Judge Held Tight to His New Orleans Roots
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for retired Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Xenophon F. Lang Sr. He was 85. While La...
Editor's Note
By Katrina Dewey
Dear Reader, The Daily Journal has improved its Web site to bring you the news more rapidly. Subscribers can log on to www.dai...
Judging! It's Fun!
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Some day, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ksenia "Kay" Tsenin may best be remembered for dismissing indict...
Court Revives Suit Sparked by Suprise Cargo
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Jose Cervantes got a lot more than he bargained for when he won a car auction by the U.S. government - 119 po...
Unfair Treatment?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - Stellar credentials and a "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association, its h...
While most litigators are familiar with the limitations on jury awards for noneconomic damages in medical-malpractice cases, f...
Court Resolves Debt-Restructuring Dispute
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Re-emphasizing the broad reach of the Federal Arbitration Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a debt-restru...
Court Lets Pro Bono Lawyers Win Fee Sanctions
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a case of first impression, a state appeals court has decided that pro bono lawyers can win attorney fees as ...
Justices' Decision Limits Reach of Trademark Law
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Restricting the reach of federal trademark law, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Lanham Act does not bar a...
Heller Ready for China
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - After 10 mostly quiet years in Hong Kong, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe has added four partners and 1...
Lawyers Split on Church Lawsuits
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for alleged victims of priest sexual abuse denounced the decision by other members of the plaintiffs' le...
Court Won't Hear Firm's Involuntary-Servitude Appeal
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles law firm that claimed it has been forced into involuntary servitude after a judge ordered its lawy...
Panel Reverses Judge on Juror-Bias Issue
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge erred when she refused to hold a hearing on potential bias or misconduct after a court employee ...
Judge Won't Lift Trevor Suspension
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A U.S. District judge in Los Angeles has denied a request by attorneys accused of abusing the state's unfair-com...
Justices Strengthen Arbitration Act
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Re-emphasizing the broad reach of the Federal Arbitration Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a debt-restruc...
Burton Bill on Retardation Advances
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A proposed method of implementing the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded was approved b...
Senate OKs Elder Abuse Measure
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state Senate passed a bill Monday to protect the elderly from financial abuse by requiring more complete dis...
Lawyer Was Former Spokesman for Gas Co.
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Memorial services for Bruce R. Marshall, who became a lawyer after years as a spokesman for Southern California Ga...
Oppenheimer Co-Chair Finds New Firm
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - With his former firm effectively winding down its California operations, Bruce Canter, managing partner of the N...
Musicians Lose Likeness Claim
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Two brothers in a Texas blues-rock band are not wronged celebrities just because a comic book series loosely ...
State High Court Librarian Loses Suit Over Dismissal
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The former head librarian for the California Supreme Court did not have a serious health condition, a San Fra...
In L.A.'s Budget Battle Over More Cops, It's Ants vs. Grasshoppers
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Forget Osama bin Laden and the threat that he and the rest of his al-Qaida terrorist network represen...
Free, With the Car: A Stash of Marijuana
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - When 67-year-old Jose Cervantes bid on and won a car auctioned by the U.S. government in San Diego in July 19...
Trevor Suit Is Complex, Court Rules
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A suit filed by Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office against the beleaguered Trevor Law Group for allegedly ab...
Ex-Prosecutor Pleads Not Guilty to Felonies
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles deputy district attorney pleaded not guilty Friday to identity theft, forgery and other fel...
Steefel Is Sued for Malpractice
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - What began as a $25,000 dispute in bankruptcy court over a company called Robot Wars has grown into a $1 milli...
Public Offices Are Told What A Scaled-Back Budget Means
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - In his budget proposal for the coming year, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown suggests reductions of $2.2 mill...
Their Music May Be Over, But Their Lawsuit Lives On
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - It's not every day that dark-suited lawyers share the gallery at San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal...
Oppenheimer Is History in Silicon Valley
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly closed its 35-lawyer office in Palo Alto last week, with star intellectual ...
Cooley Partner Joins Paul Hastings
By Liz Valsamis
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker is beefing up its newly acquired San Diego office with the addition of Carl Sanchez, for...