Sheriff Backs Cooley's Re-Election Campaign
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, already backed for re-election by the county police chiefs as...
Justices Criticize Judge, Attorney
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has slammed Orange County Judge James M. Brooks and attorney Constance Endelicato over t...
Fired Spokeswoman Says DA Had 'Enemies List'
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - The former media spokeswoman for District Attorney Tony Rackauckas filed a claim against the county and district a...
Dodgers Suitor Sues Defunct Battle Fowler
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Real estate developer Alan I. Casden, who has expressed interest in buying the Los Angeles Dodgers, has filed a ...
Circuit OKs State's Ban Of MTBE
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld California's impending ban on the gasoline additive ...
Deputy PD Charged With Deception
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County public defender and three-time candidate for judge has been charged with a misdemeanor count o...
Federal Report on Terrorism Offers First Clues to Ashcroft's Brain
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Every once in a while, I find myself wrestling with the deep philosophical question, "What's inside U...
U.S. Switches Prosecutors in Spy Case
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - After quarreling with Justice Department officials over what charges to bring, the prosecutor assigned to the ca...
Justices Weigh Allowing Claims Against Sports Coaches
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court debated Wednesday whether to expand liability for coaches when young athletes are ...
Top Counsel At McKesson Booked for Stock Fraud
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal authorities unsealed stock fraud indictments Wednesday against the former general counsel and the for...
Budget Veto Overturned
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Turning up the heat on the budget fight, Mayor Jim Hahn Wednesday attempted to veto the city's spending plan, bu...
Nuts, Bolts and Fraud
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera believes building contractors have cheated San Francisco taxpayers out of hundred...
Breyer Pulls Off a Surprise in Pot Trial
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - To the whoops of medical marijuana supporters, a federal judge Wednesday ordered just one day in prison with c...
Jurist's Tough-Love Justice Guides Addicts to Sobriety
By Anne La Jeunesse
SANTA MARIA - Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Rogelio R. Flores doesn't spend a lot of time sitting on the bench. It's easi...
Data-Collection Controversy Prompts Privacy Law Review
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Christopher M. Kelly - Calls for privacy protection in Latin America are getting an unexpected boost from su...
Attorneys Must Keep Informed On Changes to Appellate Rules
By Columnist
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James M. Harris and Jill Faulkner McNeal - The appellate rules of the California Rules of Co...
Legal Scholar Will Testify in Favor of Scaling Back Filibusters
By Mark Cromer
LOS ANGELES - As Democratic filibusters continue to logjam President Bush's efforts to appoint conservative jurists to the fe...
Valuing Families
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Laura Esquivel, Jackie Goldberg and Jennifer C. Pizer - In 1988, Lydia Ramos met the love of her life, Linda...
Little-Known Law Could Have Helped Him Years Ago
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A gay Guatemalan immigrant is fighting for asylum, arguing that he faces severe persecution if sent back to a c...
Legal Scholar Will Testify in Favor of Putting Curbs on Debates
By Mark Cromer
LOS ANGELES - As Democratic filibusters continue to logjam President Bush's efforts to appoint conservative jurists to the fed...
CEB Appoints Pamela Jester as Director
By Donna Domino
Pamela Jester, who has served as interim director of Continuing Education of the Bar, has been named as the organization's per...
Constitutional Scholar Returns to Pepperdine
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Outspoken constitutional scholar Douglas Kmiec is headed back to Southern California, where he will resume his f...
Panel Allows Screenwriter to Sue Sony Pictures
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court said Tuesday that a Hollywood screenwriter can sue Sony Pictures for allegedly infringin...
Weiss Won't Run Against Cooley
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Despite being courted by local Democratic party leaders, Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss announced Tuesda...
ABA President-Elect Appeals for Diversity
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - More minority judges, court staff and lawyers are needed to boost public trust in U.S. courts, the president-ele...
Alaska, Boeing Won't Contest Crash Liability
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Families suing for the loss of loved ones who perished in an Alaska Airlines jet crash three years ago have move...
Ex-Petty Officer's Petition Goes Before Highest Military Court
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The nation's highest military court, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, has agreed to review the U.S. Na...
Gay Immigrant Fights for Asylum
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A gay Guatemalan immigrant is fighting for asylum, arguing that he faces severe persecution if sent back to a co...
Ivory Tower's Wide Moat
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - When the University of California gets sued by an employee, it's easy to root for the little guy, the plaintiff who ...
9th Upholds Tort Actions in DEA Kidnap Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A Mexican doctor who was illegally kidnapped and abducted to Texas from Mexico on orders of U.S. drug agents i...