Criticism of School Board Micromanaging Hurts Kids
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Forum Column - By Betty Raskoff Kazmin - Thou shalt not micromanage! The word means "to manage with great or excessive control...
Employers Lack Bright Line in Arbitration Cases
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Employment Column - By Kevin Lilly - For many years, employers have sought to avoid the court system by requiring mandatory ar...
Officer Sues LAPD for Outing Him
By Martin Bergn
LOS ANGELES - A veteran Los Angeles police officer alleges in a suit filed Thursday that his department's internal affairs uni...
9th Circuit Revives Muni Workers' Sexual Harassment Suit
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Thursday reinstated the claims of "extremely obscene" sexual harassment by two women w...
Groups Have Standing in Forest Suits
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups have the right to challenge national forestry regulations, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
Grand Jury Indicts San Diego Councilmen
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A federal grand jury has indicted three San Diego city councilmen for allegedly agreeing to accept payments from s...
Panel Will Hear Two Challenges to Recall
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - One of the last remaining challenges to the Oct. 7 recall election will be back in the spotlight today. A three-j...
Peer Pressure Influences Bench, Study Shows
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Judges are susceptible to peer pressure just like the rest of us. So says a new study that examines the voting be...
Judge Rejects Pot Injunction
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a victory for the federal government in its continuing battle to enforce laws against medical marijuana, a feder...
Jury Clears Santa Barbara Judge of Domestic-Dispute Gun Charge
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - A jury Thursday found Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall not guilty of threatening her former live-in girlfrie...
Republicans Fail to Scuttle Reforms of Section 17200
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state Assembly approved late amendments Thursday to a bill to protect small businesses seeking reforms to the...
Injured Diver Gets a Trial, But Coaches Get the Win
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that coaches can be held liable for student athletes' injuries onl...
Crash Course in Criminal Law Primes Novice Judge
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - A little more than a year ago, Judge Amy Hogue left a successful law practice at San Francisco's Pillsbury Winth...
Probation In a Fix
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - After nearly three years of collecting information, conducting public meetings and consulting with experts and...
Heller Offers VLG Survival On Its Own Terms
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - As Venture Law Group nears a decision about which firm to merge with - a decision that may be announced as ear...
Landlord Intimidated Tenants, Plaintiffs Say
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Jurors might have a hard time believing that the wife of real estate magnate and Los Angeles Clippers owner Dona...
Water Is Pivotal in Mideast
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Forum Column - By Daniel B. Markind - Barbara Perry's article, "Israel Ignores Rights to Water in Occupied Palestinian Areas" ...
9th Circuit Puts Its Own Spin On 'Armendariz' in New Cases
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard H. Rahm - Three years ago, the state Supreme Court, in Armendariz v. Foundation ...
Mom Denies Daughter's Drug Use
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Amy Prien's mother testified Wednesday that her daughter never received prenatal care while she was pregnant with ...
Jurors End First Day Deliberating on Judge
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - Jurors concluded their first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict Wednesday in the trial of Su...
Jurist Grew Into His Compassion
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - San Joaquin County Judge Thomas Harrington describes himself as a "fresh air nut" who likes to keep a window open...
Parties Disagree on Muslim's Departure
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Attorneys presented competing storylines Wednesday on whether a former top executive at Advanced Micro Devices was ...
Censured Judge Again Makes His Case
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - With his gavel on the line, Alameda County Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde waged an uphill battle Wednesda...
High Court to Review Another Premises Liability Suit
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously agreed to decide whether a bar owner can be held liable ...
SFTLA Sues Health Net For Denial Of Coverage
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association has sued one of the state's largest health maintenance organizatio...
Judgment Prompts Abject Apology to Dickens, Meal of Delicious Crow
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Today, it is my solemn duty to apologize to Charles Dickens, the great English novelist, for dragging...
Burton Arbitration Bill Is On Its Way to Davis
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The Legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would bar most employers from requiring workers to sign agreements...
Ailing Startups' Patents Could Set Them Aright
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - InterTrust Technologies Corp. has yet to publicly assign a dollar figure to the damages it hopes to recover fr...
Diamonds In the Rough
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran patent litigator Douglas Derwin resigned his partnership at Weil Gotshal & Manges in 1997 to pursu...
People Power
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Forum Column - By Michael J. Brady - California is preparing for its historic Oct. 7 recall election. The recall is provided f...