Panel Revives Slander Suit Against Pop Singer
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - George Michael will have no "Freedom" from lawsuits, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Tuesday in re...
Sedgwick Hires Lateral Partners
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold has picked a new crop of lateral partners, including two Crosby, Heafey,...
Problem Solving Drives Jurist In Courtroom and on Greens
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Emilie H. Elias has a passion for solving problems - whether in the courtroom o...
Using Bush's Iraq Standards, Pearl Harbor Raid Was Legal
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Peter J. Hinton - Judging by the Bush administration's present standards on Iraq, Japan's attack on Pearl Ha...
Suit Crops Up in Farmland Fight
By Matthew Heller
ORCUTT - Produce farmer Richard Adam and his family have yet to grow anything on the 286 acres they acquired on the outskirts ...
Employers Should Be Familiar With the Law on Military Leave
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Carolyn R. Young - Every business should be familiar with the laws...
Hobbled Justice
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Susan B. Jordan - She refers to herself as "The Poster Child for the PATRIOT Act." Veteran New York criminal...
Bill on 'Atkins' Ruling, Spam Ban, Introduced
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A second effort to implement the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded was among the bills...
Prosecutors Recommend Counseling for Ryder
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Noting that Winona Ryder had eight painkillers and tranquilizers with her when she was arrested a year ago, pros...
Hobbled Justice
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Susan B. Jordan - She refers to herself as "The Poster Child for the PATRIOT Act." Veteran New York criminal...
Pillsbury Staff Asked to Leave
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - For the second time this year, San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop has offered voluntary severance packages to...
Jurist Refuses Delay of Avila Case
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - An Orange County judge Monday denied a defense request to postpone the preliminary hearing for the man accused of...
Court Levels Playing Field In Appeals of Labor Rulings
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto patent attorney won a wage dispute before the California Supreme Court on Monday, but his victory...
O'Melveny Partner Chronicled Firm's History
By Joan Osterwalder
Everett "Bud" Burton Clary, an esteemed partner at O'Melveny & Myers who chronicled the firm's history, has died of prost...
Priests Cannot Block Access to Personnel Files
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Three Catholic priests accused of molesting children can't stop a grand jury from seeing their personnel files, ...
Privacy Bill Redux: SB1 Is Introduced
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Legislation that would make California the nation's leader in protecting personal financial information was intr...
Landmark Precedents Face Review
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court surprised some legal observers Monday by agreeing to review its own landmark rulings on tw...
Minor Transgressions Can End in Foreclosure
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Homeowner associations have few means of enforcing their covenants and restrictions. They can pursue their delin...
Justices Will Look at Abuse Suits
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday agreed to consider whether a 1994 California law giving childhood victims of sexual abus...
Curing an Education-Policy Headache
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Harold Johnson - Proposition 227, the voter-passed initiative to ban bilingual education in California, has ...
New Amendments Give Losing Party Another Bite at the Apple
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Michael J. Kump - The controversial new amendments to California's summary judgment statute wil...
Court Referee Helps Heal Families
By Cheryl Romo
LANCASTER - The approach of winter comes with barely a notice in most parts of Southern California. In high-desert communities...
Pac Bell Defeats Consumer Suit
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Utilities won some protection from Unfair Competition Law claims Monday when a state appellate court threw ou...
Home Remedies
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - One in four Californians now lives under the jurisdiction of a homeowners association, and as these housing deve...
Hospital-Chain Founders Sue for Lost Stock
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The two founders of what is now known as Tenet Healthcare Corp. are taking the nation's second-largest hospital ...
9th Upholds Limits on Offshore Oil Drilling
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - California officials must be given a voice in whether the life of offshore oil drilling leases will be extend...
Libel Case Shows Reporters Should Trust No One, Especially Each Other
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - A tabloid-reporter-turned-law-student has filed a libel suit against another journalist...
Landmark Precedents Face Review
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court surprised some legal observers Monday by agreeing to review its own landmark rulings on tw...
Justices Will Look at Abuse Suits
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday agreed to consider whether a 1994 California law giving childhood victims of sexual abus...
Florida School Wins Inaugural Civil Trial Contest
By Stefanie Knapp
The University of Florida edged out Syracuse University College of Law to win Loyola Law School's inaugural National Civil Tri...