ENRON PROSECUTOR NAMED
By Dan Evans
SANTA ANA - The head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Orange County has been tapped to help prosecute the Enron cases, prosecu...
Peterson Judge Described as Polite, Powerful
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Richard Arnason reluctantly retired from the Contra Costa County bench nine years ago but remained its most active ...
Off the Docket
By Lorelei Laird
TODAY GARDENING - The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden offers " Plant Soup, Part II: More Mediterranean and Ari...
Man Takes DMV Written Test for Cousin, Gets 25 Years
By Pamela Mac Lean
Notebook - By Pamela McLean - SAN FRANCISCO - Santos L. Reyes will spend 25 years in prison because he tried to take the writt...
Taking No Chances
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - At about 2:45 p.m. June 21, 2000, self-proclaimed "Sausage King" Stuart Alexander activated the security camer...
Jurist Brings Objective of Fairness From DA Days
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - Commissioner Roger Ito set his sights on the courtroom when he was a young child. Ito looked up to Morio L. Fuku...
San Mateo Is Eager for The Peterson Murder Trial
By Craiq Anderson
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County judges want everyone to know they did not lobby to have the Scott Peterson murder trial moved ...
State Chiefs Speak of Resistance
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - With election season looming, chief justices from around the nation brainstormed Tuesday on how to protect jud...
'Green Wall' Said to Rule State Prisons
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In emotion-filled testimony, witnesses told a special Senate committee Tuesday that a "green wall" representin...
Recess Appointment Portends Acrimonious Wars Over Jurists
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to employ a rarely used technique to elevate a controversial Mississippi judge to a se...
Friends Caring for Elderly May Receive Bequests From Them
By Columnist
Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley - In Estate of Davidson, 2003 DJDAR 12851 (Cal. A...
Western Law School Sues ABA to Halt Delisting
By Dan Evans
SANTA ANA - The American Bar Association discriminates against for-profit law schools, holding them to an unreachable standar...
Preserving Virtues of America
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marc A. Levin and Winfield Myers - In unveiling his immigration-reform plan, President George W. Bush stated...
To Earn Discretion, Judges Must Stop Being Politicians
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Hirbod Rashidi - In a recent speech at the American Bar Association's annual meeting, Justice Anthony M. Ken...
Fred Brown Joins Gibson Dunn
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Fred Brown, who defended Cadence Design Systems Inc. in a $1 billion patent and trade-secrets trial last year ...
Court Takes Damages-Cap Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether the federal law that bars deceptive credit practices caps...
Champion Chess Player Served on Bench
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - Private services have taken place for Ernest J. Zack, a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge. Zack, who serv...
Panel OKs Dumping Rampart RICO Claim
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a racketeering claim arising from the Los Angeles Police...
Trio of Veteran Partners Leaves Haight Brown
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Hinshaw & Culbertson has hired three professional-liability partners from Los Angeles' Haight, Brown & B...
Mayor's Playhouse Talk Passes Legal Muster
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A neighbors' tiff over a child's playhouse has landed in an appellate court, with justices finding Tuesday that ...
Gag Order Could Feed Rumor Mill
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A sweeping gag order issued at pop star Michael Jackson's court appearance Friday is unlikely to stem the rush o...
Recess Appointment Portends Acrimonious Wars Over Jurists
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to employ a rarely used technique to elevate a controversial Mississippi judge to a sea...
Western Law School Sues ABA to Halt Delisting
By Dan Evans
SANTA ANA - The American Bar Association discriminates against for-profit law schools, holding them to an unreachable standard...
Life is Good for Time's Music-Video Unit
By Toni Vranjes
Daniel Clivner sipped his champagne early this New Year's Eve. The Los Angeles lawyer was celebrating Time Inc.'s sale of Time...
Wireless Facilities Goes High Tech During Holidays
By Toni Vranjes
San Diego attorney Scott Stanton wrapped up a $49 million deal during the holiday season. Stanton put the finishing touches on...
Litigation Firm Welcomes Professional-Liability Star
By Draeger Martinez
Michael McCarthy joined Sherman Oaks litigation firm Nemecek & Cole on Jan. 1 as a partner in the firm's professional liab...
Neutrals Reveal Tips With Their Opening Statements
By Columnist
Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Lee Jay Berman - Most mediations begin with the mediator's opening statement, muc...
Package Deal Brings Two to Liner
By Erik Cummins
Jonathan Kitchen and George Kalikman joined Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif as a package deal after practicing to...
Pharmaceutical Rivals Unite to Save Settlement
By Stefanie Knapp
Two companies that duked it out for 12 years over a patent found themselves in court again recently, this time sitting at the ...
Jurist Decides Air Cargo Firm Is Citizen
By Amy Spees
An administrative law judge with the U.S. Department of Transportation has ruled that Miami-based Astar Air Cargo, formerly DH...