Surf City Isn't a Laid Back Place, Judge Finds
By Tyler Cunningham
SANTA CRUZ - Like many immigrants to Santa Cruz, Superior Court Judge Michael E. Barton was lured by the promise of sun, surf ...
Rare Oakland Police Pact Aims for Reform
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Less than a week after the Oakland Police Department announced it would pay $10.9 million to settle claims of widesp...
Egghead.com Trustee Will Pay Claims of Its Creditors
By Tina Spee
By Toni Vranjes The bankruptcy case of Egghead.com, the online retailer with the scrambled finances, is getting closer to a f...
Uniting for Peace May Offer Alternative to a War on Iraq
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - George W. Bush's war machine has propelled inexorably toward war with Iraq. The rest of the ...
Hearing for Blake Reveals Flaws in Case, Experts Say
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - As Robert Blake's preliminary hearing on murder charges heads into its final week, people in and out of the case...
Trial Granted In Manager's Refusal to Fire Not-Hot Clerk
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Elysa Yanowitz knew better than to fire one of her cosmetics sales clerks for not looking sexy enough. But she...
Stop Loss Discipline Fails Stock Brokerage
By Eron Yehuda
When the stock market tanked three years ago, a lot of investors lost their shirts. ...
Attorneys Coming, Going Trade Spaces at Pillsbury
By Erik Cummins
Jonathan Joseph and Forrest Hainline III could have passed each other in Pillsbury Winthrop's San Francisco lobby, as Joseph e...
Herrera Hires Kimiko Burton
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Former San Francisco Public Defender Kimiko Burton is scheduled to start her new job at the city attorney's o...
Overture Buys Up AltaVista, Fast Search
By Toni Vranjes
Pasadena-based Overture Services Inc. has inked a pair of deals to broaden its Internet search capabilities. On Feb. 25, Overt...
End of an Era
By John Ryan
Irell & Manella without Morgan Chu at the top? It just doesn't seem right. The famed litigator has been the firm's co-mana...
Different Strokes
I got another speeding ticket. Damn! - on the Pacific Coast Highway about eight miles north of where I got my previous speedin...
This Is Best Time of Year To Look For That New Job
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Deanna M. Wilkinson - The good news for job-seekers is that now is the best time of year to begin or re...
Dondero Ends Long-Running Feud of Alioto And McCoy
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has resolved the bitter feud between San Francisco mayoral candidate Angela Alioto and Ethics Commiss...
Judge Orders Violent Guards to Prison
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO -Two Pelican Bay State Prison guards must begin serving their own prison terms soon for conspiring to solicit t...
Orange County Judiciary Anticipates Deep Cuts
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court is facing deep cuts in its operating budget, which could result in reduced court hou...
State Asks Justices to Dismiss Disability Case It Brought
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - In an apparently unprecedented move, California officials have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss - three weeks b...
Laws Should Blend Freedom With Knowledge of the Brain
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Forum Column - By Richard Glen Boire - What state of mind must a man have when death calls his name? This may sound like a phi...
Budget May Force Court Closures
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - With further state budget cuts expected, the Los Angeles Superior Court is considering closing the Monrovia and...
The increasing resemblance of arbitration to litigation suggests that lawyers who have mastered courtroom skills can apply the...
Slave Labor Productions Liable for Bondage Star's Injury
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - How does a woman who models for nude photo shoots while tied up, gagged and suspended from the ceiling recove...
Sheik's Wife Wins Suit Against Saudi Arabia
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES -The wife of a Saudi sheik has won a $216 million default judgment against the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its ki...
Panel's Decision Frees Guard From Liability in Prison Fight
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento prison guard who shot and seriously wounded an inmate to break up a prison yard fight is immune ...
Shooting of Inmate Ruled Legal
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento prison guard who shot and seriously wounded an inmate to break up a prison yard fight in 1995 is...
Retired Judge Was 'Fair and Respectful'
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jess Whitehill passed away Tuesday at Northridge Hospital Medical Cent...
Slippery Slope
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - It's been years since Southern California has seen a real rainy season. So people forget...
Cops' Lawyers Say Dismissal Won't be Hard
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite admitting that they had failed to prove conspiracy to obstruct justice, prosecutors in the San Franci...
Senate Republicans Fail To Halt Estrada Filibuster
By David Pike
By David F. Pike Nevada Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans failed Thursday to end the Democrats' monthlong ...
Senate Republicans Fail To Halt Estrada Filibuster
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans failed Thursday to end the Democrats' monthlong filibuster on the nomination of Miguel A. Estr...
Planning Can Safeguard Intellectual Property During Reduction in Force
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Louis R. Dienes - Current market conditions have forced many employers to re-evaluat...