Bail Hearing Parties Argue Press Access
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Timothy Tronson, the former San Francisco school district manager charged in a conspiracy to steal $850,000 in...
Cancer Risk Minimized by Trial Judge in Prop. 65 Case
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A Sacramento judge has effectively overridden a state agency's determination that a commonly used chemical pos...
State Bar Investigators Shut Counsel's Offices
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Police and California State Bar investigators closed the offices of attorney Hector Garcia after allegations tha...
Ball's Fate Evokes Civil Society's Fate
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers opened a trial Thursday in a case they said concerns America, a little boy's dream, an assault and a m...
If Award Is Not Reduced, Philip Morris Could File Bankruptcy
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Howard N. Madris - On Oct. 4, a Los Angeles jury issued a $28 billion punitive damages verdict ...
Gilded Cage
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Secret adjudicatory proceedings, whether in a court or an administrative setting, are in...
O'Melveny Stalwart Represented Lakers Owner
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - Memorial services for O'Melveny & Myers corporate attorney John H. Roney were Thursday in Hermosa Beach. Ron...
Freeway Accident Brings $13 Million Pact
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - A freak highway accident in Irvine that left a motorist brain damaged has resulted in a $13 million settlement. ...
New State Laws Cause Employers More Problems
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Mark A. Romeo - These are uncertain economic times. No business has been able to escape the pinch of t...
Gilded Cage
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Secret adjudicatory proceedings, whether in a court or an administrative setting, are in...
Court Dismisses Drug Charge Against Ryder
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A judge Wednesday dismissed a felony drug charge against actress Winona Ryder, and set Oct. 24 for her to stand ...
Meth Users Win Favor in Two Courts Of Appeal
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Drivers under the influence of drugs found friends in high places Wednesday. At the 1st District Court of Appe...
Who's Bugging Lynne Stewart?
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General John Ashcroft's war on the attorney-client privilege, asserts radical lawyer Lynne F. Stewart...
Jury Burns Counterfeiter of Zig-Zag Cigarette Papers for $2 Million
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - If they wanted to, the French maker and the U.S. distributor of Zig-Zag cigarette papers could roll t...
Case Tests Decision to Ban Death of Retarded
By Claude Walbert
EL CENTRO - A hearing set to begin this morning in the Imperial County courtroom of Judge James H. Harmon will offer one of th...
Court May OK Retrial for Man On Death Row
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to give a black Texas death row inmate another shot at proving that...
Judge Rules Suits Against El Paso Can Move Ahead
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - El Paso Corp., the nation's biggest natural gas pipeline company, failed to persuade a San Diego judge Wednesd...
New Indictment In Schools Fraud
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - A former San Francisco Unified School District custodial supervisor and a Hayward software company were indict...
Terrorist's Lawyer, Justice Clash on Attorney-Client Privilege
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General John Ashcroft has declared war on the attorney-client privilege, radical lawyer Lynne Stewart...
Co-Worker Testfies Against Murder Defendant
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - One of Kristin M. Rossum's former co-workers testified Wednesday that he had observed signs of a romantic relation...
Allegation of Intent Isn't Automatic Bar to Coverage
By Columnist
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Many lawsuits involve allegations that a defendant acted intentionally or s...
Davis Names Four to State Benches
By Matthew Heller
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday unveiled four judicial appointments, including those of civil litigators Rafael A. ...
Hear the One About the Judge Who Fell On His Gavel?
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Sandwiched between sessions on retirement planning and the latest appellate opinions, one of the liveliest ses...
Officers Arrest Man for Threatening Reporter
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Organized crime officers Wednesday arrested a Westwood man on charges of threatening a Los Angeles Times writer ...
'Schlage' Is Victory for Employees, But Carries Mixed Message for Employers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Anthony J. Oncidi and Christine de Bretteville - The California Court of Appeal has put an ...
An Unrivaled Model of Empathy
Forum Column - By Wally Knox and David A. Lash - California has been a national leader in the fight to secure justice for Holo...
Crosby Likes the Look of Merger
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland's Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May confirmed Wednesday that a vote on its union with Pittsburgh's Reed ...
District Forced Teacher Out, Lawyer Says
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A former Locke High School art teacher was forced out by the Los Angeles Unified School District because she enc...
Judge Conti Inherits NYSE Case
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - It is now five judges and counting in the protracted dispute between two stock market groups and the state Jud...
An Unrivaled Model of Empathy
Forum Column - By Wally Knox and David A. Lash - California has been a national leader in the fight to secure justice for Holo...