Ginsburg: Collegiality, Moderation, Tradition
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre compares Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to his star shortstop, Der...
Justice Not Funded Is Justice
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Forum Column By James E. Herman California's great legal heritage faces the perfect storm. As middle- and low-income Californ...
'Neo-Flo' Court Blurs Law to Allow Infringement Discovery
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Henry C. Su - In May, a magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ord...
L.A. Jurist Orders Efforts to Reunify Family
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Juvenile Court bench officer on Friday ordered family reunification services to continue for Juli...
Gay Man Challenges Deportation
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Gay and lesbian activists turned out Friday outside the downtown Los Angeles immigration court in support of Ma...
Reporter's Notebook: Honor for Jurists Slain in the Troubles
By Erik Cummins
Reporter's Notebook By Erik Cummins SAN FRANCISCO - Martin Blake vividly remembers the 10 days he spent in the early 1970s as...
Church Cases Resume
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Catholic Clergy Cases I & II are back where they were on Jan. .1 - in mediation before Los Angeles Superior ...
Supreme Court Will Step Up With Bases Loaded Next Term
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - All right, baseball fans, it's time to take a sneak peek at next season and a couple of looks back. I'm sure man...
Profile: He Reached Heaven's Gate
By Tyler Cunningham
PLACERVILLE - For a man who wears a Mickey Mouse watch under the sleeve of his judicial robe, El Dorado County Superior Court...
Health Care Crisis Demands Immediate Attention, Change
Forum Column By David A. Lash The health care crisis is being played out in our courtrooms and streets, with two recent event...
ADA Sidewalk Settlement May Stymie Sacramento Redevelopment
By Olivia Loy
BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer For most of the people making their way along Sacramento's sidewalks, objects such as benches...
Bar, Bench Admire Judge Hearing Priest-Abuse Cases
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - No hot lights or sound bites for Marvin Lager. In due time, the discreet and highly regarded Los Angeles trial j...
Diversifying Legal Arena Can Abolish White-Bread Justice
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Forum Column - By Dennis W. Archer - Lawyers have a special responsibility to ensure that our profession encourages people of ...
Coastal Commission Can Issue Findings After Decision Is Made
By Jennifer Orff
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. and Cecily T. Talbert - In the recent case of Sierra Club v. Cal...
Equal Citizens
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Forum Column - By David B. Cruz - The U.S. Supreme Court's end-of-term decision in Lawrence v. Texas , 2003 DJDAR 7036 ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The national plaintiffs bar convenes Saturday in San Francisco as it counterattacks the Bush administration o...
Employer's Duty to Accomodate Has Some Limits
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Employment Column - By Lin M. Meyer - Many a human-resource professional has scratched his or her head and wondered whether th...
Union Stages Funereal Protest at Courthouse
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - Dozens of Orange County union members staged a mock funeral at the Central Justice Center on Thursday, burying a w...
Lawyer Won Right to Videotape From TV
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - Without Dean C. Dunlavey, videotaping copyright movies and programs on television may not have become legal back...
Lawyer Faces Attempted-Murder Charge
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena lawyer with a history of troubles with his family and colleagues pleaded not guilty Thursday to charg...
Lockheed Wants Cash From War Protesters
By Craiq Anderson
SUNNYVALE - Anti-war protesters who staged a peaceful protest in front of a Lockheed Martin manufacturing facility are furious...
Judges Take Positions on Fast-Track Rules
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge said Thursday that a proposal to relax stringent fast-track court rules won't...
TLPJ the 'Conscience of the Community'
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - When litigators descend on San Francisco this weekend for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America conventi...
High Court Clarifies Prop. 21 Prosecution
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Prosecutors seeking to charge juveniles as adults with murder or rape under Proposition 21 can initiate prosecuti...
The Acerbic Janice Brown Keeps to Herself
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Janice Rogers Brown was a bold choice when Gov. Pete Wilson tapped her for a seat on the California Supreme Co...
Circuit Rules Against EPA's Denial Of Gas Waiver to State
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal officials must reconsider their order that California use expensive ethanol as a gasoline additive in ...
Playing Hardball
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The national plaintiffs bar convenes Saturday in San Francisco as it counterattacks the Bush administration ov...
Farmers Market Tragedy Likely Will Provoke Suits, Experts Say
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The Santa Monica farmers market tragedy that left at least 10 people dead and injured dozens probably will give ...
Brown Has a Rocky Road From Here to Washington
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - It may be politically awkward for liberals to oppose a black woman nominated for one of the nation's highest c...