Beretta Gun Case Ends in Mistrial
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A retrial of a case that has drawn the attention of the nation's gun makers and their opponents ended in a mi...
On or Off, Controller Calls Car Tax Legal
By Philip Carrizosa
Reporter's Notebook - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - One month California's car tax is tripled. Five months later the incre...
Fixed-Workweek Rule Costs State's Employers Millions
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Forum Column - By Steven B. Katz - The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement has pulled the rug out from under practitioners...
Federal Haze
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Forum Column - By Richard Glen Boire - Last week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal criminal laws again...
'Stone' Proves Family Limited Partnership Is Alive and Well
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Focus Column - Tax Law - By Bruce Givner - The Nov. 7 decision in Estate of Stone , T.C. Memo. 2003-309 (Nov. 7, 2003), confir...
Nearing Retirement, Judge Looks to Youth
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - As a seasoned criminal court jurist with retirement on the horizon, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James ...
Boren Will Lead Court of Appeal
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES-Presiding Justice Roger W. Boren will take over as new administrative presiding justice of the 2nd District Court ...
Partner Led Heller Ehrman to Silicon Valley
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES-Funeral services were held Monday for Michael J. Cullen, a former Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe partner cred...
Liberty Mutual Settles Quadriplegic's Lawsuit
By Erica Williams
LOS ANGELES - A bitter battle over collecting a $12.8 million insurance judgment awarded to a 28-year-old quadriplegic and his...
Oakland Police Miss Reform Deadlines
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - A group monitoring the Oakland Police Department as part of the Riders civil settlement reported Tuesday that ...
Judges Offer To Share the Pain of Cuts In Sonoma
By Donna Domino
While the state budget crisis has forced courts throughout California to close periodically and send their employees home on u...
New Judge Loves Being a Problem Solver
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo is new to the Los Angeles Superior Court, but he's been presiding over disputes for muc...
Access to Arnold
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Litigation is a slow process, and sometimes the quickest way to accomplish something is to head straight for the ...
State High Court to Decide on Oakland's Lending Ordinance
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge by a bankers' group to an Oakland ordinance ai...
Court Upholds Provisions for Tribal Gaming
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of the state's voter initiative and compacts that...
Troubled Tenet Picks New General Counsel
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Tenet Healthcare Corp. has hired E. Peter Urbanowicz as its new general counsel, the embattled hospital operator...
Commissioner Lets Pro Pers Air Their Cases
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
TEMECULA - Riverside Superior Court Commissioner Barry Riemer can't help but smile at some of the defenses he's heard while de...
DAILY DEALS: Transactions for Dec. 23
By Angela Gottula
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BENICIA - Bobbi Geyer and Nannette Hardy have sold their salon and spa at 190 W. J St. to Siau-Way Liew fo...
U.S. Health Care Repair
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The national issue of health care reform was brought into public debate by two recent even...
Panel OKs Convicting Two for Identical Crime
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - Two people can be convicted, at separate trials, for the same offense, a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...
Many Remedies Not Available For Infringement Outside U.S.
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Christopher Van Gundy and Robert Matz - Practitioners may encounter difficulty obtai...
Police Didn't Plant Too Much Coke
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court refused Monday to give a break to three convicts who accused Los Angeles police o...
Two Men's Conviction for Single Act OK'd
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Two people can be convicted, at separate trials, for the same offense, a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...
Time Runs Out on Libel Suit
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A witness in the O.J. Simpson murder case waited too long to file a suit against an ex-boyfriend, a prosecutor...
Barbie Wins Appeal
By Joy Shaw
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reinstated a lawsuit by Mattel Inc., the maker of the Barbie doll, to enforce ...
Oakland City Attorney Joins National Board
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The National League of Cities elected Oakland City Attorney John Russo to its board of directors earlier this ...
Frank Gets Chief Deputy Post
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - State Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced Monday that he has appointed Richard M. Frank, a veteran public rig...
Justice, Governor Talk Numbers
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George and top court officials have met privately with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and ...
Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Congregation
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday threw out a lawsuit by a neighborhood group attempting to block an orthodox Jewish congre...
Court Affirms Privilege for Casinos on Indian Land
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A federal appeals court Monday upheld the constitutionality of California's voter initiative and compacts that pe...