Judge Grants Immunity for Defense in Murder Trial
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Lenard Louie on Wednesday swept aside prosecution objections to immunizing statements by ...
Six Law Firms Plus One Bear Equal Nothing in Winnie the Pooh Case
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Wednesday was a typical day in Winnie the Pooh Litigation Land. Nothing much happened. But six law fi...
Veteran Prosecutor Dick Iglehart Dies at 60
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Iglehart, a former prosecutor "with a big heart," keen knowledge o...
9th Circuit Is Overloaded With Immigration Appeals
By Pamela Mac Lean
Reporter's Notebook - By Pamela A. MacLean - Increased scrutiny of foreigners following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has beg...
Appeals of INS Cases Triple in 9th U.S. Circuit
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Increased scrutiny of foreigners following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has begun to affect the 9th U.S. Ci...
Material Outside of Record Is 'Forbidden Fruit' for Attorneys
By Columnist
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Paul D. Fogel and Raymond A. Cardozo - Materials outside the record on appeal are the appell...
'O' Connor Court' Leaves Mark
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court's 2002-03 term will be remembered for the justices' landmark decisions on affirmative act...
Filter Fracas
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kevin S. Bankston - Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its 6-3 decision in United States v. Am...
Voting Patterns of Justices Basically Stayed the Same
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Despite headline-grabbing rulings on affirmative action and gay rights that gave a liberal cast to a conservative...
Juror's Note Delays But Won't Derail Riders Trial
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - An Alameda County Superior Court judge rejected a motion for a mistrial Tuesday in the prosecution of three former O...
9th Circuit Manges to Hold Its Own, With 78 Percent Reversals
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Well, it's a start. For the second term in a row, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals manag...
DA's Remarks Derail Murder Trial
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - The murder trial of a woman accused of feeding her baby methamphetamine-laced breast milk hit a detour Tuesday as ...
County Crime Lab Celebrates 75th Birthday
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Back when detectives wore fedoras and bandits toted machine guns, Los Angeles County Sheriff William I. Traeger ...
Assemblyman to Pay FPPC-Imposed Fine
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - State Assemblyman Robert Pacheco, R-Walnut, a lawyer who sits on the Assembly Judiciary Committee, has agreed to ...
'Big Fat Wedding' Faces Big Fat Lawsuit
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - The independent movie smash "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" has spawned a rather large lawsuit that claims it will ex...
Defense Bar Cedes Ground In 'Atkins' Bill On Executions
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Prosecutors and defense lawyers said Tuesday they are much closer to agreement on a measure that would implement ...
Merger Permutations Have Legal World Doing the Math
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Partners at Cooley Godward and Venture Law Group are divided into factions over their respective merger prospe...
Attorney Accuses Former Law Partner of Tax Fraud
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A long-simmering business dispute over a building once owned by some of the state's most prominent trial lawyers...
FTC Won't Fine Lawyers Who Did Not Send Privacy Notices
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers have won a round in a dispute over whether they are covered by a 1999 federal law that requires financia...
Curtain Falls on Cleveland's Arter & Hadden
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Unable to meet a restructuring plan proposed two weeks ago, Cleveland's Arter & Hadden has decided to close ...
'O'Connor Court' Leaves Mark
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court's 2002-03 term will be remembered for the justices' landmark decisions on affirmative acti...
Budget Squeezes Trigger
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A taxpayers group has sued the state over the tripling of California's vehicle license fee, raising serious quest...
As the Fiscal Year Ends, So Do the Paychecks
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - With no state budget in place, some of the state's trial courts are unable to pay vendors and contract workers...
Lawyer Protects Google's Name
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Guarding one of the most recognized brands on the Internet is a full-time job. Just ask Rose Hagan, Google In...
Legal-Malpractice Plaintiff Can't Sue for Value of Lost Punitives
By Columnist
Focus Column - Legal Malpractice - By Alec H. Boyd - In Ferguson v. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein , 30 Cal.4...
'No-Fly' List Risk
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jayashri Srikantiah - Rebecca Gordon and Jan Adams are longtime peace activists who live and work in San Fra...
Every American Should Pay Some Income Tax
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert R. Eberle - There is a saying in America that, "There are only two sure things in life: Death and tax...
City Attorneys Group Votes To Join Union
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Members of the Los Angeles City Attorneys Association have voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the Service Em...
Stanley Fights Her '02 Ouster
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Linda Ekstrom Stanley, the outspoken former bankruptcy trustee in Northern California who monitored the $13 b...
EPA Got Its Man, Even If It Meant Going to Saipan
By Dennis Pfaff
Reporter's Notebook - Environmental Law - By Dennis Pfaff - For anyone who might think the long arm of American law loses its ...