Alliance student club ...
Judges and Judiciary
Maybe Lawyers Ought to Grade Judges on Quality of Their Judging
By Eric Berkowitzn
Professor Cohen's Sept. 19 article suggesting that judges grade lawyers ("Judges Ought to Grade Lawyers on the Quality of Thei...
LOS ANGELES - A congressional committee examining Hewlett-Packard's controversial investigation of boardroom leaks subpoenaed ...
The state can't just carve wildlife habitat out of farmland without first studying the project, especially if some of the crit...
Judges and Judiciary
New Law Helps Transfer Court Facilities to State
By Amy Yarbroughn
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Monday to speed up the transfer of county court facilities to th...
Technology & Science
Midmarket Banking Steps in Where Dot-coms Declined to Tread
By Rick Kennedyn
COLUMN - Big things seemed to be afoot last week for dot-com companies. ...
LOS ANGELES - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it would pursue an enforcement action against Los A...
Education
Loyola Selects Two Trial Attorneys to Honor as Champions of Justice
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - Two top Los Angeles attorneys will be honored Friday night at Loyola Law School's second annual Tribute to Champ...
Civil Rights
To Foster Equality at Schools, Some Speech Must Have Limits
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - In the spring of 2004, Tyler Chase Harper arrived at his San Diego-area school on two consecutive days wearing ...
Constitutional Law
Compelling Interest Needed to Deny Permits to Build Temples
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a significant victory for religious freedom advocate...
Government
WEB EXCLUSIVE - Judge Appears Ready to OK Teens' Sex Suit Against Marines
By Alexa Hylandn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge seemed poised Monday to rule that two teenagers may press forward with a civil suit against th...
Litigation
Church Contends Priests Don't Work for Cardinal Mahony or the Diocese
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - When lawyers for Cardinal Roger Mahony confirmed this month the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles is pay...
WASHINGTON - The right to habeas corpus took center stage Monday as senators continued to poke holes in legislation that would...
Judges and Judiciary
Jury Acquits Phone Company Employee in Pellicano Case
By David Houstonn
LOS ANGELES - In a major blow to prosecutors in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case, a federal jury in Los Angeles acquitte...
SAN FRANCISCO - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox has appointed longtime San Francisco attorney Mich...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Fresno has refused to block key parts of an automobile industry challenge to California's g...
PALO ALTO - Hewlett-Packard on Friday introduced two lawyers hired to help navigate its spying scandal - a corporate specialis...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New WLALA Chief Proves 'You Really Can Have It All'
By Anne M Arie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Landau is a female success story. She is a big-firm partner with a busy litigation practice, a wife, t...