SAN FRANCISCO - When people ask Joan C. Williams why she ended up studying how work and family life fit together, the Hastings...
SAN FRANCISCO - When people ask Joan C. Williams why she ended up studying how work and family life fit together, the Hastings...
L.A. Superior Court Commissioner John W. Green Focuses on What Needs to Be Done
Civil Rights
Marriage's Public Purpose Is Defined by Natural Law, Not Civil Rights
By Eric Berkowitzn
The debate over whether homosexual couples should be allowed to legally marry is not about rights, equality or discrimination,...
Securities
In Most Cases, Insurance May Apply in Option Backdating Suits
By Eric Berkowitzn
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and federal law enforcement authorities are currently investigating historical st...
Labor Day has long signaled the start of the fall political campaign season, and the end of students' school vacations. Now ca...
LOS ANGELES - Some men struggle to step out of the shadow of a successful father. Not Steve Glickman. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Antitrust litigation partner Anita F. Stork joined Covington & Burling's San Francisco office Friday from ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran litigator Jacquelyn J. Garman thought she'd never leave the firm she joined directly out of Stanford U...
Judges and Judiciary
Two Prosecutors Are Named to San Bernardino County Bench
By Jim Adamekn
SAN BERNARDINO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named two prosecutors to the San Bernardino County bench Friday. ...
Judges and Judiciary
L.A.'s First Judge Was a Son of Mexico, Father of California
By Martin Bergn
LOS ANGELES - The vibrant Olvera Street, a colorful pedestrian-only plaza of souvenir shops and Mexican restaurants near Union...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles lawyer Ann Marie Mortimer opened a West Coast outpost of Hunton & Williams today, confirming wee...
LOS ANGELES - Milwaukee Catholic Church officials will pay more than $16.6 million to settle 10 cases involving claims against...
Gordon & Rees has announced the election of seven partners in the firm's San Francisco office and three partners in its Sa...
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo Superior Court Judge John L. Grandsaert has a surprise for those who view him as a hard-core prosecut...
Patent owners, and patent litigators, understand that the value of a patent is far more than its marketing potential. A patent...
Labor/Employment
Distinct Factors Determine How Wage and Hour Law Views a Salesperson
By David Minkown
Compensation for commissioned salespersons is one of the most misunderstood areas of wage and hour law in California. ...
SANTA ANA - Rebuffing the city of Garden Grove, a federal judge has ruled that Buddhists can resume worship services at a form...
Government
California's Spousal Support Laws Are Reason Not to Marry
By Eric Berkowitzn
I couldn't agree more with Fred Silberberg regarding his Aug. 29 piece ("Courts Have Let Spousal Support Become the Dole of D...
A federal judge made it clear that cheaters never win when he ruled that one of the nation's largest bar exam preparatory comp...
SAN FRANCISCO - It's not uncommon for retired Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Norman Spellberg to resort to outright bribery...
Environmental
San Diego Considers a Process to Regulate Water Runoff
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board has set the stage to adopt a newly proposed permit directed ...
Technology & Science
Apple's Board Faces Third Shareholder Suit Over Executive Stock Options
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - For the third time in six weeks, plaintiffs' attorneys have filed a shareholder derivative complaint against Apple ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cash Received Up Front Isn't Necessarily Taxable Income
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - In a day and age when actors receiving swag and gift bags have to treat them as income, is there a way to get c...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Governor Should Sign Bill Making Prescription Drugs Affordable
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - Weighing in where millions of ordinary Americans have already dared to tread, a growing number of states and ci...
Kern County Deputy Public Defender Michael Lukehart was watching a trial when he discovered evidence that might have helped on...
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge presiding over all the priest sex abuse cases in Northern California has allowed one plaintiff to mi...
Judges and Judiciary
High Court Bars Media Access to Police Disciplinary Records
By Martin Bergn
Overturning a lower court, the California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against media access to police officer disciplinary ...
Judges and Judiciary
Bush's Renomination of Judicial Picks Stirs Political Fires
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - President Bush has re-nominated several controversial judicial candidates - including two Idahoans for the 9th U....
Government
Public agencies can neither bring private attorney general suits nor be sued under a state antifraud law, the state Supreme Co...