Departing Downward, Abandoning Decorum
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a blistering order Wednesday, Northern California's chief federal judge threw down the gauntlet over U.S. ...
A Cautionary Tale
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Barraged with lawsuits demanding urgent attention, the California Supreme Court suddenly finds itself at cent...
Wrong Question About Abortion
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Forum Column By Steven Zak The tragic Laci Peterson double murder case should be about more than self-serving semantics, but ...
Post-Judgment Conduct Can Cost Party Its Right to Appeal
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Focus Column Appellate Law By James Harris and Frank Menetrez It is hard enough to get an appellate court to reverse a judgme...
Permanent Space Made For City's Law Library
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - After eight years in crowded, temporary quarters at the War Memorial Building, the San Francisco Law Library ...
Pioneering Plaintiffs' Attorney Loved Trials
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - David Casey Sr., a prominent San Diego trial attorney and the first plaintiffs' attorney elected president of t...
No Relief For Subject In Radiation Tests in Jail
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court told an ex-convict Tuesday that he cannot sue the federal government for scientific e...
U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan Reorganizes Management
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a reshuffle of his top management team, U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan on Tuesday promoted 22-year veteran Ross ...
Not That Hillary Clinton. The Other One. The Bus Driver.
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Three prominent lawyers listed as supporters in a Terence Hallinan campaign mailer protested the use of their...
Democrats Might Concede DA Post to Cooley
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Knocked off balance by the recall campaign against Gov. Gray Davis and City Councilman Jack Weiss' refusal to g...
Judge's Journey to Bench Reveals Power of Dreams
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Sometimes, Amalia L. Meza drives along Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles to the business where her father cr...
Counsel Must Help Obsessed Plaintiff Escape Self-Deception
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Focus Column Litigation By Jeff Kichaven You are at a painful point in a difficult negotiation, and your legal training hardl...
First-Class Citizens
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Forum Column By Tamara Lange As everyone now knows, on June 26 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law and redre...
Shielding Rape Victims' Names
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - In the era of instant information, it didn't take long for the name of Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's alleged rape ...
Powerful Clerk Called Indispensable
By Dennis Opatrny
Reporter's Notebook By Dennis Opatrny SAN FRANCISCO - You've heard of the man behind the throne. Now meet the guy in front of...
Partner Levels Political Field at Mayer
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Scott Baugh, former Republican minority Assembly leader, joined Chicago's Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw from the...
Davis Cites 'Bush v. Gore' To Argue for Recall Delay
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Ratcheting up pressure on the California Supreme Court to postpone October's recall election, Gov. Gray Davis...
Court Supports Builder Against Homeowners
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a victory for the building industry, the state Supreme Court on Monday shot down a class action by disgruntl...
CJA Picks Executive Director
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Judges Association has chosen Stanley Bissey as its new executive director, replacing Keenan G...
Riding Out the Storm
By Xenia Kobylarz
SUNNYVALE - Ed Taylor's career as a patent lawyer started innocuously enough. As the youngest associate in a small patent fir...
Second-Parent Adoptions Survive Challenge
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday upheld the principle of gay and lesbian adoption, wading deep...
Liner Yankelevitz Nabs Criminal Defender
By Tanya Rothman
Adding criminal defense and class-action expertise to its menu of services, Westwood's Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regens...
Job Growth Depends on Local Solutions
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BY MICHAEL BECK To encourage greater job growth in California, the state should be initiating programs, tax breaks and incent...
New Swap-Meet Owners Have Big Plans
By Toni Vranjes
Following an extensive negotiation process, the San Fernando Swap Meet is in the hands of new owners, and the 34-acre lot one ...
DAILY DEALS -- Transactions from Riverside County
By Jack Briggs
HEMET - Pacific Coast Capital Partners and its affiliate, Redwood Capital Finance Co. , closed a $17.5 million senior loan to...
Pillsbury Post Lures Sacramento Lawyer
By Erik Cummins
Michelle Hallsten left Pillsbury Winthrop at the height of the dot-com boom in 2000 only to return when the bubble burst. Hall...
Managing Partner Decamps to Salt Lake IP Boutique
By Liz Valsamis
Sterling Brennan, who served as managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Orange County office for the last 2 1/2 years, h...
Developer Taps Paul Hastings for Land Deal
By Toni Vranjes
Two Florida-based real estate firms are buying Newhall Land & Farming Co., a major Southern California developer, for $990...
Strong Links
By Eron Yehuda
With a car license plate that reads "MAY GOLF," one would think former San Diego County Superior Court Judge Robert E. May cou...
Sci-Fi Adventure
By Robin Davidson
Daily Journal Extra Feature - The GenRich account for 10 percent of the American population; they all carry synthetic genes - ...