State's Larger Practices Continue Rapid Pace of Associate Elevations
By Staff Writer
The flurry of associate elevations into the partnership at large law firms continues at a rapid pace. With most of the promot...
Two Veteran Orange County Judges Will Retire in January
By Leslie Simmons
Two veteran Orange County Superior Court judges will retire after the New Year. Judges J. Michael Beecher and Daniel T. Brice...
Making the Leap
By Contributing Writer
By Sharon E. Jackson and Sabina Bhalla Most new litigators start their careers practicing law at small firms or government of...
Can You Dig It?
By Columnist
BY BERNARD S. KAMINE Beneath every modern city is a complex web of water, sewer, storm-drain, gas, oil, steam, electric, telep...
Volatile Commissioner Keeps Children's Interests in Forefront
By Jenna Bordelon
MONTEREY PARK - The scuttlebutt around the Los Angeles juvenile dependency court is that Commissioner Stanley Genser intimidat...
Lawyer Is Jailed for Stealing Clients' Settlements
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Former Santa Monica attorney John Patrick Maginnis, who represented one of the men convicted in the brutal attac...
Leno Gets Legislative Appointment
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Former San Francisco County supervisor and new Assemblyman Mark Leno has been named chairman of the Assembly Pub...
Courts Rarely Hold Intrusive Searches to Be Illegal
By Columnist
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Apparently, very little shocks the judicial conscience any more. In cond...
Onerous Rules Leave Kids Dangling
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Shelvy - In Los Angeles County, more than 30,000 abused and neglected children are in foster care p...
Sparks in the Court
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rocked the country this year with just two words - "under God." Judge A...
Federal Law Has Little Impact On Religious Land Use in State
By Columnist
Focus Column - Land Use - By Terence R. Boga - Local governments increasingly are having to litigate disputes involving religi...
Montali Gets PG&E Request For Authority In Spot Market
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - State regulators are locked in a bankruptcy court dispute with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over conditions t...
Justice Is Pointed, But To the Point
By Riley Guerin
SAN JOSE - Regarded as a thoughtful jurist with a keen intellect, 6th District Court of Appeal Justice Franklin Elia can put ...
Order Keeps Picasso Work in L.A.
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - The grandson of a Jewish woman who fled Berlin during World War II has won a temporary restraining order to keep...
How Could He Lose With the Constitution?
By Riley Guerin
SAN FRANCISCO - For a Sacramento doctor with a law degree, taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance was no miracle, just ha...
Montali Gets PG&E Request For Authority In Spot Market
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - State regulators are locked in a bankruptcy court dispute with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over conditions t...
Cartoonist-Lawyer Draws on Love of the Art
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Stuart M. Rees lives in a cartoon world. The honors graduate of Harvard Law School has 100 cartoonist clients, amo...
Settlement Leaves Both Sides Happy In 'Adaptec' Suit
By Joan Osterwalder
By Joan Osterwalder At the close of a recent settlement in a breach of contract case, both parties were happy - even the one ...
'Whipple' Affects Dog-Bite Cases, Some Lawyers Say
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Jurors may be holding dog owners on a tighter leash after the intense media attention over the Diane Whipp...
Cartoonist-Lawyer Draws on Love of the Art
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Stuart M. Rees lives in a cartoon world. The honors graduate of Harvard Law School has 100 cartoonist clients, amo...
Justices Give Murder Defendant New Trial
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court Wednesday reversed a Los Angeles man's murder conviction, saying the trial court should ha...
College Pitcher Can Sue Maker of Bat
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A California State University Northridge pitcher can press his suit against the makers of the "Air Attack 2," a ...
O'Melveny & Myers Opens Outpost in Beijing
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - In response to the rapid growth of the firm's Asia practice, Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers has opened ...
Award Honors Lawyer for Devotion, Integrity
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - It didn't matter how hectic his day was, how many appointments filled his book or how many mounds of paperwork clu...
What Should Employers Do When a Job Applicant Lies?
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - What does an employer do when an applicant lies during an interview? Consider this ...
Jury Indicts Author of Tax-Avoidance Books
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - A popular author of books on moving money offshore to avoid taxes and his attorney were indicted Thursday for al...
MoFo Marketing Chief Leaves Firm
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Carl Whitaker, a pioneer in the legal marketing field, has stepped down as chief marketing officer for San Fra...
DOJ Backs Off Controversial Immigration Plan
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Government officials announced Thursday that they are backing off of a controversial program in which hundreds o...
Delgadillo Seeks New Anti-Gang Injunction
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo took on another gang Thursday, seeking what he said was the largest-e...
High Court Agrees to Weigh Scout Membership
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Under mounting pressure from bar groups, the California Supreme Court announced Thursday it will study propos...