County Ban On Gun Show Is Upheld by Circuit Panel
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush White House, the gun lobby, Ivy League scholars and federal judges in New Orleans may think the Seco...
Jewel in Brobeck's Crown Goes to Fenwick
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick & West has grabbed a prize asset of the failed Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison - the account to h...
Rampart Scandal's Last Chapter Ends
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The last officer accused in the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart scandal pleaded guilty to three felonie...
Privacy Bill Clears a Senate Panel
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - This year's major financial privacy bill cleared its first hurdle Tuesday but is likely to face tougher challeng...
Jurist Served as Presiding Judge Six Times
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place March 1 for retired Santa Monica Municipal Court Judge Joseph W. Chandler, who served ...
Complying With INS Program May Be Risky for Targeted Men
By Columnist
Focus Column - Immigration Law - By Kathrin Mautino - On Sept. 11, 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service began impl...
New Online Threats in Varian Case
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - A Colorado engineer appeared in court Tuesday on charges that he made criminal threats against two former Varian A...
S-h-h-h-h!
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gary L. Bostwick - We start with some fundamental propositions. No one who loves order and humanity wants to...
He's Got the Best of Both Worlds
By Donna Domino
SANTA ROSA - For Dennis Beaman, the final straw in his career as a lawyer came when a hard-hearted client wanted to foreclose...
Sheppard Opens First Shop Outside California
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has opened an office in Washington, D.C., its first outside...
Jurist Embraces Mission Of Compton Drug Court
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - It took her several career changes - from a Ma Bell company employee and ring girl for one of Muhammad Ali's fi...
Catching Parents on the Lam
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Authorities attempting to collect child support from parents allegedly dodging their court-ordered payments are u...
No Appeal of Deputy DA's Diversion
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - The criminal case against San Francisco prosecutor Floyd Andrews has concluded quietly. Marin County prosecut...
Undermine the Witness in Strong Cross-Examination
By Contributing Writer
John H. Wigmore was correct when he stated that cross-examination "is the greatest legal engine invented for discovering the t...
Baker & McKenzie Recruits U.S. Attorney for New Group
By Staff Writer
After three years chalking up experience as an assistant U.S. Attorney, Scott Frewing has returned to Baker & McKenzie to...
Density Gets a Lift
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Housing developers may find it easier to build their projects, thanks to new changes...
Reporter's Notebook: Escutia Sends 'Friend of the Court' Letters on 17200
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee recently asked two judges to extend stays in two cases, telling ...
Brobeck's Former Partners Pledge Money
By Tina Spee
SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison has issued an urgent appeal to its former partners to help it avoid being forc...
Time Gap Puts Decisions to Protect Ocean at Risk
By Columnist
Forum Column - By John J. Lormon - Absent a saving hand being extended by the state Supreme Court, the legal authority of the ...
Insignia, CB Richard Ellis Together Again?
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Two of the industry's largest commercial real estate services firms are at the neg...
Nominee's Fate Remains in Limbo as Senate Adjourns
By David Pike
By David F. Pike Nevada Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Debate on the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. ...
Eastin Deposition in Schools Suit Is OK'd
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs suing the state on behalf of millions of California schoolkids have secured permission to depose f...
Lockyer Sends Subpoenas to Plaintiffs in Prop. 65 Suits
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the use of money from public int...
Counsel Can Use Invalidating Prior Art to Avoid Patent Suit
By Columnist
Focus Column Intellectual Property By Michael Plimier Attorneys use prior art references to prove that claims of a patent bei...
Priest's Jilted Lover Finds Little Consolation in 1st DCA
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A pastor thinking about sexually seducing an adult parishioner might want to consult a lawyer first. A three-...
Prison Has Bright Side for Four Former SLA Radicals
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The sentencing of four former Symbionese Liberation Army radicals in Sacramento Friday for the 1975 m...
Dolphin Diplomacy
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Secretary of State Colin Powell took a break from charting the course of a nation seemingly headed toward war...
Music Retailer Wherehouse Plans to Shutter 120 Stores
By Tina Spee
By Toni Vranjes Illegal downloading of songs and intense competition from discount retailers haven't been music to the ears o...
Lawyer-Felon Wins Judgment, Vows to Fight to Keep All of It
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Convicted felon and suspended lawyer Rex DeGeorge won a civil jury verdict last week against an insurance compa...
Nominee's Fate Remains in Limbo as Senate Adjourns
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Debate on the nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of C...