Marijuana-Toting Teen Can't Be Denied Probation as 'Message'
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A 17-year-old San Diego girl caught bringing more than 50 pounds of marijuana across the Mexican border cannot b...
9th Circuit Won't Rehear Appeal of Weapons Ban
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - California's landmark law banning assault weapons is headed for almost certain review by the U.S. Supreme Cou...
Panel Passes Bill to Ban Secret Deals in Elder Abuse Suits
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would ban secret settlements in litigation alleging physical abuse or neglect of the elderly won a l...
Female Officers Seek $2.7 Million From Jury
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer Tuesday asked a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury to award at least $2.69 million to three female ...
Rappers Must Pay $1.5 Million
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded a London music publisher $1.5 million in a copyright infringement case...
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Benjamin G. Shatz - Five years ago, on Jan. 1, 1998, California adopted ...
Prop. 36 Case Before Justices
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court heard its first Proposition 36 case Tuesday, focusing on whether a defendant wit...
Ex-Judge Resigns From State Bar
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Former Superior Court Judge James Malkus has resigned from the State Bar more than a decade after being swept up i...
Plugging into Power
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Richard A. Shortz - A critical piece of energy legislation, HR6, again has been circulating in Washington. L...
Barrier Method?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jim Jenal - Imagine this: The phone rings, the general counsel of your best client is on the line and she's ...
Judge Says Judiciary's Under Attack
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Chief U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel told lawyers gathered for the Northern California judges' confer...
Courts Conflict About Privilege For Coverage Misrepresentation
By Columnist
Focus Column - Legal Malpractice - By Alec H. Boyd - The scope of the protection afforded by the litigation privilege set fort...
Court Will Consider Release of Suicide Photos
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide whether the federal government must release to a Santa Cla...
Caldwell: Enron Probe Near End
By Pamela Mac Lean
SANTA ROSA - Leslie Caldwell, leader of the team of federal prosecutors investigating Enron, said over the weekend that she ex...
VC Investors Banking that Tertiary Liability Theory Fails
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley venture capitalists have not been having the best of times lately. Seed funding for technology ...
Richmond Residents Sue Police
By Karen Coleman
RICHMOND - A dozen Richmond residents commemorated Cinco de Mayo on Monday by filing a $1.7 million police-abuse lawsuit in fe...
Ruling Allows RICO in Police Suit
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - In two rulings that a civil rights attorney said could affect hundreds of other civil rights cases, a federal ju...
Hallway Pyrotechnics Enliven 'Pooh' Excursion Into Copyright Hell
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The Winnie the Pooh royalty case exploded with verbal pyrotechnics Monday in the seventh-floor hallwa...
Federal Law Governs Pond At Dump Site, Judge Rules
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists are cheering a ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, who has held that an enclosed po...
Harrassment Allegations Rock Police Department
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Over the past 21/2 months, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury has heard graphic allegations of sexual harassment ...
Patel Tells Judges to 'Stand Up'
By Riley Guerin
SANTA ROSA - Chief U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel told lawyers gathered for the Northern California judges' conference...
Who Started It?
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The scenario by now is familiar: Three off-duty, rookie police officers - including Alex Fagan Jr., the son of...
Prosecuting Lying Telemarketers Is Not a Speech Violation
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Telemarketers for charities are free to keep most of the donations they solicit, but if they lie about it they...
Presiding Judge Stresses Inclusion in Evolving System
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Presiding Judge Richard E.L. Strauss speaks passionately about the growing isolation of judges and the evolving co...
Incorrect Use of Marks Can Become Costly for Owners
By Catherine Cavella
Now that my trademark application is on file, can I use the (r) symbol on my packaging and advertisements? Should we use the (...
Environmentalists Sue to Halt Base Redevelopment
By Wire
RIVERSIDE (AP) - Environmental activists are suing to halt redevelopment of March Air Reserve Base because they say the plan ...
Shop Puts Bank's Financing Matters in New Hire's Hands
By Liz Valsamis
Dallas' Jenkens & Gilchrist has hired Gary Samson to handle financing matters for firm client Bank of America. Samson, who...
'Dean' of Limited Liability Takes Expertise to Hanson
By Erik Cummins
Jack Johal was the first tax lawyer to join Neumiller & Beardslee, Stockton's largest law firm. When Johal took his practi...
Bankruptcy Star Changes Firm, Not Title
By Liz Valsamis
Richard M. Cieri has settled into his new job as chair of the business restructuring and reorganization practice at Gibson, Du...
Orrick Centers Its Support Services in West Virginia
By John Ryan
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's September 2001 announcement that it was moving most of the firm's support services to a g...