Rate-Hike Cut Spurs Cap Debate
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - A recent decision by Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi to slash a proposed rate increase by a major medical-...
Court Makes Mayor Pay $61,000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
COLTON - A federal appeals court has decided that former Mayor Karl Gaytan must pay the city of Colton the $61,000 in bribe mo...
Minority Groups Protest Election Approval
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for two groups that attempted to keep Proposition 54 off the Oct. 7 recall ballot are disappointed with t...
ABA Refuses Western State Law School Full Accreditation
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Five years ago, Western State University College of Law in Fullerton won provisional accreditation from the Amer...
Plaintiff's Claims in Seat-Belt Case Will Test Ford's Defense
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A trial in Chatsworth pitting a disabled 12-year-old against the Ford Motor Co. could expose the automotive gian...
Priest Sex Abuse
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The district attorney's office asked a retired judge Friday to make public his decision on whether to force the ...
The Thorough Type
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The only IBM Selectric II typewriter still in existence in the San Francisco Superior Courts can be found clea...
9th Circuit OKs Anonymous Jury
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A federal appeals panel on Thursday affirmed racketeering and conspiracy convictions against 11 members of the no...
'Diamond' Errs in Application Of 'Campbell' Damages Rules
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich - Diamond Woodworks v. Argonaut Insurance Co. , 109 Cal.App.4th 10...
Rebuilding Iraq Offers Lucrative Opportunities
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Gail Kaneshiro - Rebuilding Iraq will be costly. According to Asia Times, "the United Nations Developme...
License to Run
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Forum Column - By Alan D. Pauw - Coverage of the election to recall Gov. Gray Davis consists mostly of high-octane political r...
Prop 65 Plaintiffs Firm Sues Competitor
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A bitter consumer health fight over second-hand tobacco smoke in hotels has coughed up a new lawsuit - this on...
Fraud, Whistleblower Bills Pass
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state Legislature sent two bills to the governor Thursday that would enable public prosecutors to sue publicl...
Disabilies Act Demands Action, Kennedy Says
By Don De Benedictis
ANAHEIM - Ted Kennedy Jr. sometimes tells people that he is glad that he lost a leg to cancer 30 years ago when he was 12. "I ...
Mayor Pays $53,000 Campaign-Fund Fine
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn has admitted violating the city's campaign finance laws in his 2001 election, an...
Meth-Mom Murder Case Goes to the Jury
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - In closing arguments in an unusual Riverside murder trial, a prosecutor Thursday portrayed the defendant as a drug...
Parents Drop Suit Against Diversity Play
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A group of parents has dropped a lawsuit challenging a school tolerance program that they said violated their ri...
Patrons Deplore Effects of Cuts In County Law Library's Budget
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - When paralegal Grahame MacCallum's online legal research comes up empty, he heads downtown to the Los Angeles Co...
Jurist Finds Tough Love Succeeds in Drug Court
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The woman rushed into the Downey courtroom, full of explanations about why she showed up late for a hearing abou...
Mauling Case Figure Enters Deal on Feds' RICO Charge
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, a central figure in San Francisco's notorious dog-mauling case, entered into a plea ...
Trial Lawyers Agree to Compromise on 17200 Bill
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Trial lawyers, under pressure to make changes to the state's unfair competition law to discourage abuses of it, a...
Firms Must Tailor Company-Specific Privacy Policies, Not 'Cut and Paste'
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Focus Column - Business Law - By Tracy Silver - Companies must take as seriously as any other large endeavor the decision to c...
Marriage Mayhem
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Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - In Lawrence v. Texas , 123 S.Ct. 2472 (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court abrogated the...
Jurist Paves His Way With Humor
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - The first time Percy Anderson applied for a federal judgeship, President George H.W. Bush phoned in person to no...
Careful Document Drafting Protects Lender Collateral
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Focus Column - Real Property - By Katherine Oberle and Dana Roach - Two recent cases illustrate for attorneys representing len...
On-Call Commissioner Works Jail Instead of Court
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Commissioner Jessica Frischling never goes to court. She never sees attorneys. But she may be th...
Judiciary OKs Three Californians
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Three California judicial nominees sailed through a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday and likely will ...
Bill Limits Homeowner Associations' Bans on Banners
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Residents in homeowner associations will be assured of their free-speech right to display signs, banners and flag...
Panel Finds Taco Shop Not Liable for Stabbing
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A San Diego taco shop owner is not liable for failing to prevent an attempted murder but might have to pay becau...
Politicians Talk Trash on Graffiti-Splotched Banks of L.A. River
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Los Angeles politicians pledged Wednesday to make the Los Angeles River suitable for Huckleberry Finn...