SLA Defendants and DA Agree to Plea Deal
By John Roemer
SACRAMENTO - The Symbionese Liberation Army murder case ended Thursday with plea bargains by four defendants, the result of a ...
Supreme Court Will Reconsider Its Stay Of Man's Execution
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court today will reconsider at its weekly conference the last-minute stay of execution it granted lat...
No-Growth Bind
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Years ago, people labeled them "NIMBYs" - those who opposed local development projects b...
Women Salute Their Legal Pioneers
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - The Women Lawyers of Alameda County are looking forward by looking back, honoring the newest women on the bench as w...
Judge Bars Jurors From Profit
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After Winona Ryder was convicted of shoplifting charges Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox delivered a...
Insurance Defender Appears to Oust Troubled Incumbent
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Insurance defense lawyer Richard S. Whitney apparently has defeated incumbent Superior Court Judge Geary D. Cortes...
San Bernardino Deputy District Attorney Wins the Top Spot
By Jim Adamekn
SAN BERNARDINO - Any doubt Michael A. Ramos might have had about taking the helm of the San Bernardino County district attorne...
Three Criminal Prosecutors Take Close Judicial Contests
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Three veteran criminal prosecutors, Hank Goldberg, Richard Naranjo and Richard Walmark, were elected to the Los ...
Outsider On the Inside
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A clean campaign, a likable personality and endorsements from liberal groups helped place criminal defense att...
Voters Return All Appellate, High Court Justices
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - California appellate court justices were unanimously returned to the bench by the state's voters in Tuesday's el...
Jurors Convict Ryder on Theft And Vandalism
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A Beverly Hills jury Wednesday convicted actress Winona Ryder of felony grand theft and vandalism for a $5,500 h...
Menesini Loses Costly DA Race
By Karen Coleman
MARTINEZ - A historically competitive and at times downright nasty campaign for Contra Costa County district attorney wound do...
Litigator Ernest Sevier, 70, Was Rainmaker at S.F. Firm
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Ernest Sevier 1922-2002 - Ernest Sevier, a 40-year member of San Francisco's Severson & Werson, died Sunda...
Justices Hear Fear-of-Cancer Arguments
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Workers sickened by exposure to asbestos who want to seek damages because they also fear that they will develop l...
San Diego DA Narrowly Trails Rival
By Jim Adamekn
SAN DIEGO - After a bruising campaign, San Diego County District Attorney Paul Pfingst trailed challenger Bonnie Dumanis on We...
Court Slams Trial Tactics in Eminent Domain Case
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Ethan Friedman - The 1st District Court of Appeal has made some significant rulings in an em...
Fraud Suit Says Builder Overbilled Airport Job
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - Hefty political connections have failed to protect California construction giant Tutor-Saliba Corp. from one o...
New California Bills Protect Domestic Partners and Aid Hate-Crime Victims
By Columnist
Focus Column - Family Law - By Boyce Hinman - Several bills passed in 2002 give new rights to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans...
Orange County Voters Decide Heated, Messy Races for Bench
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - Voters in Orange County on Tuesday shrugged off a challenger's allegations and elected businessman John Adams to r...
Judge Bars Jurors From Media
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After Winona Ryder was convicted of shoplifting charges Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox delivered a...
Winnie-the-Pooh Case Becomes Theme Park Only Lawyers Could Love
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - It has been a busy and unusual week in Winnie-the-Pooh Lawsuit Land, a theme park for lawyers best kn...
Some Get Singled Out for Brutality
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Dolores Leal - When people socialize and interact with a person whom they believe to be a ...
Disciplined Judges Return to Bench
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Northern California voters, either through ignorance or indifference, brushed aside the judicial misconduct of...
Wounded Fox Casts a Shadow
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - One judge, two baseball fans, four distinguished professors and a veritable fortune in lawyers gathered in a c...
Jurist Braves Her Share of Scares
By Jenna Bordelon
VAN NUYS - Dressed in a blue fleece pullover covered with miniature moose, the woman sat on the witness stand looking neither ...
Hahn Urges Valley Secessionists to Help L.A.
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - An exultant Mayor Jim Hahn called on defeated San Fernando Valley city advocates Wednesday to join him in making...
Court Slams Trial Tactics in Eminent Domain Case
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Ethan Friedman - Emeryville is a big "dig" on aggressive trial tactics common in em...
Justices Hear Fear-of-Cancer Arguments
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Workers sickened by exposure to asbestos who want to seek damages because they also fear that they will develop l...
'Wayward Second Son' No More
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Newton Lam wants a bigger courtroom. But the San Francisco Superior Court judge's desire for additional space ...
Jury Acquits Businessman in Woman's Death From Falling
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After deliberating less than a day and a half, a Pomona jury on Tuesday acquitted a Texas businessman of murderi...