Judges and Judiciary
Court Needs to Follow Its Own Rule of Not Relying on Legislative History
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Dylan B. Carp - A key part of the California Supreme Court's job is to interpret California statutes. ...
Investments
A Few Signs Can Point a Sleuth to Fraud in Financial Statements
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Stanley I. Foodman - When reviewing a financial statement, how do you know if the numbers it contains are tr...
Litigation
New E-Discovery Rules Mean Lawyers Must Learn the Language of Technology
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - When it comes to discovery and the need to produce electronic data for an opposing party in litigation, the excu...
FOCUS COLUMN - Daniel Ellis and Ute Krudewagen - Outsourcing is on the rise. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral in L.A. Was First Monterey Judge
By Anne Marie Ruff
Monterey County's first judge, Ralph Drummond, has died at 88. Drummond began and ended his career in Los Angeles, first as a...
Government
Election Gives Locals Bigger Role in Picking U.S. Attorney
By Carri Karuhnn
LOS ANGELES - Before last week's midterm elections, conservative attorneys with ties to the Bush administration were believed ...
HAYWARD - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Michael Gaffey enjoys engaging those who come before him in conversation, especi...
SAN FRANCISCO - The day after 70 percent of voters approved Jessica's Law, the proposition requiring 2,000-foot Predator-Free ...
FORUM COLUMN - By John Stephens and Caroline Bussin - In a March 15 omnibus decision, the Federal Communications Commission fu...
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera and attorneys representing same-sex couples asked the California Supreme Court Mo...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Robert L. Eisenbach III - The major role intellectual property plays in our economy makes intellectual prope...
Judges and Judiciary
Jury Questioners Draw Rebuke in Market Manslaughter Case
By Carri Karuhnn
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys representing convicted farmers' market killer George Weller were issued a strong rebuke by a judge Mon...
SAN JOSE - The chief legal officer at Los Angeles-based KB Home resigned Sunday along with the homebuilding company's chief ex...
Appellate Practice
WEB EXCLUSIVE - Appeals Panel Lets S.F. Police Proceed With 'Fajitagate' Discipline
By Laura Ernden
Disciplinary charges against seven San Francisco police officers stemming from "Fajitagate," a notorious off-duty brawl with c...
Corporate
In Its First Acquisition, Genentech Buys Out Texas Partner Tanox
By Rick Kennedyn
COLUMN - By Rick Kennedy - Last week began with a deluge of deals, even by the standards of this year's sustained bonanza: At ...
Judges and Judiciary
Transfer of Complex-Litigation Judge Provokes S.F. Bench, Bar
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - Even before he formally slides into the presiding judge's chair in January, San Francisco County Superior Cour...
SAN JOSE - Until this year, no company that insured officers and directors of American corporations asked anything about stock...
Employee Benefits
Veteran Baseball Arbitrator Steps Up to Grocery-Strike Plate
By Carri Karuhnn
LOS ANGELES - Veteran arbitrator Thomas T. Roberts is a star in labor and legal circles, best known for his high-profile, high...
SAN FRANCISCO - His mother was a high school dropout. His father was an alcoholic who didn't make it past the third grade. ...
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence for a murder committed 24 years ago ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Winning habeas appeals for imprisoned clients is only the start for sole practitioner Gary Dubcoff. ...
Property insurers took a blow from the state Supreme Court Monday after the court held that insurance companies cannot get out...
LOS ANGELES - If only his college newspaper had been less successful, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge C. Edward Simpson might...
IMPERIAL COUNTY -- The Trust for Public Land, California State Parks and numerous other state and federal partners announced N...
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County policy has come under fire in lawsuits from two criminal defense lawyers who allege jail person...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Bradley D. Blanche - Your client has developed proprietary advances in technology and has the capability to ...
Labor/Employment
New Case and Regulations Beef Up Employer Duties to Returning Troops
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Michael S. Kalt - The Department of Labor's long-awaited regulations implementing and clarifying the Uniform...
FORUM COLUMN - By Robert E. Adel - We've all been there: avoidable discovery disputes; ex parte applications for extensions th...
Labor/Employment
Employment Partner Finds Fit in Davis Wright's Rate Structure
By Haynes
SAN FRANCISCO - Labor and employment partner Frank Birchfield found Davis Wright Tremaine's willingness to explore creative co...