Next Step for Death Cases Contesting IQs
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - In one of the first California appeals to invoke the U.S. Supreme Court's new ban on executing mentally retard...
The O'Reilly Factor
By Jeffrey Anderson
Charles O'Reilly loves good judges and beautiful women, and not necessarily in that order. He also loves a good fight. Thi...
Lockout Limits
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Stephen R. Barnett - The issue of "unpublished" judicial opinions will not go away. A federal rules advisory...
Lawyers for Rubin Weigh Lawsuit for Neglect
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Jewish Defense League President Irv Rubin said Thursday they are considering a lawsuit against the g...
Panel Puts Visitation in Hands of Judges
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Juvenile court judges must decide visitation orders for biological parents, instead of delegating their authorit...
Dodging Obstacles to Get Past the Job Gatekeeper
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Gail N. Kaneshiro - With the July 2002 bar results soon to be released, many prospective bar passers wi...
New Statutes Show Legislature Has Embraced 'Smart Growth'
By Columnist
Focus Column - Land Use - A survey of this year's land use bills suggests that the Legislature has jumped on the smart-growth ...
Remembering Mildred Lillie
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Woods - It is indeed a singular privilege to be asked to give a written tribute to Presiding Justice Mi...
Panel Approves Bush Nominees
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee - still under Democratic control during a rare, lame-duck session of Congress - ap...
Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer for former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has threatened legal action against a Georgia journalist...
Westerfield's Lawyers Seek Sentencing Delay
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Lawyers for David A. Westerfield, the convicted murderer of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, are seeking postponement ...
Family, Friends Mourn Two Lawyers' Deaths
By Stefanie Knapp
PASADENA - Services will take place Nov. 30 for Pasadena attorney David C. Haber, one of two lawyers killed Saturday in an aut...
Troubles Reported All Round
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Embattled Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison plans more layoffs and partner sacrifices to help it survive into 20...
Big Trade Secrets Case Settles
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Concluding an epic battle over stolen technology, Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys Inc. have settled their long...
Remembering Mildred Lillie
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Earl Johnson Jr. - Justice Mildred L. Lillie was the very best colleague that any appellate judge could hope...
Panel Approves Bush Nominees
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee - still under Democratic control during a rare, lame-duck session of Congress - ap...
Remembering Mildred Lillie
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Melanie E. Lomax - An examination of the life of Justice Mildred L. Lillie illuminates her determination, de...
Killer of CIA Agents Faces Execution Tonight
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Mir Aimal Kasi, the Pakistani man who murdered two CIA officers and wounded three others in 1993, and FBI Special...
Inflammatory Election Fliers Haunt Sender
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Ricardo Anthony Torres II is the first to admit he's no political professional. The Alhambra personal injury and...
Female Judicial Pioneers on the Silver Screen
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - The latest offering from Albany lawyer-turned-filmmaker Abby Ginzberg includes moments from the profound to the pros...
Under California Law, Employer Isn't Liable for Nonemployee Harassment
By Contributing Writer
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Harold M. Brody and Gloria C. Jan - Employers certainly should not construe Salazar as a pr...
FBI Agent, Condemned Killer Form Unlikely Bond
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Mir Aimal Kasi, the Pakistani man who murdered two CIA officers and wounded three others in 1993, and FBI Special...
Predatory Lending Hurts Poor
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Joy A. Simmons - In low income and minority neighborhoods, particularly South Central and East Los Angeles, ...
Baca Withdraws His Support for Pacheco
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Attack leaflets from a longtime ally of Nick Pacheco cost the incumbent councilman the endorsement Wednesday of ...
Pollution Suit Is Tossed by Court for Lack Of Standing
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups seeking to reduce auto-related air pollution in the Bay Area do not have the right to att...
Cooley Directives Support Media
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve Cooley on Wednesday ordered prosecutors to stop seeking search warrants for news media o...
Time Bomb
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Leslie T. Thornton - Because of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the Bush administration, the president ...
Hell in Los Angeles: A Witness Stand in a Case With Money to Burn
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Lawyers who think they have a good idea of what Hades will be like when they finally get there should...
Homebuilder Loses Lawsuit to Spellings
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The president of a construction company cannot sue TV producer Aaron Spelling, his wife or his lawyers for malic...