Court Protects Doctors Who Prescribe Pot
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Any doctor in the United States, not just California doctors, may recommend marijuana to patients without fea...
Judge Issues Injunction Against Deputies' Sickouts
By Mark Cromer
LOS ANGELES - Orange County Superior Court Judge John M. Watson Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against rolling wildca...
Justices Agree to Reconsider Anti-Porn Law
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking another plunge into the world of online pornography, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review the con...
Priest Raped Teen Girl, Lawsuit Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A parish priest who later became a vice president at the University of San Diego raped a 14-year-old girl at a Cat...
Shooting Victim's Kin Sue Oakland Cops
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - The family of a young Oakland man who was shot to death in his bed earlier this month by two police officers filed a...
Union Sues Groveries Over Lockout
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In what observers call a novel application of a new state law, the union for striking Southern California grocer...
Disbarred Attorney Gets Time in Prison
By Gale Holland
LOS ANGELES - A disbarred Los Angeles attorney and confidante to a South Gate official accused of corruption was sentenced to ...
Former FBI Agent Stopped Bank Heist During Shootout
By Sarah Garveyn
VENTURA - With a background that includes working as an FBI special agent and district attorney, it's no surprise that Ventura...
Jury Awards $45 Million to Boy Paralyzed in Minivan Accident
By John Ryan
CHATSWORTH - A Chatsworth jury slammed the Ford Motor Co. and a trucking company with a $45 million verdict Tuesday in a case ...
Doctors Can Recommend Marijuana to Sick Patients
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Any doctor in the U.S., not just California doctors, may recommend marijuana to their patients without fear of...
How Dangerous?
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The first cases in a mammoth wave of litigation by high-tech workers against International Business Machines Inc., ...
Justices Will Decide Whether 'Under God' Pushes Religion
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Jumping into the emotionally charged controversy swirling around the Pledge of Allegiance, the Supreme Court on T...
Labor Code Change Aids Grocery Strikers
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Strikers offering their message to Southern California grocery shoppers in the three-day-old labor dispute were ...
Legal Aid Gives Award to Battler For Civil Rights
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - When the hiring partners at Munger, Tolles & Olson are about to toss the resume of a law-school grad with le...
Marital Settlements Are Subject To Fraudulent-Transfer Statute
By Columnist
Focus Column - Family Law - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus - The rights of creditors can conflict with the rights o...
Recognizing California Couples
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Forum Column - By M. V. Lee Badgett and R. Bradley Sears - Pete Knight is at it again. The California state senator, R-Palmdal...
Litigator Had Key Role in Hughes-Estate Battle
By Claude Walbert
LOS ANGELES - Paul Leo Freese Sr., retired head of the litigation department at Los Angeles' Kindel & Anderson and a key l...
Homeowners Given Rights
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The last measure in a package of four bills giving residents in common interest developments, such as condominium...
'Real Bulldog' Tried More Than 200 Cases
By Erica Williams
LOS ANGELES - Services took place Monday in Culver City for well-known commercial trial attorney Peter Aronson, who died early...
'Repatriated' Will Continue Struggle
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Californians of Mexican ancestry, forcibly expelled during the Depression of the l930s, will continue to press t...
1st DCA Stomps on Moby Grapes Ex-Manager's Rights
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - It seems this city's '60s rock 'n' roll scene remains a relic at least in the courts. The 1st District Court o...
Legal Limbo
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - A cloud hangs over out-of-state lawyers every time they consult with clients in California: they could be brea...
Lockyer Joins Fight Over Prop. 65 Alerts
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A bill in Congress that would preempt state Proposition 65 warnings about dangerous chemicals in foods ranging...
Bills on Retaliation, Arbitration Vetoed
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis has vetoed two controversial employment law bills that would have made it easier for workers to s...
Apologetic Attorney Wins Free Three-Day Time Share at the County Jail
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Barring intervention by an appellate court, sole practitioner Frances L. Diaz will spend what will no...
Long Beach Fends Off Lawsuit About Gas-Price Hikes
By Stefanie Knapp
While residents of California were successful in recalling Gov. Gray Davis over economic issues ranging from the energy crisis...
Survey Finds Housing Affordability a Voting Issue
By Ron Mc Nees
Two out of three Americans are concerned about the cost of housing in their communities, and 67 percent would be more likely ...
Rock On
By Eron Yehuda
A rousing concert broke out during a formal dinner recently when the Beverly Hills Bar Association honored Jay L. Cooper as it...
Masters Forum Presents Busy Program
By Stefanie Knapp
If you were lucky enough to receive an invitation to this year's Masters Forum, held at Pepperdine University School of Law, y...
Barristers Past and Present Mingle to Reminisce, Plan
By Stefanie Knapp
For at least one night, the young lawyers who make up the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Barristers let the old folks re...