Warrant Out For Former S.F. Official
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities issued an arrest warrant Thursday for former Planning Commission President Hector Chinchilla and ...
High Court Will Rule on Access to Accident Data
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - On July 5, 1996, Clementina Guillen-Alejandre was turning off B Street onto 168th Street in Tacoma, Wash., when s...
So Many Suits, So Little Time Now There's More
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - For nine long years, Ian "Buddy" Herzog has been trying to change California's summary judgment statute, which h...
Firms Want Capable People Who Work With Others
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Craig A. Blumin - Most legal professionals are aware of the fundamentals of job interviewing: dressing ...
Film Company Must Pay for Producer's Fraud
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - For one film company, Hollywood illusion became a legal reality Tuesday. Though producer L. Travis Clark had an ...
Studies in Contrasts
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The two races for open Santa Clara County judicial seats present voters with intriguing choices between candidates ...
Legal Advice to Decorating Guru Martha Stewart Scares Some Lawyers
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - This year, Martha Stewart, the mogul of home decorating and entertaining, may wish that Halloween wer...
Suit Over Bad Sealant Is Settled
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A Stockton judge has approved a $107.5 million settlement of a class action against the manufacturer of a seal...
Attorney in Presidio Deal Found to Have No Conflict
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO -A federal ethics agency has cleared a San Francisco attorney of an allegation that she violated conflict-of-int...
Longtime Judge, Neutral Had Knack for Work
By Matthew Heller
LOS ANGELES - Robert D. Fratianne, a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge who spent the past 11 years as a neutral, has di...
Court Halts Work on Shipping Terminal
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a victory for San Pedro homeowners, a state appeals court said Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles must ha...
Ryder's Attorney Grills Saks Security Manager
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Winona Ryder's attorney on Wednesday assailed a Saks Fifth Avenue security manager, saying that the worker told ...
Mom Says Rossum Shared Marital Woes
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A woman accused of poisoning her husband almost didn't go through with the wedding and complained afterward of hav...
Brown Spurs Oakland's Measure CC
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - City Attorney John Russo isn't particularly excited about Measure CC, an initiative on Tuesday's ballot that would s...
Career Makes Judge Feel at Home
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - East Los Angeles may not inspire images of working-class New England, but to Los Angeles County Superior Court J...
Appellate Races Go Nearly Unnoticed
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Four years ago, two California Supreme Court justices under attack from anti-abortion activists mounted a $1.7...
After 'Rojas,' Counsel Must Be Careful When Preparing Mediation Evidence
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By June Lehrman - In the fourth significant decision interpreting the paramete...
Candidates for DA Express Their Views, Plans, Goals
By Columnist
Forum Column - Editor's note: In covering next Tuesday's elections, we invited candidates for district attorney to submit stat...
Actor Searches For Lawyer to Replace Braun
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake wasted no time in looking for a replacement after his criminal defense attorney, Harland Brau...
Appellate Game Is More Like Playing Chess Than Poker
By Columnist
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Barry M. Wolf - Trial and appellate law bear roughly the same resemblance to each other as b...
Election 2002: Judicial Candidates Discuss Their Qualifications
By Columnist
Editor's note: In covering next Tuesday's election, we asked candidates for judicial office to submit statements telling us a ...
Judicial Races Present a Range of Issues
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Fifteen Northern California judgeships in 11 counties are up for grabs in the November election, including one...
Suit Indicates You're Right To Hate S.F. Towing Firm
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - City Tow, long loathed by drivers whose cars it hauls away, may itself be on the hook for millions of dollars ...
Justice and Politics
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Only in San Francisco would anyone accuse a judicial candidate of pretending to be gay. That was the rumor pos...
City Breakup Will Take Its Toll on Low-Income Families
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Forum Column - By Neal Dudovitz, Daniel Grunfeld, Bruce Iwasaki and David Lash - The outcome of the upcoming vote on Valley an...
No Guarantees Upon Entering the House of the Lord
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - You say your prayers, you take your chances. The Roman Catholic Church is not responsible for the savage beati...
Circuit Backs Doctors Who Prescribe Pot
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Doctors are free to recommend marijuana to seriously ill patients without fear that federal agents will revoke...
Judge OKs Fees in PG&E Case
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. bankruptcy Tuesday brushed aside concerns by a federal...
A New World for Ex-Public Attorney
By Xenia Kobylarz
OAKLAND - Alameda Superior Court Judge Alice Vilardi is the first to admit that nothing in her 30-year legal career had prepar...
Suspect's Lover Ordered Autopsy, Witness Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - An autopsy room supervisor testified Tuesday that Kristin M. Rossum's lover at the county medical examiner's offic...