Truth Be Told ....
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Criminal defense attorney Jim Collins still recalls the client he thought was truly innocent of serious felony...
9th Circuit Restricts Online Libel Liability
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The operator of a Web site that posted allegedly defamatory material about a Beverly Hills attorney is unlikely to ...
Senate GOP Set Filibuster Limits
By Staff Writer
Never Ever Too Old for New Tricks
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - As he neared semi-retirement at age 72, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Peter Mering wondered aloud whether he co...
Republican Four Horsemen Handily Terrorize Democrats
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - I've figured out why the Democrats very likely will not retake Congress or the White House ...
Careful Managment of Foreign Attorneys Can Avoid Problems
By Columnist
Focus Column - International Law - By Frederick J. Stocker - Good management is key to success in executing any complex merger...
Don't Overlook Talent
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Sandra Matthews - When deciding what law school to attend, prospective students consider the pros and cons o...
California Schools Expect Few Changes
By Claude Walbert
LOS ANGELES - California's higher education institutions said Monday that they expect few changes in their policies in the wak...
Court Tosses State Holocaust Law
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a California law that would have made it easier for Holocaust survi...
9th Circuit Reverses Banker's Conviction
By Gale Holland
LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed the conviction of a man found guilty four years ago in ...
Rapist's Lawyer Seeks Reinstatement of Appeal
By Jim Adamekn
VENTURA - Defense counsel for Andrew Luster asked a court Monday to reinstate his appeal because the convicted serial rapist n...
Justices Agree to Consider Whether Disabilities Act Permits Lawsuits Against States
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - In a case involving a paraplegic man who crawled two flights of steps to reach a hearing in a courthouse that lac...
David Garcia Is Leaving S.F. Bench
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge David Garcia, who has become one of the court's most respected law and motion judges, pla...
SWAT Team Was Wrong, Panel Says
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A Simi Valley police SWAT team violated an 18-year-old Guatamalan immigrant's rights by holding her barefoot and...
Schroeder: Sentencing Rules Need Work
By Pamela Mac Lean
POIPU, Hawaii - The leader of the nation's largest appellate court, 9th Circuit Chief Judge Mary Schroeder, issued a call Mond...
Journal Scores 12 L.A. Press Club Awards
By Allison Hawley
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Daily Journal took 12 awards, including Journalist of the Year and four other first-place honors...
DA Won't Seek Death In Killing of Worker
By Gale Holland
HERMOSA BEACH - Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against a Hermosa Beach woman who, in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. ...
News You Can't Use: Piqued DA Plays 'Hide the Press Releases'
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas Jr. seems to be having a Harry Potter, or possibly a ...
No Favoritism for Transactional Bar in Malpractice Suits
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Clients suing transactional lawyers for malpractice will be held to the same standard of proof as those suing ...
Conditions in Poor Schools Anger Critics
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - While affirmative action advocates and opponents debate the significance of Monday's Supreme Court ruling on aff...
High Court Upholds Affirmative Action
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday strengthened the use of affirmative action in American society, ruling in two cases t...
Libraries Must Filter Porn or Forgo Funds
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Congress can force libraries that accept federal funding to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, a div...
Finally Getting a Handle on Gun Control
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca barely could hold the 50 mm assault weapon in his outstr...
State Shouldn't Pay Tab for Undocumented Immigrants
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - As Californians prepare to deal with a hemorrhaging $35 billion state budget deficit, Dem...
Counsel Can Be Unclear on Rights Of Lienholders Against Third Parties
By Columnist
Focus Column - Tort Law - By Michael M. Pollak - In a bodily injury case, attorneys and health care providers often file liens...
Verdict Is Music to Attorney's Ears
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - In the end, the attorney with the contemporary rock 'n' roll quip won. Evoking singer-songwriter Jackson Browne's ...
Judge Tosses Inglewood Council Seat Election
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge tentatively overturned Mike Stevens' June 3 election to the Inglewood City Co...
East Bay Budgets Aren't Pretty
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Alameda County supervisors and Oakland City Council members acknowledged they were waiting for the other shoe to dro...
Members of State Council Announced
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Four judges, a court administrator and a Los Angeles attorney will be joining the state Judicial Council as ne...
Attorney Gets Time For Bankruptcy Fraud
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has sentenced a former Los Angeles bankruptcy attorney, who wrote books on bankruptcy and claime...