Civil Litigator Was Known for His 'Unique Sense of Humor'
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Sunday for Bruce E. Goldberg, a Los Angeles civil litigator. Goldberg died Thursday at ...
Counsel Pays Price for Stealing From Clients
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - After 83-year-old Lucille Jones' home was sold, her attorney, Bruce A. Nahin, deposited $179,913 of the proceeds...
Reginald Denny's Beater Faces Time
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - For the second time in 10 years, the central figure in the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los...
Jury Convicts Attorney for Embezzlement
By Mark Cromer
BREA - Attorney Steven Paul Coleman has been convicted of embezzling $184,000 from the Orange County law firm where he once wo...
Old Tricks
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A sweet lady, described as a "doll" by a social worker, was 80 years old when her neighbor sold her two deferred ...
L.A.'s New Federal Warden Prizes Communication
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Michael L. Benov has been the warden of Los Angeles' federal Metropolitan Detention Center for less than a month...
Achieving Critical Mass
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor It was easy for West Los Angeles office brokers and owners to dismiss the Howard H...
Petitioners Say Local 790 Does Nothing For Clerks
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Some court clerks in San Francisco want to stop paying union dues and are calling for an election to change u...
'Wiener' Is Ideal Review Case For Duty in Third-Party Attack
By Columnist
Focus Column - Tort Law - By Michael Paul Thomas - In the law as in life, how an issue is characterized often dictates how it ...
Summer Associates Require More Than Fun in the Sun
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Deanna Wilkinson - Think back to law school. During your first or second summer, you probably had a sum...
Verizon Sued Over Commissions
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento County cell phone service salesman has instigated a class action against Verizon Wireless Servic...
Former Carpetland Counsel Was Active in Illinois Politics
By Alice Lee
LOS ANGELES - Charles D. Stein, a former general counsel of Carpetland U.S.A., has died. Stein died of Parkinson's disease Apr...
Lesbian Couple Sues Adoption Agency
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The American Civil Liberties Union sued a private Orange County agency Thursday, claiming that the organization ba...
Court Restores Suit Against Linens 'N Things
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A popular home goods retailer may have to stop asking customers for their phone numbers when they pay with credi...
Lobby Firm Merges With Foley Office
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - George Steffes, a potent figure on the Sacramento political scene for more than 30 years, has merged his lobby...
Ex-Partner Defends Data Sharing
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - William Fitzgerald testified Thursday that it would have been inappropriate for Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison ...
LAPD Targets Homeless Camps
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A small, faded U.S. flag waves in the morning breeze on one of the wooden posts holding up Terry Johnson's ramsh...
Charter School Sues District For Resources
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area charter high school has sued the public district it left behind, claiming bureaucrats are ill...
Lawyer's Double Life Includes Torts, Tunes
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - By day, Jorge Hernandez races from courtroom to courtroom, representing defendants charged with everything from dr...
Six Federal Judges Nominated
By Claude Walbert
LOS ANGELES - President Bush on Thursday nominated five men and one woman to federal judgeships in Southern California. All fi...
Courtroom Doors Are Open
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Gunther used to clean poop out of cages. Now he helps jurors cut through...
Copyright Ruling Goes Against Disney in Latest Chapter of Pooh Saga
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - A federal judge Thursday torpedoed the Walt Disney Co.'s copyright termination bid in the Winnie the ...
Budget Ruling Imperils Lawyers' Paychecks
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court dropped a bombshell on the state's capital Thursday with a ruling that threatens...
Taming the Beast
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Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - You can't pretend that an 800-pound gorilla just isn't there. Whistling doesn't help, an...
Jurist Finds Dream Job on Bench
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - In his more than 30 years in law, Richard H. Kirschner has prosecuted white-collar criminals, represented high-s...
Lessees Should Try to Negotiate a Ground Lease That Is 'Financeable'
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Focus Column - Real Property - By Michael E. Di Geronimo - When a ground lessee does not need financing to construct its initi...
Some State Injunctive Claims May Not Be Arbitrable
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Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By June Lehrman - The California Supreme Court has held that monetary claims f...
Playing by the Rules?
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Forum Column - By Gloria Allred - Should the law be changed to require that the plaintiff in a child sexual-abuse case be noti...
2nd District Reaffirms Candidate's Conviction
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Richard Mayer wanted to run for South Gate City Council. His only problem was that he didn't live in South Gate....
Slave Labor Law to be Reviewed
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide the validity of a state law that allows World War II ...