L.A. County Delays Newhall Ranch
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
BY LAWRENCE KOOTNIKOFF Special to CREJ LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted March 25 to delay appr...
Insurance Against Terrorism-Related Losses
By Columnist
BY SCOTT P. DEVRIES, FREDRIC W. KESSLER AND YELITZA V. COLON In today's increasingly unstable international climate, U.S. com...
New Privacy Rules Will Pain Providers
By Joan Osterwalder
New health care privacy rules taking effect April 14 will give patients new rights but could mean more costs, another layer of...
Firms Invest $52 Million in Matrix
By Toni Vranjes
Venture capitalists have invested $52 million in Matrix Semiconductor Inc. during a fifth round of financing. New investor Tel...
The Markets
By Michael Gottliebn
"The market is excellent. We do a tremendous amount of business in L.A. I can't think of an exception of a particular retail p...
DAILY DEALS -- Orange County
By Jack Briggs
ANAHEIM - Private investors Barry Mycorn and Robert Brown purchased a 24-unit, two-building apartment complex at 1215-1221 N....
Five Tips for Trap-Avoidance Can Help You Manage Time
By Sandra Corrales
Employment Column By Deanna Wilkinson It is 7 p.m. You cannot remember the last time you sat back and relaxed. You have spent ...
Above the Law?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Picture this. The trial is over. One of the parties was so eager to be involved that it ...
God's Presence in Pledge Is About History, Not Worship
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Susanna Dokupil - No provision in the Constitution says that a citizen must never be offended. With the priv...
Offers to Compromise Can Help Settle Cases and Reduce Costs
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Scott P. Ward - The "offer to compromise" under Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 has become ...
Workers' Compensation Jurist Was Called 'Smiling Irishman'
By Alice Lee
LOS ANGELES - Retired workers' compensation Judge Ernest Patrick Kiernan has died at the age of 82. Known in the courtroom as ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer Wins Reporting Award
By Jeff Berg
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Daily Journal staff writer Cheryl Romo has won a first place public service reporting award in the A...
Noncompliant Companies Face Delisting As SEC Tries to Prevent More Scandals
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - In continued fallout from the corporate scandals that have tainted Enron Corp. and other companies, the Securit...
Five Bar Seats Draw 18 Candidates
By Don De Benedictis
LOS ANGELES - Eighteen lawyers in the state have signed up to run for five open seats on the State Bar Board of Governors, inc...
Sex Abuse Case Time Limitations Are Frozen
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A measure that allows Los Angeles prosecutors to proceed with their cases against priests accused of molesting ch...
Michael Remy, 59, Fought Nuke Plant
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Remy, a pioneering Sacramento environmental lawyer who led the nation's first successful ballot initi...
Judge Group Honors Alameda Juvenile Court Activist
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - In a year in which state budget cuts are said to imperil the health of the court system, the California Judges A...
SFO Environmental Papers Ordered Released
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The city must grant public access to previously secret environmental documents involving plans to expand San ...
Kerry Leads New BASF Series by Candidates
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Just one month after she took over from Teveia Barnes as executive director of the Bar Association of San Fra...
Cop Brass May Face New Charges of Obstruction
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The consensus at San Francisco's Hall of Justice is that Superior Court Judge Kay Tsenin today will dismiss f...
Accused Firearms Distributor Will Give Up Federal License
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - California cities won a small victory Thursday in their efforts to stem the gun trade when a Southern California f...
Governor Puts Morgan Back In Bay Area Appointments
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Mary C. Morgan, a former San Francisco municipal court judge who was the nation's first openly lesbian jurist...
Batterer Bias?
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Specialized domestic violence courts have become common fixtures in the state's legal system over the past decade,...
Death Verdict Upheld Despite No Defense
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court voted 4-3 Thursday to uphold a death sentence even though the defendant's attorn...
County Plans to Close All Courts For Eight Days
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Saying budget shortfalls had reduced the courts to "a Third World country stage," Los Angeles Superior Court off...
New Rules Empower Firms' Audit Panels
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - In continued fallout from the corporate scandals that have tainted Enron Corp. and other companies, the Securiti...
Many Praise Jurist's Kindness
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Department 414 at the Children's Courthouse in Monterey Park is a showcase, the place where presiding judges of ...
DAILY DEALS -- Los Angeles County
By Ron Mc Nees
CERRITOS - Cip Two LLC sold 8,400 square feet of manufacturing space at 16627 Parkside Ave. for $670,000. Jim Kuhne and Sam C...
DAILY DEALS -- Kern County
By Jack Briggs
BAKERSFIELD - Elizabeth Newton purchased an 11,150-square-foot industrial building in the Stockdale Industrial Park at 4301 Y...
Enrollment of Minorities Falls At Law Schools
By John Ryan
Lower minority enrollments at California-run law schools could foreshadow the future of state-run law schools nationwide if t...