Recall Petition Denied
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has denied a petition by Venice civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman to hold up the Oct. 7 guberna...
Edison Deal With PUC Is Approved by State Justices
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously approved the secretly brokered $3.3 billion bailout of So...
Lawyer Makes Easy Move To Job Working With Kids
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - For juvenile court Referee Steven L. Berman, learning the ins and outs of dependency court was like taking a cra...
Panel Nixes Revenue Recovery For Foreign Beating Broadcasts
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - In a decision that appears to halt the spread of U.S. copyright claims overseas, a divided federal appeals court...
Weapons Industry Settles Suits With Cities
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Firearms dealers and distributors have agreed to major reforms to settle claims in a lawsuit by a dozen state ...
Table Talk
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A former leading executive at a well-known Silicon Valley semiconductor company goes to trial Monday on claims he w...
Delivering Promised War on Porn
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - It's probably no surprise that the wild world of adult entertainment and John Ashcroft's Justice Department are n...
Emergency 9th Circuit Panel Would Take Appeal
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of California's Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election now falls to three federal appellate judges, all...
It's Baaack: "Hanging Chad 2" Is Coming Soon to a Court Near You
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Like an aging movie star pumped on hype and hope for one more box-office success, our old friend the ...
Fight Against City Hall Has Big Price Tag
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Fighting City Hall is not only hard work but also expensive. Or so one outspoken North Hollywood woman learned W...
Widening the Circle
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Kathryn Snapka was the first woman to join the Corpus Christi, Texas, chapter of the American Board of Trial A...
Vote Date Hinges on Three Judges
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of California's Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election now falls to three federal appellate judges, al...
U.S. Judge Refuses to Enjoin Recall Election
By Gale Holland
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge Wednesday refused to halt the gubernatorial recall, clearing the path for an Oct. 7 ...
Devoted Detroit Tigers Fan Plays Within the Lines
By Dennis Pfaff
STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge George J. Abdallah can be at his busiest when nothing's going on in his cou...
Trial Lawyers Board Diversifies Membership
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Kathryn Snapka was the first woman to join the Corpus Christi, Texas, chapter of the American Board of Trial ...
Insurer's Duty to Investigate Is Fundamental Principle
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Insurance carriers must conduct a thorough investigation before they deny a...
Excess Insurance Decisions Depend On Facts of Case, Language of Policy
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Jordan Stanzler - Policyholders facing asbestos, product-defect and environmental claims usu...
Down and Out
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Forum Column By Robin Assaf Wofford and Michael S. Kalt The California Legislature traditionally has attempted to strike a del...
Panel Labors Over Sentencing Issue
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission said this week that they would be hard-pressed to meet the deadline imp...
Go Oakland!
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - When it comes to public service, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Gordon Baranco is the go-to guy in these parts....
Judge Bashes U.S. on Medi-Pot
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A federal judge has sentenced an Anaheim Hills man to 18 months in prison for possessing marijuana, while at the ...
Closely Held Companies Must Consider New Tax Law's Effect
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Focus Column - Tax Law - By Boyd D. Hudson and Robert A. Yahiro - In May, Congress enacted the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reco...
Speaking Out
Writing the latest chapter in the struggle to resolve the tension between the statutory right of publicity and the constitutio...
TV Writers Lose Age-Bias Suit Against Studios
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ruled that 163 older TV writers cannot recover money in an unfair-competition lawsuit th...
Judge Feared Being Outed, DA Says
By Matthew Heller
SANTA BARBARA - Afraid of being "outed" as a lesbian, Judge Diana R. Hall flew into a violent rage when her live-in girlfriend...
Tenants Insist Judge Is Unfair
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of Oakland renters organizations is trying to get law and motion Judge James Richman reassigned to a c...
New Managing Partner at Thelen
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Hallerud, a longtime labor and employment lawyer with Thelen Reid & Priest and Pettit & Martin...
L.A. Judge Narrowly Escapes Bombing in Iraq
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Judith Chirlin narrowly escaped the bombing of the United Nations headquarters ...
Recall Foes Are Optimistic DOJ Will Halt Oct. 7 Election
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Voting procedures in Monterey County remained under intense scrutiny Tuesday even as federal officials moved c...
Few Dare to Predict Maverick's Ruling on Gubernatorial Recall
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Observers trying to predict U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson's ruling, expected today in the ACLU challenge...