Picasso Art Eludes Grasp of Judge's Order
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - A temporary restraining order issued last week came too late to stop a Chicago art collector from shipping a Naz...
Davis Makes Six Judicial Selections
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis on Thursday made six new judicial appointments, including the elevation of Justice Dennis M. Per...
Bar Group Is Divided On Conflict of Interest
By Craig Anderson
SAN JOSE - It was a rare moment of high drama at the Santa Clara County Bar Association's monthly meeting. In dispute was a pr...
Deal Reached With Abuse Victim Held As Coercion
By Michael Moline
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a domestic violence victim's unusual lawsuit accusing autho...
Death Row Records Founder Knight Gets Another Chance to Perform in Slammer
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Counting today, this year has five whole days to go. But it's already time for the Marion "Suge" Knig...
Justices Remain Consistent, But Chemerinsky Does Not
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Forum Column - By Arthur B. Mark III - In his Forum piece of Nov. 22 ("States, Not U.S., Should Have Right to Regulate Doctors...
Can You Make Staffers Independent Contractors?
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Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - To cut costs, the owner of an attorney service wants to make his couriers independe...
It's Quieter Lately At Wilson Sonsini
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is maintaining profits but risks damaging its reputation among clients a...
Service in Africa Prepared Jurist for Career
By Christina Landers
BELLFLOWER - When Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Leland H. Tipton entered the Peace Corps in 1967, he had no idea tha...
Class Action Challenges INS Plan
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Immigrant advocacy groups are filing a class action in Los Angeles federal court, trying to halt detentions and ...
On the Fast Track to Disaster
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Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The Los Angeles County Superior Court has the largest family law department in California....
Justice Turns Out to be Deaf, Too
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Difficult clients are a frequent topic of chatter around the San Francisco's Hall of Justice. But, few stories...
Failure to Instruct on Entrapment Reverses 3rd Strike
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge violated a man's due process rights when he refused to issue a jury instruction on entrapmen...
State Law on Layoff Notification Similar to Federal WARN Act
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and Eric C. Schwettmann - While closely related in scope and intent to...
On the Fast Track to Disaster
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Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The Los Angeles County Superior Court has the largest family law department in California....
Rushing Picked to Lead 6th DCA
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - One year after he was elevated by Gov. Gray Davis to the 6th District Court of Appeal, Conrad Rushing was appointe...
Lawyer Was Buchalter Nemer Name Partner
By Tanya Rothman
LOS ANGELES - Murray M. Fields, the last surviving name partner of Los Angeles's Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger, died De...
Ruling Rains on
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Forum Column By John C. Eastman On Dec. 16, by an equally divided court, the Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the 9th U.S...
Private Eye's Recent Woes Hint That Everyone's Guilty of Something
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Monday, two days before Christmas, Anthony Pellicano, the private eye to the stars, made a holiday wi...
Court Lets Bar Seize Lawyer's Business Assets
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - For the first time, the State Bar of California will seize an attorney's business assets to repay bar funds that...
Boalt Assault Scandal Takes a Spiteful Turn on the Web
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Reaction to the Boalt Hall dustup has inflamed passions on the Internet, as posters to Web forums choose ideo...
Ruling Rains on Rights
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Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - On Dec. 16, by an equally divided court, the Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the 9th ...
Santa Clara Prosecutor Retires
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - David Davies, who has run the Santa Clara County district attorney's office homicide and sexual assault unit since...
Davis Selects Three for Appellate Court Posts
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis on Monday appointed two Southland Superior Court judges and a San Diego federal magistrate judge...
Judge Disputes Gov. Davis' Parole Powers
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' sweeping victory on denying parole to murderers didn't last long. Just three days after the ...
The Crisis, Year 2
By Dennis Pfaff
The nation's largest utility bankruptcy enters 2003 with the fate of competing plans for the resurrection or dismantling of Pa...
Judge Sets Professional Tone
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - When newly appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos walked into her courtroom for the fir...
SEC Release Clarifies Issue of Offering or Solicitation on Web
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Focus Column International Law By Corinna M. Wong Information posted on Web sites concerning securities and investments is re...
Unusual and Gratifying Holidays
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - David Tan will have the thrill of his life Friday, as he works as a spotter for the radio broadcast of Arizona...
Jurist Won't Halt Immigration Plan
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has refused to intervene on behalf of 10 Iranians to halt a government homeland security program...