Tenet Wins Dispute Over Stock Options
By Eron Yehuda
After a recent barrage of bad news, Tenet Healthcare Corp. had something to cheer about last month when a jury found in its fa...
Small Consolation: It Could Have Been Worse
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Major Bay Area law firms were dealt a one-two blow in 2002 by a combination of depressed transactional practi...
Wave of 'Merger Mania' Swept Firms in 2002
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - For the nation's largest private law firms, it was a year of merger mania, and five of California's largest firm...
Children of Slain Mom Can't Sue Therapist
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The children of a San Diego woman who was murdered by her husband cannot sue their father's therapists for fail...
Inland Empire Reaching Maturity
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer With no end in sight for the Inland Empire's population explosion, the area's employment ba...
By the Book With Additions
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - When Dennis Herrera took office as city attorney a year ago, he was issued a nondescript black binder, filled...
Prosecutors Tout RICO as Way to Control Street Gangs
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Flush from victories against New York's Mafia families, Los Angeles' new police chief, William Bratton, created...
Statute Targets the Worst Criminals
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Charles Hobson - On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that should close one of the...
Court Says Making Screeners Be Citizens Is Unconstitutional
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Focus Column - Constitutional Law - By Charles S. Doskow - A District Court has held that the law requiring citizenship of air...
State Courts Had 20 Opinions in 2002 Involving SLAPP Law
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Focus Column - Litigation By Mark Goldowitz - In 2002, there were 20 published opinions involving the SLAPP law, including fou...
DOJ Confirms FBI Agents Snoop in Libraries
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has confirmed in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats that FBI agents have ...
Circuit Asks High Court to Decipher Domain Name Suit
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Gary Kremen says he thinks Network Solutions, the Internet domain name provider, should be liable for giving ...
Mother Calls for 'Danielle's Law'
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The mother of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam is calling for a new state law that would open the door to a possible de...
DOJ Confirms FBI Agents Snoop in Libraries
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has confirmed in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats that FBI agents have ...
U.S. Needs Televised
By Columnist
Forum Column By Bennet Kelley Here is a fact that will get your attention: More Americans participated in the election for Fo...
Freed Murder Defendant Can Be Retried for Same Crime
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A man cleared of murder and freed from prison by a judge can still be re-tried for the crime, a state appella...
Manatt Phelps Acquires New York's Kalkines Arky
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips rang in the new year by acquiring Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Be...
Judge Steered Court Unification
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian went to college thinking she might marry a lawyer. But a chance meeting with...
Man Cleared in Murder Could Be Tried Again
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Efren Cruz, who was convicted of murder in a high-profile Santa Barbara shooting and then cleared by a judge, s...
Death Upheld In Case of Alleged Perjury
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Thursday that Larry H. Roberts must remain on San Quentin's death row ...
Pomona's 'Rappin' Granny' Has $105,000 Last Laugh on Master P
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The case of the so-called rapping granny is over, ending another bizarre chapter in the "Annals of St...
U.S. Needs Televised Debates
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Forum Column - By Bennet Kelley - Here is a fact that will get your attention: More Americans participated in the election for...
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Paul D. Fogel and Benjamin G. Shatz - More than a dozen amendments to the Federal Rules of A...
Infuse Your Job Hunt With Holiday Good Spirits
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Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - 'Tis the season to be jolly. You've been hearing that in the stores, on the radio, pe...
Love of Home Anchors Justice
By Katherine Gaidos
SAN DIEGO - Court of Appeal Justice Gilbert P. Nares loves the area of San Diego where he grew up. Nares, who sits on the 4th ...
Amendment Has Made Interlocutory Orders Final
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Focus Column - Litigation - By David Burkenroad - Since Code of Civil Procedure Section 1008 was amended in 1992, it has drast...
EEOC Declines to Fight Ruling Curtailing Bias Claims
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - While criticizing Sen. Trent Lott's racially charged remarks, the Bush administration has been quietly urging ...
Debtor May Assign Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases
By Staff Writer
Focus Column Bankruptcy Law By Leslie A. Cohen and Craig G. Margulies The assignability of a contract or lease is a critical ...
Fast-Track Reforms Have Lawyers Reaching for the Egg Timer
By Linda Rapattoni
Reporter's Notebook - By Linda Rapattoni - SACRAMENTO - Something's up. Defense lawyers and plaintiffs lawyers are huddling, g...
Chief Pleads for More Judgeships
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - An obviously exasperated Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist again has urged Congress to create more federal judge...