Stephen Ferruolo
By leaving Goodwin Procter to become dean of University of San Diego School of Law, Ferruolo can wave goodbye to pitching clients and say hello to pitching donors.
Release rule
A law shielding nonsettling litigants from non-good faith settlements appears to be on shaky ground, as the California Supreme Court has accepted an appellate court’s invitation to reconsider it.
Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Willie Brown and John Burton want the high court to make the state pay for injuries caused by improperly released parolees, something budget-conscious Gov. Jerry Brown surely will fight. What’s a Republican-appointed chief justice to do?
Openly gay judges
A decade ago they were relatively rare outside San Francisco. Now a gay judge from San Diego has become president of the California Judges Association.
