Davis Nominates Six to DCA
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - With the recall election just six weeks away, Gov. Gray Davis stepped up his selection of judges Tuesday by nomin...
Appellate Jurist Makes His Mark
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - His résumé reads like a pitch for a memoir. In the past four decades, Richard M. Mosk has investigated the John ...
Bad Fix
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Arnold H. Gold - A significant piece of news appeared in an unlikely place in the Aug. 7 issue of the Daily ...
Jurist OKs Sonar Test, Restricts Use
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Navy can test a controversial new sonar system intended to detect quiet enemy submarines but must re...
Value of Settlement Cash Can Be Increased in Various Ways
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Jeffrey Krivis - When Congress decided to include, as gross income, settlem...
Ruling Strikes Compromise On Coastal Sonar Blasts
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Navy can test a controversial new sonar system intended to detect quiet enemy submarines but must res...
Alameda Courts Reduce Bailiffs
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Financial woes continue to affect security as Alameda County courts decrease their use of bailiffs and weapons...
Family Law Specialist Was Presiding Judge
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - William P. Hogoboom, who was presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1977 and a family and j...
Davis Rushes to Fill Bench as Recall Looms
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
SACRAMENTO - With the recall election only six weeks away, Gov. Gray Davis stepped up his selection of judges Tuesday by nomin...
Judge Didn't Break Phone, Defense Says
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - Prosecutors say Diana R. Hall flew into a rage and then broke a phone when she tried to keep her girlfriend fr...
Prison Inquest Gets Complex
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - An internal affairs investigator for California prisons implied Tuesday that union influence may have played a...
Playing the Field, VLG Switches Its Gaze
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Venture Law Group has removed Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe from its list of potential merger partners in ...
Cutting Programs in Pieces
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Gridlock is a term we commonly use to refer to the condition of traffic on our state's fre...
Transit Case Throws Panelists Into Reverse
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Reversing their earlier ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday Los Angeles transit officials ...
Jurist Refutes Ex-Lover's Testimony
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA BARBARA - Strongly contradicting testimony of her former live-in girlfriend, Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall told a j...
Bill on Confidentiality Advances
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The Legislature approved a bill Monday that would allow California lawyers to disclose clients' plans to kill or ...
Court Unseals Papers in Child's Murder
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas won agreement from a judge Monday to have some documents unsealed ...
Wife of Superior Court Judge Dies in Car Crash
By Mark Cromer
IRVINE - The wife of Superior Court Judge Gregory Munoz was killed in a car crash Saturday when the Mercedes her husband was d...
New Fees, New Forms Affect Probate Division
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The California Judicial Council has issued revised petitions to reflect the courts' changeover from a fixed to a...
Many Government Audits Can Expose Employers to Liability
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By C. Matthew Schulz and Reneé S. Schor - Employers are exposed to a wide range of government ...
Prison Guards' Bail Still Not Ruled Out
By Pam Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Two former Pelican Bay State Prison guards who conspired to solicit assaults on prison inmates will get a seco...
Jurist Approves Settlement for Users of DSL
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge has approved a tentative settlement worth $52 million in cash and services for su...
Peremptory Challenges Made Easier By High Court
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't racism when a Tulare County prosecutor kicked two Hispanics off a venire and left an all-white jury ...
Devout and Defiant Alabama Chief Justice Wants Theocracy Now
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Three gray stone figures jut from the wall above the Grand Avenue entrance to the Los Angeles County ...
Latest Departures from Cooley Spark New Speculation
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Two partners and a senior associate are leaving Cooley Godward's credit finance group to join Bingham McCutche...
High Court OKs Limited Prior Restraint
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for trade secrets over free speech, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that bu...
Unprotected Witnesses
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Kim Boyd, a devout Christian, never expected to fall in love with and marry a hardened criminal serving time i...
Back Lot Party
By Stefanie Knapp
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon when The Scene entered the back lot of Fox Studios in Century City. The sounds of Bob Desena's...
Maritime Counsel Set Sail for Lewis Brisbois Outpost
By Liz Valsamis
The Costa Mesa office of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith has landed an admiralty and maritime practice with the addition...
Firm Claims Faulty Computer System, Wins $4.1 Million
By Stefanie Knapp
Computers bring speed and efficiency to just about any job. But every employee probably has had one of those days where glitch...