Tensions Mount as Students Prep for Battle
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Alex Dang throws open the door to the room where his co-counsel, Estaban Morales, is rehearsing opening statemen...
Charged Up
By Claude Walbert
After a year of virulent charges and countercharges in the race for San Diego County district attorney, the most inflammatory ...
Court Lockout in Ryder Case Irks Media
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The Winona Ryder shoplifting trial got off to a rocky start last week with the media and the judge tussling over...
Trial Ends as Toyota Settles Seat-Belt Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Four hours into opening trial statements, Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who claim...
And They're Off
By David Houston
Some jurists might have felt uncomfortable casting the lone vote in favor of letting victims of gun violence sue firearms manu...
Spitwad-Assault Victim Sues Brothers
By Joan Osterwalder
Nicholas Trainer's constant blurred vision reminds him of the day he claims two bullies harassed him at school and one shot a ...
Rossum Begged for Help, Detective Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego police detective testified Friday that Kristin M. Rossum begged her to destroy methamphetamine and dru...
San Diego Judicial Race Gets Downright Personal
By Claude Walbert
In San Diego County's only campaign against a sitting judge, Richard S. Whitney says voters see one overriding issue in his ef...
Ballot Boxes
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A March primary filled with mixed results for Northern California's incumbent judges and district attorneys ha...
Dream Team Veteran May Land Spot on MTV
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - MTV Networks is the television home of Ozzy Osbourne, an occasional music video, masochistic pranksters - and no...
Title IX Entitlement
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Nearly everyone agrees that Title IX, a federal statute banning sex discrimination in schools, has dramatically e...
Lawyers Can Be Both Blonde and Brilliant
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The worlds of Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ar...
Judge Rejects Candidate's Injunction Request
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge Friday rejected a preliminary injunction application by judicial candidate G...
Producer Wins $5 Million After Bad Advice
By Joan Osterwalder
Sometimes investment advice doesn't pay off. A federal jury awarded $5 million to a Hollywood film producer and entertainment ...
Panel Says Unsigned Settlement Is Invalid
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit defendant who didn't sign a settlement agreement and didn't send the settlement payments on time canno...
Chief Justice Accepts Award Given for His Reform Efforts
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - California Chief Justice Ronald M. George isn't about to rest on his laurels - not even the prestigious 2002 Will...
Cities Lose Again in Bid To Ban ATM Surcharges
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - The San Francisco city attorney's office will challenge last week's federal appeals court's decision to throw out...
Dirty Laundry
By Jenna Bordelon
In the final scramble for votes, several of the judicial candidates in Orange County are dishing the dirt on each other, but c...
Proposition 47 Would Create Classrooms, No New Taxes
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert Hertzberg - As the lead author of Proposition 47, I am proud to see the taxpayer, business and educat...
Criminal Rules Impose Duties on Prosecutor, Defense and Court
By Columnist
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - It has finally happened. After several years of work by an advisory comm...
Man Sues Bus Line for Disability, Racial Bias
By Joan Osterwalder
Peter Boules claims he is being discriminated against because he is not your average bus rider. The 24-year-old Egyptian nativ...
Election Snooze
By Leslie Simmons
Next week, voters will decide which of the eight judicial candidates will fill four open seats on Los Angeles County Superior ...
Staying Power
In less than three months, I will be slipping another card into my wallet. The card is thin and barely registers on a postal s...
Ryder Jury Selection Starts Slowly
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Jury selection in the Winona Ryder shoplifting trial got off to a late start yesterday after a lengthy closed-do...
Fallout From 'Atkins' Spreads
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Accused murderer Steven Woodruff will ask a trial judge in Riverside today to allow a separate jury to determine...
Attorney Calls Suit Prejudicial
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer representing Prasad Lakireddy, the one member of the Berkeley family who has pleaded not guilty to hu...
35-Year Court Interpreter Was One of First
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - Carlota Montenegro Josefe, a court interpreter for 35 years, has died. Josefe died Oct. 14 at Huntington Memoria...
Teen's Poem About Evil Constituted a Threat
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The handwritten poems passed to students in a San Jose high school may have evoked memories of the Columbine m...
Blistering Dissent in 9th Circuit Alien Smuggling Case
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Six judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals belittled a majority of their colleagues Thursday for refusin...
Justice-Retirement Rumor Mill Grinds on, Fed by Election Fantasies
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Rumors about Supreme Court justices retiring once again are buzzing around my head. What could be causing that ir...