Keker Faced a Tough Audience
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - In defending Frank Quattrone, John Keker was up against more than an aggressive prosecution and a tough judge...
Blawg Fever
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - One might suppose that lawyers, more than other professionals, know the cash value of their time. Why, then, ...
Schwarzenegger Will Face Environment-Policy Test
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who pledged during his successful campaign to "protect and restore" the...
New Laws Burden Business With Unprecedented Costs
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Employment Column By Kevin Lilly Amid the chaos of the state recall election, Californians might be forgiven for not noticing...
Movie Clips Replacing Studio's Own Trailers Are Not Fair Use
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Focus Column Entertainment Law By David Halberstadter As technology expands the ability of consumers to copy and manipulate s...
Women, Minorities Lag in Law Firms
By Erik Cummins
Despite enormous progress in the past 30 years, women and minorities have a long way to go in the legal profession, according...
Premises-Liability Case Is Ripe for High-Court Review
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Forum Column By Daniel U. Smith In Kinsman v. Unocal , 110 Cal.App.4th 826 (2003), premises liability collided with Privette ...
Judge Delays Trial For S.D. Councilmen
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge Thursday put off setting a trial date for three San Diego city councilmen who are accused of taki...
Horn Named to CJP
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Frederick P. Horn has been appointed to the state judicial watch...
Web Site's Publishers Defend Cartoon, Question Use at Hearing
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The publishers of a controversial political cartoon about state Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown defend...
Panel Tosses Murder Convictions
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A state appellate panel has reversed second-degree murder convictions for two gang members serving life terms for...
Sacramento Employees Have Pact
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Employees of the Sacramento Superior Court, who staged a surprise walkout less than a month ago, have reached a ...
Senate Panel Backs L.A. Judge for Bench
By Don De Benedictis
WASHINGTON - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dale S. Fischer, a nominee for a newly created federal judgeship in the Central...
Disciplinary Hearing Delay
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - An scheduled disciplinary hearing for Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, accused of helping...
Survivor Would Do It All Again If Necessary
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - Becoming president of the Riverside County Bar Association is a particularly sweet accomplishment for Mary Ellen ...
Alameda County Bench Switches Judges Around
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Incoming Presiding Judge Barbara Miller is making several key changes to the leadership of Alameda County Sup...
9th Says That Molesting Teen Needs Rehabilitation
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that establishes a clear standard of review for the sentencing of juveniles in the federal system, ...
Statements by Brown Prompt Professor to Withdraw Support
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - A Democratic-leaning Boalt Hall law professor who had received attention for supporting state Supreme Court Just...
A Green Machine?
By Dennis Pfaff
SACRAMENTO - Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who pledged during his campaign to "protect and restore" California's environm...
Fazio's 15-Point Plan Includes Audit, On-Call Service
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Candidate Bill Fazio said Thursday he will order a management audit, assign a prosecutor to each police stati...
Cost of Living
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Forum Column By Heidi Poppe At a time when many Section 8 housing-voucher holders already face challenges finding decent housi...
Politicians Rough Up Nominee While Mobster Enchants Tabloids
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams Normally, no one would think of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown and mob hit man S...
DAILY DEALS -- Transactions from San Bernardino County
By Jack Briggs
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A private buyer purchased two single-tenant retail properties adjacent to each other at 11070 and 11090 Fo...
DAILY DEALS -- Transactions from Orange County
By Jack Briggs
FULLERTON - The Hindenberg Trust purchased an 85,700-square-foot industrial building at 2461-2495 E. Orangethorpe from Irvine...
Requiring Free Credit Reports Won't Create Unlawful Taking
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Forum Column By Dilan Esper Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, in his article "Credit Act Changes Don't Add Up: Unlawful Takings Iss...
'Bunner' May Raise Numerous Questions in Trade-Secret Law
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Focus Column Intellectual Property By Gary Weiss and Sean Lincoln Trade-secret practitioners breathed a sigh of relief after ...
More Hours, Less Money for Overtime
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - This past September, as our nation celebrated Labor Day, politicians gave speeches and pun...
High Court's Review of 'Cronus' Can Lend Support to Business Arbitration
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Focus Column Alternative Dispute Resolution By Charles Evendorff and Morgan Adessa California may be getting a reputation as ...
Hannawalt Was BART Attorney
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Services for retired Bay Area Rapid Transit lawyer Vivian Chaya Hannawalt will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at D...
Court Finds It's All Laci, All the Time
By Karen Coleman
Reporter's Notebook By Karen Coleman MODESTO - Judge Al Girolami has banned cameras from the courtroom for the Scott Peterson...