League's Award Catches UCLA Lawyer by Surprise
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - It's not easy to catch attorney Joseph D. Mandel off guard, his friends say. "He is so cool and so poised; his f...
Event Honors Southland Firms For Supporting Pro Bono Plan
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - The Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest region will honor several individuals and a dozen law firms at i...
Battle Rages for Right To Painting by Picasso
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Thomas C. Bennigson had just returned from a day of classes at Boalt Hall last summer when he got the telephone ...
'Little' Applies 'Armendariz' to Some Claims at Common Law
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By June R. Lehrman - The California Supreme Court has decided Little v. Aut...
A Judge Who Pays Meticulous Attention
By Karen Coleman
FAIRFIELD - The courtroom of Judge Ramona Garrett is an island of civility in the rough-and-tumble world of Solano County crim...
Legal Luminaries Defend Quattrone
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley investment banker Frank Quattrone, facing civil and criminal investigations for alleged "spinn...
Attorney General Joins Challenge to Ahmanson Ranch
By Wire
ASSOCIATED PRESS CALABASAS - Attorney General Bill Lockyer is joining the legal challenge by opponents of the 3,050-home Ahma...
Realtors Violated Federal Antitrust Laws, Court Rules
By Tyler Cunningham
By Tyler Cunningham Nevada Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - San Diego realtors violated federal antitrust laws when they ...
Judge Served as Navy Pilot in World War II
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Mark Soden died Friday of pneumonia, bringing to a close the final chap...
'Weiner' Addresses Value of Spouse's Professional Degree
By Columnist
Focus Column - Family Law - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - One of the more esoteric issues of famil...
Playing Unfair
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Nancy Hogshead-Makar - Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. Sections 1681-1688, the feder...
9th Circuit Hears Arguments on PUC's Appeal of Rates
By Pam Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could result in significantly higher electricity rates for consumers in California, a federal ...
Slain Gangster's Family Sues City
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The family of a 16-year-old gang member gunned down on rival gang members' turf just minutes after being droppe...
Court Considers Debtors' Attorney-Fees Ruling
By Tina Spee
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether attorneys who represent debtors in Chapter 7 proceedings can...
Right to Be Sued Will Take a Back Seat in Courts' Doomsday Planning
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Buried deep in "The National Strategy for Homeland Security" report issued by the White House last ye...
Court Considers Debtors' Attorney-Fees Ruling
By David Pike
By David F. Pike Nevada Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether attorneys who r...
Database Fee By Realtors Is Price-Fixing, Circuit Rules
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - San Diego Realtors violated federal antitrust laws when they combined property databases, a federal appeals c...
CDAA Chief Steps Down to Take U.S. Job
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO-The head of the state's prosecutors association announced his plans Monday to resign, saying he is leaving to beco...
Defense Attorney Charged With Giving Drugs to Client
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Los Angeles County defense attorney has been charged with sneaking a bag of marijuana to her client during a cou...
Clinic Helps Those Whose Stock Losses Were Enough to Hurt Them but Not Enough To Interest a Lawyer
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - James Belay is neither a wheeler nor a dealer. He's an industrial painter with an eighth-grade education livi...
Court Considers Debtors' Attorney-Fees Ruling
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether attorneys who represent debtors in Chapter 7 proceedings can ...
Land Conservancy Options Development Rights to Hearst Ranch
By Wire
ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN LUIS OBISPO - A land preservation group said it has signed an option to purchase development rights on t...
URBAN ISSUES ROUNDTABLE: Against All Odds
By Diane Winocur
Any commercial real estate developer would rather start with a blank canvas of undeveloped land. Finding such a property anywh...
Suit Says Faked Attack by Aliens Caused Distress
By Stefanie Knapp
Kara Blanc believed she was being chased by an alien as she ran for her life through a dark, deserted area in Los Angeles Coun...
Empty Space Becomes an Ideal Donation
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer When the Stanford Home for Children needs a little help from the community, it usual...
Oppenheimer Wolff Puts Its Palo Alto Office Up for Sale
By Erik Cummins
In what appears to be a first in the legal profession, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly has put its most profitable office on ...
Fatal Shot Spurs Wrongful-Death Lawsuit
By Eron Yehuda
What started out as a routine traffic stop in South Central Los Angeles ended with a police officer shooting to death an unarm...
Holistic Redevelopment
By Columnist
BY RENATA SIMRIL California redevelopment agencies face a nearly insurmountable challenge. They seek revitalization of the bu...
Long-Awaited Title IX Report Proves Not So Simple
By Stefanie Knapp
After eight months of heated debate, the Education Department's commission on opportunity in athletics submitted its final rep...
Suit Attacks Sale Of Addresses to Senders of Spam
By Eron Yehuda
Until now, anti-spam lawsuits have taken aim at advertisers sending unsolicited commercial e-mails. Microsoft Corp. blazed a n...