Valuing Families
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Laura Esquivel, Jackie Goldberg and Jennifer C. Pizer - In 1988, Lydia Ramos met the love of her life, Linda...
Little-Known Law Could Have Helped Him Years Ago
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A gay Guatemalan immigrant is fighting for asylum, arguing that he faces severe persecution if sent back to a c...
Legal Scholar Will Testify in Favor of Putting Curbs on Debates
By Mark Cromer
LOS ANGELES - As Democratic filibusters continue to logjam President Bush's efforts to appoint conservative jurists to the fed...
CEB Appoints Pamela Jester as Director
By Donna Domino
Pamela Jester, who has served as interim director of Continuing Education of the Bar, has been named as the organization's per...
Constitutional Scholar Returns to Pepperdine
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Outspoken constitutional scholar Douglas Kmiec is headed back to Southern California, where he will resume his f...
Panel Allows Screenwriter to Sue Sony Pictures
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court said Tuesday that a Hollywood screenwriter can sue Sony Pictures for allegedly infringin...
Weiss Won't Run Against Cooley
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Despite being courted by local Democratic party leaders, Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss announced Tuesda...
ABA President-Elect Appeals for Diversity
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - More minority judges, court staff and lawyers are needed to boost public trust in U.S. courts, the president-ele...
Alaska, Boeing Won't Contest Crash Liability
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Families suing for the loss of loved ones who perished in an Alaska Airlines jet crash three years ago have move...
Ex-Petty Officer's Petition Goes Before Highest Military Court
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The nation's highest military court, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, has agreed to review the U.S. Na...
Gay Immigrant Fights for Asylum
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A gay Guatemalan immigrant is fighting for asylum, arguing that he faces severe persecution if sent back to a co...
Ivory Tower's Wide Moat
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - When the University of California gets sued by an employee, it's easy to root for the little guy, the plaintiff who ...
9th Upholds Tort Actions in DEA Kidnap Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A Mexican doctor who was illegally kidnapped and abducted to Texas from Mexico on orders of U.S. drug agents i...
Judge Held Tight to His New Orleans Roots
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for retired Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Xenophon F. Lang Sr. He was 85. While La...
Editor's Note
By Katrina Dewey
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Judging! It's Fun!
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Some day, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ksenia "Kay" Tsenin may best be remembered for dismissing indict...
Court Revives Suit Sparked by Suprise Cargo
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Jose Cervantes got a lot more than he bargained for when he won a car auction by the U.S. government - 119 po...
Unfair Treatment?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - Stellar credentials and a "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association, its h...
While most litigators are familiar with the limitations on jury awards for noneconomic damages in medical-malpractice cases, f...
Court Resolves Debt-Restructuring Dispute
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Re-emphasizing the broad reach of the Federal Arbitration Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a debt-restru...
Court Lets Pro Bono Lawyers Win Fee Sanctions
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a case of first impression, a state appeals court has decided that pro bono lawyers can win attorney fees as ...
Justices' Decision Limits Reach of Trademark Law
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Restricting the reach of federal trademark law, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Lanham Act does not bar a...
Heller Ready for China
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - After 10 mostly quiet years in Hong Kong, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe has added four partners and 1...
Lawyers Split on Church Lawsuits
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for alleged victims of priest sexual abuse denounced the decision by other members of the plaintiffs' le...
Court Won't Hear Firm's Involuntary-Servitude Appeal
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles law firm that claimed it has been forced into involuntary servitude after a judge ordered its lawy...
Panel Reverses Judge on Juror-Bias Issue
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge erred when she refused to hold a hearing on potential bias or misconduct after a court employee ...
Judge Won't Lift Trevor Suspension
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A U.S. District judge in Los Angeles has denied a request by attorneys accused of abusing the state's unfair-com...
Justices Strengthen Arbitration Act
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Re-emphasizing the broad reach of the Federal Arbitration Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a debt-restruc...
Burton Bill on Retardation Advances
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A proposed method of implementing the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded was approved b...
Senate OKs Elder Abuse Measure
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state Senate passed a bill Monday to protect the elderly from financial abuse by requiring more complete dis...