Hospice of Marin Expands by Acquisition
By Toni Vranjes
In an effort to broaden the scope of their charitable activities, Hospice of Marin and Hospice By The Bay have united. Hospice...
Milberg Weiss Decides Smaller Is Better
By John Ryan
Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, known for its class-action securities suits on behalf of shareholders, shook up the ...
Medical Exams of Plaintiffs Require Lawyers' Wariness
By Contributing Writer
Column - Trial Strategy - By Martin Blake - The recent decision in Golfland Entertainment Centers Inc. v. Superior Court of...
Judge Disqualifies Firm in Wrongful-Termination Case
By Eron Yehuda
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton firm withdrew last month from defending a wrongful-termination suit after a judge rule...
Attorneys Write Survival Guide for Film Producers
By Tina Spee
Armed with little more than artistic vision, independent film producers sometimes flounder through the legal complications of ...
Bricks and Mortar Rule
By Erik Cummins
BY ERIK CUMMINS Special to CREJ Tony Ratner reached behind a door in a 28th-floor corner office in San Francisco's historic R...
Investigation Must Respect Attorney-Client Privilege
By Columnist
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Prosecutors have powerful tools, such as wiretaps and search warrants, t...
Los Angeles Looks at Big Picture of Industrial Land Recycling
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor With no raw land left for development, the city of Los Angeles is trying to figure ...
Jurist Fancies Himself a Bandleader
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Donald S. Mitchell is interested in nearly everything. A 90-minute conversation with him moves from Nort...
Man Need Not Tell Clients of Checkered Past
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal f...
Police Need to Know About Crimes Committed at School
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert DeKoven - School officials have lamented for years that they have to put up with many "discipline" pr...
Torture Tactics
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Constitutional rights have little meaning if they are not enforceable. The U.S. Supreme ...
Be Prepared to Investigate Workplace Misconduct
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Kevin Lilly - In the past, managers arrived at a workplace investigation like a coroner at a crime scen...
SF Law Library Closing Temporarily
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Patrons of the San Francisco Law Library's downtown branch will have to trek to the library's two Civic Center...
Latino Officer Named to CJP By Gov. Davis
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Jose Miramontes, president of the National Latino Peace Officers Association, to...
Scope of Electronic Discovery Turns on Accessibility of Data
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Julie Locke - In the past several months, courts around the country have issued landmark ruling...
Police Arrest Two Former Priests
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Two former Roman Catholic priests were arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation, the same day that a ...
Criminal Past Doesn't Necessarily Limit One's Job Options
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal fi...
DA Seeks Media Help With Possible Suit by L.A. Times
By Jim Adamekn
LOS ANGELES - In a bizarre new twist to allegations that Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has routinely blocked...
Kuhl Nomincation
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Senate Judiciary Chairman Orin Hatch says he will push forward with the controversial nomination of Los Angeles ...
Bench Officer Grants Bail for Accused Chinese Double Agent
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES -Accused Chinese double agent Katrina Leung smiled and hugged her attorneys Thursday after U.S. District Judge Flo...
Court Fees Would Hit Working Poor Hardest
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - New court fees proposed to help plug the state's budget gap would hit hardest against the working poor - people ...
An Example No One Will Follow
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - California's 1998 experiment with electric utility deregulation spawned the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S....
PUC and PG&E Draw Up a Settlement Plan
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and officials of the state's utility regulatory agency announced Thursday they ha...
Robes and Jump Suits
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Donna Little knows she has a talking problem. She's working on it. "Speaking slowly is not my forte," the vete...
Fugitive's Capture Allows for Appeal
By Matthew Heller
LOS ANGELES - Now that Andrew Luster is no longer a fugitive, he can proceed with the appeal of his conviction on multiple ra...
Mobile-Phone Bill of Rights Isn't Panacea It May Seem
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Peter Passell - For California cell phone users frustrated by confusing ads and complicated service contract...
Santa Clara PD Squeaks By Budget
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Months after more than 20 jobs were placed in jeopardy because of a budget crunch, Santa Clara County supervisors a...
Patent Law Exemption Is Narrowed
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first decision of its kind, a federal appeals court has narrowed the application of a federal law that ...
Sex Predator's Housing Is Still in Limbo
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge, voicing concern that a convicted child molester's rights are being violated, hinted str...