Marla is a manufacturer of widgets. Larry is a lawyer who regularly represents Marla in legal matters relating to her manufact...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Large chunks of the case are invisible or stealthy, like some modern aircraft that don't register o...

Harvesting lettuce at 15 and paying his way through school as a restaurant cook were important life lessons for Justice Nathan...

Re: Hensen v. Build a Burger Our firm represents Gail Hensen in an action against Build a Burger (Burger), the regional fast f...

SAN FRANCISCO - What do Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, constitutional law scholar Kathleen Sullivan, Oakland Mayor Je...

Deft saw Oscar, a uniformed police officer, attempting to arrest Friend, who was resisting arrest. Believing that Oscar was ar...

By Deborah Schneider - It's hardly a news flash that lawyers are unhappy (half of all lawyers are said to be dissatisfied in...

Washington & Sheehan, LLP 1000 Greenpoint Ave. Valley Stream, Columbia 09546 MEMORANDUM To: Applicant From: Jonathan Was...

Autos, Inc. manufactures a two-seater convertible, the Roadster. The Roadster has an airbag for each seat. Autos, Inc. was awa...

By Valerie Fontaine During law school, the running joke was that we each had received sufficient rejection letters from poten...

Pat, a resident of State A, received a letter from Busco, a tour bus company that had been in business for about two months. B...

Tim and Anna were married for 10 years. In 2000, their marriage was legally dissolved. For several months following the dissol...

Mike had a 30-year master lease on a downtown office building and had sublet to others the individual office suites for five-y...

Focus Column - By Michael Shimokaji and Yasuko Ogawa - Recently, a New York district court held that a prior user of a non-reg...

THE NEW LAWYER - Craig W. Ching felt like he was holding his breath all day Friday nervously awaiting the results of the Febru...

By Laura Seraso During the past few years, you have made great strides toward realizing your ambitions: graduated from law sc...

By Sara Berman-Barrett Here are some frequently asked questions - and answers - about law school, the State Bar Exam and the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Fresh off his second, two-year tour of duty on Latham & Watkins' executive committee, Scott R. Haber inher...

WASHINGTON - It's been 10 years since a California federal judge helped the judiciary brush off calls for an independent ethic...

SANTA CRUZ - Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Robert B. Yonts Jr. faced an unusual problem shortly after Gov. Pete Wilson appoi...

Forum Column - By Jordan Susman - The following text is from the student speech given at Sunday's (May 21) graduation ceremony...

Dear Readers: In anticipation of the June 6 primary election, this week the Daily Journal is publishing statements from candid...

Focus Column - By Charles S. Evendorff and Sara J. O'Connell - In the heat of sealing a deal, corporate attorneys may be more ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Tax attorney Robert A.N. Cudd has joined Morrison & Foerster's tax department as a partner, bringing 30 ye...

SAN BERNARDINO - Former San Bernardino County Superior Court Presiding Judge Roberta McPeters, the only woman ever to hold the...

LOS ANGELES - The San Diego Bar Association honored retired Judge William C. Pate and San Diego County Superior Court Judge Pa...

SAN FRANCISCO - Nan Wu, most recently of-counsel with Morgan Lewis & Bockius, has joined Cooley Godward's intellectual pro...

In 1999, a federal judge in Los Angeles took a special interest in the bankruptcy case of a struggling young divorcee. ...

SAN JOSE - In the Wild West of Internet-related litigation, it's a classic showdown: California search engine giants Google an...

LOS ANGELES-The case of the feds versus the firm promises to be a protracted battle, one that may leave more than a little met...