Panel Reinstates Long Beach Suit Against GOP
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Long Beach's lawsuit against the state Republican Party was reinstated Thursday, the city's second appellate vic...
Commission Rejects Deal To Discipline Yuba Judge
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Commission on Judicial Performance has rejected a deal negotiated by its prosecutors and ordered an ...
Harris Vows to Be Smart on Crime, Protect Civil Liberties
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Kamala Harris took office Thursday as San Francisco's district attorney, promising to create a prosecutor's of...
Under the Volcano
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Don't call the judge a rat. If you do so, apologize. Sharon Claire Brooks, a divorce attorney formerly of Sisk...
DA Showed Blake Case Memo to Author
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles prosecutor showed an author a confidential strategy memo that laid out perceived strengths and wea...
DA Fights Parking Violations
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan will protest the $831 in parking violations he racked up over three years, ...
Knutzen Set To Manage Office, Tech For New DA
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris is rounding out her staff by reaching into the ranks of the state Justic...
Unholy Justice
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kris Whitten - What do recent court decisions striking the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance a...
Sexual Stereotypes Can Serve as Evidence of Workplace Bias
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered sexual stereotypin...
Name Partner Helped Guide Many Companies
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - Stuart Buchalter, a Los Angeles corporate attorney noted for his skill at operating and guiding corporations, di...
Gun Company Liability Case Set for Third Trial in March
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A nationally watched case in which Berkeley parents claim a gun company is liable for the death of their 15-ye...
Holland & Knight Nabs 7-Attorney Boutique
By Liz Valsamis
Holland & Knight has acquired seven-lawyer boutique Cowley & Chidester. The Cowley firm, located near San Diego in Ran...
City Cleared To Join Fight Against Limit On Abortions
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The city has joined the battle against the U.S. Department of Justice over the medical procedure known as part...
Judge Returns Man to Estranged Lover's Home
By Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES - A Palm Springs man, booted from his estranged lover's home on Valentine's Day, can go back, an appellate court h...
Court Shortfall Could Force Layoffs
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dan Oki said Wednesday that a projected $30 million to $40 million statewide sh...
Ex-Justice Named as Gambling Negotiator
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that he has named former state appeal court Justice Daniel M. Kolk...
Black Workers Sue Home Depot for Race Bias
By Joy Shaw
LOS ANGELES - Two African-American workers have filed racial discrimination lawsuits claiming a supervisor at Home Depot's Woo...
Chamber of Commerce Plans State Judicial-Race Campaigns
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In the latest sign of the business community's increasing interest in judicial politics, the president of the U.S...
Will Justices Hear Case in Closed Courtroom?
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Even if the justices decide next month not to hear M.K.B. v. Warden, 03-6747, the post-Sept. 11 detention ...
Former Simpson-Case DA Makes Thoughtful Judge
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - In the late 1990s, after he helped prosecute the O.J. Simpson case, Deputy District Attorney Hank M. Goldberg de...
FPPC Sues Bustamante Over His Recall Fund-Raising
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state's political watchdog agency Wednesday sued Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, charging him with nearly 70 violat...
When Is Killing Fetus Called a Murder?
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Harold Taylor may not have known his ex-girlfriend was two to three months pregnant when he shot and killed he...
Mediation Jurist Settles Unsettleable
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - If your clients are serious about settling difficult cases and you are well-prepared, the best man to bring abou...
Weighing Ethics
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Timothy J. Aspinwall - Community service provides an excellent opportunity to see our profession from a fres...
Case Extending 'Constructive Filing' Doctrine Is Depublished
By Columnist
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Andrea M. Schoor - The old saw that "timing is everything" has particula...
Scripture-Posting Employee's Bias Suit Fails
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A computer worker who was fired for posting Bible scripture condemning homosexuality in response to company po...
Late Economic Statement Costs DA $200
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The district attorney of Imperial County has agreed to pay a $200 fine to the state's political watchdog agency fo...
Split Court Upholds Death Penalty
By Joy Shaw
LOS ANGELES - A closely divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a Los Angeles man convicted in a 1...
Retiring Judge Will Join JAMS
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - After spending nearly three decades on the bench, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Joseph F. Biafore is join...
Lewis Brisbois Picks Up Office in Las Vegas
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has picked up a Las Vegas office with the addition of name partner V. Andr...