Cutting Off Political Speech
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Sharon J. Arkin - Marivel Rodriguez was only 28 years old and the mother of three children when she suffered...
Statutes of Repose Aren't in Homeowners' Best Interest
By Columnist
Forum Column - By James Acret - On the last day of the session, the Legislature imposed harsh new restrictions on homeowner co...
Church Structure Lies at Heart of Efforts to Assign Blame, Responsibility
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - The legal debate over canon law, depending on the facts of an individual case, often can be the first and last a...
Rampart Law Might Not be Needed in Oakland Riders Case
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Recent legislation expanding the rights of criminal convicts won't immediately benefit those who say they were...
Statutes of Repose Aren't in Homeowners' Best Interest
By Columnist
Forum Column - By James Acret - On the last day of the session, the Legislature imposed harsh new restrictions on homeowner co...
Couple Faces Charges in Charity Scamming
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A wife and her husband, both attorneys and graduates of Boalt Hall, have been charged with swindling the City of...
Daily Journal Mailer Turned His Life Around
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Longtime Daily Journal production mailer Jose Luis Mendoza has died. He was 28. The cause of his death on Tuesda...
Davis Makes 3 Bench Appointments
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A trio of new judges, including a former veteran from the state attorney general's office, was appointed to Ba...
CJA Leader's Priorities Start With Salary Issues
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Finding ways to entice experienced judges to stay on the bench is one of the goals Los Angeles Superior Court ...
Objectors Get Arco Settlement Reversed
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - San Diego solo attorney Amy Vandeveld didn't know anything about a 1998 class action alleging that gas pumps a...
Law Aims to Prevent Damage of Vital Lines During Construction
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Bernard S. Kamine - Beneath every modern city is a complex web of water, sewer, storm-drain,...
Panel Leaves Mediation Evidence Vulnerable
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Some evidence produced for a confidential mediation may not always stay confidential, a state appellate court sa...
Death by Policy
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On Aug. 5, 1997, 12 migrants, including three women and a small child, were attempting ...
Film Benefit for Anti-Gun Group
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Moore, best known as the baseball-hatted everyman searching for General Motors president Roger Smith i...
Businesses, Co-Workers Bear Burden of Leave Act
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Forum Column - By David Rodriguez - Gov. Gray Davis signed SB1661 into law Sept. 23. It goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2004, and ...
Service Will Forgo Arbitrations Unless Both Parties Are Willing
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Action Dispute Resolution Services will no longer handle arbitrations mandated by contract cla...
New Leadership in Santa Clara
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The incoming leadership of the Santa Clara County Bar Association plans to keep the organization growing by reachin...
Publisher Owes Damages to Lawyer Ex-Beau
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - Santa Barbara newspaper publisher Wendy McCaw has been ordered to pay $14.8 million in damages, including $100,0...
Don't Become a Legend in Job-Hunting Annals
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Employment Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Halloween is a few weeks away, but at various times throughout the year, it appears ...
Newsrack Bid Unfair, Jury Finds
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury Thursday ordered national billboard giant Eller Media Co., to pay $9.8 million in damages for f...
Case Against Microsoft Strengthened By S.F. Judge
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - California jurors hearing a massive class action against Microsoft Corp. will be told that the company abused ...
Attorneys Debate Applying Canon Law in Abuse Cases
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - A key factor in priest molestation lawsuits is canon law, a 1,400-year-old body of religious doctrine that defin...
Death by Policy
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On Aug. 5, 1997, 12 migrants, including three women and a small child, were attempting ...
Don't Become a Legend in Job-Hunting Annals
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Halloween is a few weeks away, but at various times throughout the year, it appears ...
Aviation Attorney Won Surfing Competitions
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - Aviation defense attorney and Malibu surfer Miriam Piwoz Goodman has died. Goodman died Sept. 20 at Los Robles R...
Life After Leaving Dean's Post Will Be Busy As Ever
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Keane boarded his plane for Hawaii secure in his job. Golden Gate University Law School had just offered...
Candidates Reveal Who Backs Them
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Two lawyers running to become a judge in San Francisco won't break the bank in their quest, if their most rece...
How Low Will Jury Award Go, Experts Wonder
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Legal experts just laugh when asked whether the $28 billion punitive damage award levied last week against Phili...
Charges Filed in Schools Fraud
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan charged former San Francisco school district manager Timothy Tronson on Wed...
California's New Law, First in Nation, Provides Up to Six Weeks Paid Leave
By Contributing Writer
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Greg Garbacz - Beginning July 1, 2004, California workers will be able to take up to six w...