Don't Tread On Us
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - State prisoner James H. Edwards, who walked with the aid of a prosthetic leg, begged prison guards not to put ...
Bar Marks 75th Anniversary At Its Monterey Conference
By Christina Landers
For three quarters of a century, the State Bar has gathered its members at an annual meeting to attend seminars, see old frien...
Brobeck Talks Under Way For a Merger, Sources Say
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Is John Larson calling on an old friend to rescue Brobeck Phleger & Harrison? Brobeck is in parallel merge...
Abortion Provision Handcuffs Legislation
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert Feinstein - They say there are two things you should never watch being made: sausage and legislation....
Civil Libertarian
By Don De Benedictis
James E. Herman - lawyer for banks, president-elect of the State Bar, co-founder of the Santa Barbara opera society - hunkers ...
Whether New Law Applies Retroactively Is Open Question
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson and Georgia M. Linkletter - California's Business and Professions Code is unforgiving to...
New Law Hurts Immigrant Victims of Spousal Violence
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Chiori Kaneko - Gov. Gray Davis signed a law last month that will have a terrible impact on victims of domes...
And Now!! Live!! The Justices!!
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Tired of watching Judge Judy weekday mornings? Tuesday, daytime TV viewers from Bakersfield to Chico can tune ...
Battered Mom Dies Dispite Doing All the Right Things
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The battered 21-year-old wife did everything right: She had her husband arrested, fled with her 6-year-old son t...
Paxil Case Explores Drug's Darker Side
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Once we were the "Prozac Nation," lining up to be saved by a revolutionary group of antidepressants that was sai...
Convicted Killer Claims DNA Test Was Tainted
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Lawyers for Kevin Cooper, a death-row inmate recently pegged by DNA results in the brutal killings of a famil...
Prevailing Cartwright Act Defendant May Not Recover Its Attorney Fees
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Mitchell S. Shapiro - The allocation of attorney fees in antitrust cases is of considerable interest to the ...
Abortion Provision Handcuffs Legislation
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert Feinstein - They say there are two things you should never watch being made: sausage and legislation....
Mistaken-Identity Vortex Ensnares Two Lawyers
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - They're lawyers, they're in Century City, and their names sound exactly the same. A single "c" separates the two...
In Voir Dire, Don't Showcase Affinity for Juror
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Voir dire can present many challenges. For instance, what do you do when, either right a...
Richard Dole, S.F. Lawyer, 71
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Richard F. Dole has died at his Telegraph Hill home, ending a 45-year real estate and finance career....
Bratton Makes Vow to 'Take Back Streets'
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES -The Los Angeles Police Department "has had a couple of tough years," the city's new top cop said Thursday as he p...
U.S. Antitrust Leader Heads For Chevron
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Charles James, the assistant U.S. attorney general who settled the government's antitrust case against Microso...
New Law Clarifies Construction-Defect Litigation for Builders and Homeowners
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Mark Milstein and Alexander S. Polsky - Construction-defect lawsuits have been among the hottest political i...
Chevron Taps DOJ Antitrust Attorney as Chief Counsel
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Charles James, the assistant U.S. attorney general who settled the government's antitrust case against Microso...
Taking Care
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Richard J. Simmons - On Sept. 23, Gov. Gray Davis signed SB1661 authorizing paid family leave for California...
Panel Rejects Ex-Player's Racial Bias Suit
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A former basketball player for Los Angeles' Loyola Marymount University who lost her scholarship and place on th...
Justice Bill Granting State New Judges Goes to Bush
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The first major overhaul by Congress of the Department of Justice's programs and budget in 21 years finally was a...
State Bar Should Support Publishing Court Decisions
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Mike Schmier - The California State Bar should follow the American Bar Association lead and work to eliminat...
Inmate Is Freed After DNA Test
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A man who has served 10 years in prison was ordered released Thursday by a Martinez judge based on DNA testing...
Republican Says Rulings Cover Gamut
By Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - As much as anything, Justice Thomas Harris appreciates the time to think. A member of the 5th District Court of App...
Sexual Complications
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - During a July 2000 Alaskan vacation cruise, Thomas Lister discovered medical records showing that his partner,...
Coastal Control
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - For nearly its entire existence, the California Coastal Commission has been at war with ...
Banking Firm UBS Warburg to Enter PG&E Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Over the strenuous objection of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., a federal bankruptcy judge has approved hiring i...
Justice Legislation Advances International Trademark Law
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - News of the passage Thursday of the Justice Department Reauthorization Act had the trademark community cheerin...