Judges and Judiciary
Pleasanton Lawyer Named to Sit on State Bankruptcy Bench
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - Pleasanton bankruptcy attorney Roger L. Efremsky has been appointed a federal bankruptcy judge for the Norther...
Law Practice
As Luce Forward Bulks Up, East Coast Lawyer Finds Home There
By Robert Iafolla
SAN DIEGO - After a decade of California dreamin', Louis A. Mezzullo finally has moved west from Virginia to join Luce, Forwar...
Law Practice
In Battle for White & Case's Energy Group, Winston Wins
By William Arthur Haynes
SAN FRANCISCO - Since the February announcement that it would shutter its relatively nascent San Francisco office July 1, Whit...
SAN FRANCISCO - State appeal court justices are showing signs of getting fed up with multichemical Proposition 65 settlements ...
Appellate Practice
Judge Wrongly Denied Asylum to Man With Murdered Relatives
By Keith Bowersn
You don't have to be murdered to qualify for political asylum, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Government
Former Prosecutor Doesn't 'Have to Be Loved to Be Effective'
By Martin Bergn
LOS ANGELES - His father had been shot to death in a liquor store robbery, and Billy Yang showed up at a Los Angeles City Coun...
LOS ANGELES - For the first time since a Los Angeles federal grand jury indicted Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman for runn...
LOS ANGELES - Defense lawyers representing indicted civil rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman and federal prosecutors are skirmi...
Judges and Judiciary
The Voters Are Very Well Capable of Reasoned Decisions to Turn Sitting Judges Out of Office
By David Minkown
Letters to the Editor - Jeffrey A. Lowe's commentary, "Judges Should Be Appointed for 12-Year Terms" (Daily Journal, June 19),...
LOS ANGELES - Merck & Co. anticipated it could lose nearly a fifth of a projected $2.5 billion in Vioxx sales if its marke...
Column - By Garry Abrams - The mouthpieces for the New York cops who killed for the mob are coming to the West Coast. Beware, ...
LOS ANGELES - Looking to expand his practice, Karl E. Block has departed Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger to j...
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford V. Cretan's courtroom can resemble a travel agency one moment an...
LOS ANGELES - Lou Barletta admits to knowing little about national politics. As mayor of Hazleton, a town of 31,000 just north...
Litigation
Department of Justice Secures $900 Million From Tenet Corp.
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - After nearly four years of investigation, the U.S. attorney's office has agreed to settle a civil lawsuit agains...
Fourm Column - California currently has no provisions providing for interpreters in civil courts for self-represented and/or i...
SAN FRANCISCO - Neutral Mark S. Rudy doesn't consider it his job to counsel people on whether or not they're getting a fair de...
Focus Column - In the article "Family Law Jurists Need to Let Lawyers Present Their Cases" (Daily Journal, June 23), Fred Silb...
Labor/Employment
Prepare Well, to Protect Company From Terminated Employees' Suits
By Amy Kalinn
More often than not, a terminated employee's decision to file a lawsuit against an employer results from the way in which the ...
Focus Column - In light of the wide discretion afforded family law judicial officers, it is often said that a trial judge can ...
Appellate Practice
Appeals Panel Rejects Fishermen's Push Against Salmon Limits
By Dennis Pfaffn
Federal regulators are not required to count salmon that spawn at hatcheries when deciding Pacific Ocean fishing limits, the 9...
Law Practice
Health Care Law Boutique K&R Loses 16 Lawyers to Lord Bissell
By Drew Combsn
LOS ANGELES - Sixteen Los Angeles and Sacramento attorneys are departing the health care law boutique K&R Law Group to joi...
Labor/Employment
Workers Sue Restaurant Owner Over Breaks for Rest and Meals
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - In one of California's largest wage-and-hour class actions, employees are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Prosecutors may introduce statistics at trial about the DNA profiles of different racial groups to help juries understand the ...
Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Jonathan M. Lehan is the lone coastal judge at the Ten Mile Branch, where he presides ov...
WASHINGTON - Down in the Supreme Court's gift shop, tourists and judicial junkies can buy glossy photos of President Bush's tw...
Forum Column - It is a testament to the underlying resiliency of the U.S. economy that it has been able to absorb so many self...
Focus Column - Sally was in her office working on a rush project for a senior associate. She received a call from Kelley, a pa...
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Julian A. Pardini, a native San Franciscan who practiced probate and estate-planning law in the city ...
Focus Column - Humankind has long been concerned about the safety afforded by a shield. That safety is dependent upon the stre...