Court Fees Would Hit Working Poor Hardest
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - New court fees proposed to help plug the state's budget gap would hit hardest against the working poor - people ...
An Example No One Will Follow
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - California's 1998 experiment with electric utility deregulation spawned the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S....
PUC and PG&E Draw Up a Settlement Plan
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and officials of the state's utility regulatory agency announced Thursday they ha...
Robes and Jump Suits
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Donna Little knows she has a talking problem. She's working on it. "Speaking slowly is not my forte," the vete...
Fugitive's Capture Allows for Appeal
By Matthew Heller
LOS ANGELES - Now that Andrew Luster is no longer a fugitive, he can proceed with the appeal of his conviction on multiple ra...
Mobile-Phone Bill of Rights Isn't Panacea It May Seem
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Focus Column - By Peter Passell - For California cell phone users frustrated by confusing ads and complicated service contract...
Santa Clara PD Squeaks By Budget
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Months after more than 20 jobs were placed in jeopardy because of a budget crunch, Santa Clara County supervisors a...
Patent Law Exemption Is Narrowed
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first decision of its kind, a federal appeals court has narrowed the application of a federal law that ...
Sex Predator's Housing Is Still in Limbo
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge, voicing concern that a convicted child molester's rights are being violated, hinted str...
Ex-Navy Officer Hopes for Military Justice
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - After lack of jurisdiction thwarted his effort in U.S. District Court to overturn a decade-old conviction in a cou...
Court Revives Smuggled Man's Case
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate court Wednesday reinstated the case of a Chinese alien who said he feared returning to China...
Capture May Open Way for Appeal
By Matthew Heller
LOS ANGELES - Now that Andrew Luster is no longer a fugitive, he can proceed with the appeal of his conviction on multiple rap...
Closed-Door Talks in PG&E Case
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' aides were briefed last week on a proposal regarding the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankru...
Juvenile Court Veteran Wins Pair of Accolades
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - One of the nation's best-known juvenile court judges had been honored with two career cappers. But Leonard Perry...
Townsend & Townsend Plans San Diego Office
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew is going where the clients are. ...
Too Much Too Soon
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The horrors of real life are playing daily on the stages of dependency courts right in fro...
Four Cases Address State Law On 'Stacking' Occurrence Limits
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - One question that has been the subject of substantial debate in California ...
Circuit Limits Discretion by Judge to Seal Court Papers
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Wednesday limited a trial judge's ability to seal dozens of records that allegedly con...
Workers' Comp Insurer Fends Off Class Action
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state-run workers' compensation insurer has fought off a $2 billion class action brought by California employe...
Arter Partners Discuss Options After Talks Fail
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Just 10 days after the failure of merger discussions with an unnamed law firm, Cleveland's Arter & Hadden ca...
Boxers Bristle as Legal Hornets Float Like Butterflies, Sting Like Bees
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - There's going to be a globally watched heavyweight championship boxing match at Staples Center Saturd...
Jello Biafra Loses Bid to Deny Royalties to Former Mates
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The rebellious racket recorded on such albums as "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" belongs to the punks who...
Feeding Hunger for Law, Food, Art
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Gene and Ann Andres' cafe should have failed. The downtown strip of Main Street the couple bought wasn't exactly p...
High Court Offers Compromise on Scouts
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Judges who belong to controversial groups such as the Boy Scouts should disclose their membership if it might ...
Reflecting County, 'Private Guy' Thrives on Bench
By Tyler Cunningham
REDDING - It's not every day that a litigant reports to court wearing buckskin and moccasins, answering to charges of illegal ...
Alcohol Problem
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Forum Column - By Ralph Barat Saltsman, Stephen Warren Solomon and Stephen Allen Jamieson - The French determine rules for win...
Perchlorate Becomes Hot New Substance for Toxic Tort Cases
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Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Scott P. DeVries and Elaine M. O'Neil - Substantial hoopla has arisen about perchlorate,...
9th Circuit Hands Victory to Railroad in Cleanup Dispute
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators had no authority to require a railroad to maintain track safety at the scene of one of ...
Attorney Apologizes for Saying Officers Lied
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the city of Glendale apologized Monday for accusing female police officers of lying on the stand to...
Two-Year Contract OK'd for City Lawyers
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The Board of Supervisors approved a new two-year contract Tuesday for the city and county's public-sector lawy...