Summer associates, like the partners that hire them, have their eyes on the economic horizon. Despite the flagging economy and...
Manatt Phelps & Phillips music department head Laurie Soriano counsels her artist clients, legally and otherwise. "Sometim...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers from small firms and sole practitioners make up nearly 95 percent of those investigated for discipline o...
SAN FRANCISCO - Baker & McKenzie has lost two more of its San Francisco partners - this time, to the 750-lawyer Squire San...
SACRAMENTO - Proposition 36, the landmark drug treatment initiative, took effect Sunday, yet the fate of drug offenders senten...
In trying to replace a cumbersome and costly legal system with one especially tailored for disputes over Internet addresses, t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former Judge Patricia Gray's effort to fight ethics charges by asserting her free speech rights as a defense h...
SAN FRANCISCO - As a patent prosecutor and litigation partner at Townsend and Townsend and Crew's Palo Alto office, Byron Coop...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Friday that scores of documents from a recent $55 million rollover tria...
The 'Covenant Care' decision is a strong step forward in attempting to effectuate the Legislature's intent. ...
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Good News Club v. Milford Central School. Widely hailed ...
LOS ANGELES - Substance abusers who have delayed trials or pleas until Proposition 36 kicks in this week should prepare themse...
SAN FRANCISCO - Today is the first business day of the Proposition 36 era, and if the new law isn't enough for San Francisco a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Llillick & Charles, a firm that until now remained aloof from the legal profession's increasing consolidat...
Among actions announced Friday by the justices were:
In Hawkeye Distilling Co. v. New York State Liquor Authority, 460 N.Y.S.2d 696 (1983), Justice Richard W. Wallach held ...
The California Legislature is considering two bills that offer remedies for the legal inequality faced by gay and lesbian fami...
While intended to rehabilitate drug offenders, Proposition 36 may become a full-employment act for appellate lawyers. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Pending Bill Would Reopen Summary-Judgment Loophole
By Columnist
If the current bill revising California's summary-judgment statute were subjected to impartial scrutiny, it would not pass. ...
'Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel' is a comprehensive resource for both sides. ...
SANTA ANA - The Orange County district attorney's office will retry a former high-school vice principal whose conviction for h...
SAN FRANCISCO - A black lawyer who fought alongside former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto to win a giant race-bias ve...
SAN FRANCISCO - Retired Napa Superior Court Judge Thomas Kongsgaard, who served on the special masters panel that recommended...
WASHINGTON - Coming to the aid of property owners fighting government regulation, a sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday ...
WASHINGTON - Dealing a blow to prisoners who want to overturn their convictions or sentences, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, Th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal authorities cannot jail indefinitely immigrants convicted of crimes simply because their former homel...
Administrative/Regulatory
Split Court Rules States Cannot Impose Limits on Tobacco Ads
By Contributing Writer
WASHINGTON - Big Tobacco triumphed on the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2000-2001 term with a victory over state effort...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Thursday threw out the landmark trial judge's order to break up the Microsoft Corp. B...
RIVERSIDE - After spending a couple of hours at an appointment in August, Sue Calderon returned to her van and made an awful ...
Government
Officials Refute County's Drug-Initiative Grade
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A day after a national drug reform group flunked San Bernardino County on its readiness to implement Proposit...