Who is entitled to attorney fees when statutes conflict with contracts? The answer may surprise some. Under a typical employme...
Buchalter Nemer Executive Leaves Post Early
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger's board of directors has elected Rick Cohen to the post of president and ...
If Award Is Not Reduced, Philip Morris May File for Bankruptcy
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Howard N. Madris - On Oct. 4, a Los Angeles jury issued a $28 billion punitive damages verdict ...
Bad Joke, Bad Move
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - When Eugene Pelka, a veteran manager at Lockheed Martin, stepped to the microphone 21/2 years ago to roast a longti...
Grand Jury Indicts Aryan Gangbangers
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted 40 Aryan Brotherhood members and associates on federal racketeering charges, a...
Bond's Agency Can't Sue Former Agent
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Beverly Hills Sports Council cannot sue Barry Bonds' former agent and his lawyers for malicious prosecution, a ...
Enron Trader Pleads Guilty in State Crisis
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - "I was just trying to maximize the profit for Enron," said Enron's former chief energy trader in Portland, Ore...
City Council Hopeful Can't Use 'Peace Activist' Label on Ballot
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Santa Monica City Council candidate Jerry Rubin is fasting to protest war on Iraq. Rubin calls peace activism hi...
Seccession Would Jeopardize L.A.'s Business Environment
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Richard Riordan - Los Angeles businesses are resilient. In the past decade, we have worked together to creat...
Family History Inspires Judge
By Anne La Jeunesse
FULLERTON - When the Aztec Skydivers parachute onto the campus of California State University, Fullerton, next month, they wil...
Enron Trader Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - As he pleaded guilty Thursday to manipulating California's wholesale electricity market at the height of last ...
Visas Are Denied in Elcomsoft Trial
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The first criminal trial under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act could be in danger because two key Russian witn...
Giants vs. Angels Is Plenty Adversarial
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - With lawyers and their staffs trading wagers and boasts, scrambling for game tickets and wearing their basebal...
New State Laws Cause Employers More Problems
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Mark A. Romeo - These are uncertain economic times. No business has been able to escape the pinch of th...
Doctor Describes Victim's Drug Levels
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - An expert on a powerful opiate found in the body of Kristin M. Rossum's husband said the drug's effect would have ...
Bail Hearing Parties Argue Press Access
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Timothy Tronson, the former San Francisco school district manager charged in a conspiracy to steal $850,000 in...
Cancer Risk Minimized by Trial Judge in Prop. 65 Case
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento judge has effectively overridden a state agency's determination that a commonly used chemical pos...
State Bar Investigators Shut Counsel's Offices
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Police and California State Bar investigators closed the offices of attorney Hector Garcia after allegations tha...
Ball's Fate Evokes Civil Society's Fate
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers opened a trial Thursday in a case they said concerns America, a little boy's dream, an assault and a m...
If Award Is Not Reduced, Philip Morris Could File Bankruptcy
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Howard N. Madris - On Oct. 4, a Los Angeles jury issued a $28 billion punitive damages verdict ...
Gilded Cage
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Secret adjudicatory proceedings, whether in a court or an administrative setting, are in...
O'Melveny Stalwart Represented Lakers Owner
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - Memorial services for O'Melveny & Myers corporate attorney John H. Roney were Thursday in Hermosa Beach. Ron...
Freeway Accident Brings $13 Million Pact
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - A freak highway accident in Irvine that left a motorist brain damaged has resulted in a $13 million settlement. ...
New State Laws Cause Employers More Problems
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Mark A. Romeo - These are uncertain economic times. No business has been able to escape the pinch of t...
Gilded Cage
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Secret adjudicatory proceedings, whether in a court or an administrative setting, are in...
Court Dismisses Drug Charge Against Ryder
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A judge Wednesday dismissed a felony drug charge against actress Winona Ryder, and set Oct. 24 for her to stand ...
Meth Users Win Favor in Two Courts Of Appeal
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Drivers under the influence of drugs found friends in high places Wednesday. At the 1st District Court of Appe...
Who's Bugging Lynne Stewart?
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General John Ashcroft's war on the attorney-client privilege, asserts radical lawyer Lynne F. Stewart...
Jury Burns Counterfeiter of Zig-Zag Cigarette Papers for $2 Million
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - If they wanted to, the French maker and the U.S. distributor of Zig-Zag cigarette papers could roll t...
Case Tests Decision to Ban Death of Retarded
By Claude Walbert
EL CENTRO - A hearing set to begin this morning in the Imperial County courtroom of Judge James H. Harmon will offer one of th...