Panel defers to justices on 3-strikes
By Pamela Mac Lean
One day after the U.S. Supreme Court slapped down the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for failing to defer to state court de...
Rubin's Kin Want to See Proof of Suicide
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Family and colleagues of Irv Rubin said Tuesday that they want the government to produce a videotape of the Jewi...
Signaling the End of an Era, Cooley Leaves Sand Hill Road
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - In the latest in a series of retrenchments, Cooley Godward will close its office on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Pa...
Circuit Limits Forest Spraying
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate court ruling barring aerial pesticide spraying on Pacific Northwest forests until water po...
Reassessment Of Innocence Declaration Is Before Court
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court appeared troubled Tuesday that a Los Angeles appellate court second-guessed a trial ...
Justices Seem Likely To OK Three-Strikes
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it likely will rule that California's three-strikes law does not impose un...
Sarbanes-Oxley Contains New Protections for Whistle-Blowers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Corporate Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Jessica A. Mayer - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act significantly expands pro...
Ruling on Aerial Pesticides May Affect Logging, Farms
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate court ruling barring aerial pesticide spraying on Pacific Northwest forests until water po...
Go With the Flow
By Columnist
Forum Column - By David C. Smith - California State Water Resources Control Board officials have an opportunity this fall to r...
A Sustainable Commitment
By Joseph Sorrentino
BY JOSEPH SORRENTINO CREJ Contributing Writer Like an artists' commune, to become a resident at Eco-Village tenants must demo...
Even Lerach Deserves His Fair Share
By Peter Blumberg
Reporter's Notebook By Pete Blumberg SAN FRANCISCO - San Diego law professor Bob Fellmeth is no fan of famed San Diego litiga...
No More Mr. Nice Guy at Cooley, As Partners Lose Staff
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Cooley Godward has sparked internal controversy by laying off secretaries and paralegals in Palo Alto without...
2 Vie for Assistant Presiding Judge
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Judges Paul H. Alvarado and Robert L. Dondero have nominated themselves to be assistant presiding judge of Sa...
No Written Fee-Sharing Pact Means No Fees, Court Says
By Peter Blumberg
By Peter Blumberg Nevada Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court taught a lesson Monday to lawyers ...
Mother Faces Scrutiny In Death of Daughter
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Ten years ago, Riverside County sheriff's deputies found Terese Stewart, 29, dead in her mother's home, her body s...
Actress' Shoplifting Case Goes to Jury
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Jury deliberations are slated to begin today in the shoplifting trial of actress Winona Ryder, who is accused of...
Fee Dispute Makes Strange Allies
By Peter Blumberg
A bid to have the state Supreme Court reinstate an $88.5 million class-action fee award that was rejected as grossly excessiv...
JDL President Tries Suicide, Officials Say
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Irv Rubin, the fiery president of the Los Angeles-based Jewish Defense League, has been hospitalized in grave co...
Court May Disconnect Telemarketer
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider what steps states can take to regulate telemarketers who seek dona...
Cooley Lays Off Staff Without Telling Bosses
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Cooley Godward has sparked internal controversy by laying off secretaries and paralegals in Palo Alto without...
CJP Releases 10-Year Study
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The Commission on Judicial Performance, the state's judicial watchdog agency, Monday released a 10-year summa...
Pot Club Attorneys Protest DEA Raid
By Riley Guerin
ATTORNEY ASSAILS POT RAID - The operators of Santa Cruz's medical marijuana cooperative were not engaged in interstate commer...
Legal Malpractice Insurance Application Must Be Complete
By Columnist
Focus Column - Legal Malpractice - Law firms should do everything in their power to ensure that the information provided in th...
Strong-Arming the Scouts
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - More than two years have passed since the United States Supreme Court ruled that public off...
Fee-Sharing Agreements Must Be In Writing
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court taught a lesson Monday to lawyers who fail to get fee-sharing agreements in writ...
Citizens' Groups Better Bring Six-Figure Checks to Hollywood Lawsuits
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Hollywood movie studios recently won an important round in this country's everlasting culture war o...
Strong-Arming the
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Forum Column By Harold Johnson More than two years have passed since the United States Supreme Court ruled that public offici...
Pot Club Attorneys Protest DEA Raid
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The operators of Santa Cruz's medical marijuana cooperative were not engaged in interstate commerce and therefore ...
Prisons Could Better Help Inmates, Experts Say
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - While prisons have made strides in reducing suicide risk, they need to do more, experts say. ...
Buchalter Nemer Chief Executive Has Big Shoes to Fill in New Role
By Liz Valsamis
Rick Cohen is settling into his new role as the next president and chief executive officer of Los Angeles' Buchalter, Nemer, F...