Plaintiffs' Bar Goes After Banks
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - You probably wouldn't tell a complete stranger your phone number, age or annual income. But your bank might. T...
Ex-Showgirl Takes On Role As Women Lawyers Leader
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Karla Kerlin once overheard a female colleague in the district attorney's office refer to her in a catty way as ...
Movie Sweepstakes Promotions Require Careful Legal Planning
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Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Benjamin R. Mulcahy - As the summer draws to a close, moviegoers have a chance to c...
Mom's Meth-Laced Breast Milk Killed Her Baby, DA Charges
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - According to law enforcement, 3-month-old Jacob Smith's last meal included a lethal dose of methamphetamine. A cor...
Suit by Davis Over Ad Is Ruled a SLAPP
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court says Gov. Gray Davis illegally used the courts to squelch the free speech rights of an...
Like Suitors Avoiding a Prenup
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - "There's a lot of trust that goes on," former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto said from the witness sta...
Garment Firms End Suit Over Sweatshops in U.S. Territory
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Some of the nation's best known retailers, including The Gap Inc., Target and J.C. Penney Co. Inc., reached a ...
Tort Group Withdraws Ballot Issue
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A tort reform group decided Thursday to drop an attempt to get voters to overturn a new law affecting summary jud...
'Pearle Vision' Case Returns to Original Judge
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Presiding Superior Court Judge Richard E. L. Strauss on Thursday sent a case back where it started after a challen...
Beware Promising Secrecy to Confessing Sexual Harassers
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - Employers dream of creating a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sadly, however...
Thou Shalt
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Robert Spanner - In presenting a complicated case to a jury, the greatest service a lawyer can perform often...
Movie Sweepstakes Promotions Require Careful Legal Planning
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Benjamin R. Mulcahy - As the summer draws to a close, moviegoers have a chance to ca...
See No Evil
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - On Sept. 13, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal law that prohibits t...
Seeking Security?
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Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Attorneys about to invest for the first time, and those already investing, are often asked by...
New Law Deprives Gunmakers of Immunity
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed two measures into law Wednesday that repeal the special immunity from lawsuits granted to ...
Court Offers Tape to Answer Layoff Questions
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court administration has begun circulating videotapes to its 5,500 employees aimed at a...
Expectations of Privacy
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - You probably wouldn't tell a complete stranger your phone number, age or annual income. But your bank might. T...
ABA Files Suit to Block FTC'S Privacy Notice Requirement
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - The American Bar Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at stopping the Federal Trade Commission's requirem...
Parole Board Cannot Revoke Prior Board's Release Date
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A California parole board's failure to show at least some evidence to support rescission of a previously-grant...
Raiders Say Lawyer on Jury Gave Legal Advice
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the Oakland Raiders said a Los Angeles tax attorney was one of two jurors who committed the miscondu...
El Paso Corp. Takes Some Heat for Keeping California in the Cold
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Hold the mammoth jerky! Pass the gas! A federal administrative judge who, I assume, does not live in ...
ABA Files Suit to Block FTC's Privacy Notice Requirement
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - The American Bar Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at stopping the Federal Trade Commission's requirem...
Solve Puzzle of Your Opponent's Motivation
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Dicta Column - By Linda B. Bulmash - All good negotiators know that to be a winner, you have to be a great persuader. Great pe...
Asbestos Litigation Is Facing Crisis, Report Says
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The tort system has failed to dispense justice to victims of asbestos-related disease, according to a study re...
Court Redistributes Workload of Judge
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - While U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathleen P. March will continue in her Los Angeles post until the end of her 14-year...
Road Hazards
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Forum Column - By Dan Stein - One year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Gov. Gray Davis must decide w...
Decision on Mixed-Motive Issue Sets 9th Circuit Apart
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Focus Column - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled en banc that...
Thoughtful and Prompt Response to Allegations of Wrongdoing Is Critical
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Focus Column - By William A. Urquhart - On July 12, President Bush participated in the first meeting of the new inter-agency C...
Judge Can't Change Another's Bail Decision
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A judge cannot increase a defendant's bail just because he or she believes the first judge's bail determination ...
Labor Groups Challenge Charter Measure
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - Labor representatives have filed suit contesting the constitutionality of Measure V, the voter-approved ballot mea...