How to Run Away From Work Assignments
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Dicta Column - By The Rodent - How many times has this happened to you? You are just about to pick up your things, put on your...
In Other Words
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Dicta Column - By Sharon Berman - Persuasive writing is a hallmark of a good litigator. Writing for marketing purposes, howeve...
Choose Carefully
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Dicta Column - By Lee Jay Berman - If a mediation is going to have a chance at success, perhaps the most important decision is...
Ventura Judges Re-Elect Presiding Officers
By Sandra Corrales
VENTURA - Ventura County Superior Court Presiding Judge Bruce A. Clark and Assistant Presiding Judge John R. Smiley have been ...
New Rules for Arbitrator Disclosure Create Havoc
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Forum Column - By James Acret - The new disclosure rules for arbitrators that went into effect July 1 provide a powerful demon...
C. Don Clay Joins U.S. Attorney
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Seldom does a U.S. attorney hire a criminal defense attorney as his chief executive, but that is just what San...
Jury Clears El Monte Police in Fatal Shooting
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal jury Wednesday absolved the El Monte Police Department of any liability in the fatal shooting of a dis...
TV Viewers Deliver Verdict in Westerfield Case
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A second jury heard the evidence in the trial of David A. Westerfield. And the TV viewers who saw the trial on a l...
Unlikely Bedfellows Face Off
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - It's a tale of unlikely bedfellows: a Republican activist facing off against GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Si...
Toasted Pillsbury Partner Pops Up Homeless and, Possibly, Litigious
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Sharks can make toast! This amazing culinary discovery surfaced this week in the now-notorious saga o...
Sierra Club Prevails in Libel Suit
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The Sierra Club and two Mendocino County environmental activists Wednesday defeated a libel case brought by a ...
Suit Accuses Landlord of Anti-Family Bias
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - At least a few kids are happy school is back in session. Children living in the Faircrest Apartments in Norwalk ...
Ex-Rookie Tells of Work With Riders
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Keith Batt, the former rookie Oakland police officer who blew the whistle on the alleged crimes of the Oakland Rider...
Court Allows Suit Over Abuses in Burma
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a groundbreaking decision, a federal appeals panel opened the door Wednesday to broad liability in U.S. cou...
Sheriff's Look Into Slain DA's Aid to Addict
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
BAKERSFIELD - Kern County Sheriff's investigators continued Wednesday to probe the personal life of slain Assistant District A...
Classroom Discussion Defines Americanism
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - Sept. 11 brought out the best in many of us. It certainly brought out the best in a number o...
Panel Likely Will OK Conservative Nominee
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - A conservative anti-abortion appeals court nominee appeared headed for approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Don't Confuse Ads With Editorial Page
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Since Terence Hallinan took office in 1996, the district attorney's relationship with the San Francisco Chroni...
Couple Can Proceed Against Fertility Clinic
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit against a Cornell University medical clinic stemming from the fertility clinic scandal at University o...
State Supreme Court Will Decide Validity of Noncompete Clause
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Focus Column - By William W. Oxley and William A. Molinski - While not likely to draw as many fans as a Timberwolves-Lakers p...
Choose Carefully
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Dicta Column - By Lee Jay Berman - If a mediation is going to have a chance at success, perhaps the most important decision is...
New Rules for Arbitrator Disclosure Create Havoc
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Forum Column - By James Acret - The new disclosure rules for arbitrators that went into effect July 1 provide a powerful demon...
Classroom Discussion Defines Americanism
Forum Column - By David A. Lash - Sept. 11 brought out the best in many of us. It certainly brought out the best in a number o...
Court Allows Phone Customers' Class Suit
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A class action claiming that a local phone company tricked its customers into paying millions in rental charges ...
Tentative Accord Reached in MGM Lawsuit
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The long-running legal battle over the billion-dollar James Bond film franchise may have ended with a preliminar...
Study Will Monitor Title IX Compliance
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis signed into law Tuesday a bill requiring the first study of compliance in California's public sc...
Authorities Comb Slain DA's House for Clues
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
BAKERSFIELD - Kern County Sheriff's investigators Tuesday prepared to submit a "substantial" amount of evidence to the county'...
Fund Memorializes Longtime Prosecutor
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - A scholarship fund has been established at Southwestern University School of Law in memory of longtime Los Angel...
Davis Signs 'Son of Sam,' DNA Bills
By Philip Carrizosa
SACRAMENTO - A controversial bill that allows prison officials to use "reasonable force" to collect DNA samples from state pr...
Ex-U.S. Attorney Tries His Hand at Criminal Defense
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Former U.S. Attorney John S. Gordon will become a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges in Los...