SIS Civil Rights Case Loses More Judges
By Martin Bergn
Four more federal judges have recused themselves from a civil rights case stemming from shootings by the Los Angeles police S...
Taking It SLO
By Dick Goldberg
SAN LUIS OBISPO - Denton Wilson, a deputy district attorney in San Mateo County, and his wife, Ann, practicing insurance defe...
Eisner Outburst Cautions Lawyer About Questions
By Garry Abrams
Testifying in the trial of movie executive Jeffrey Katzenberg's $250 million lawsuit, Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael Eisner...
State Bar May Trim Discipline System
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Members of the State Bar Board of Governors took their first detailed look Saturday at how a downsized bar wi...
Discipline No Defense for Alleged Abuser
By Anna Marie Stolley
In a ruling that sends a stern warning to abusive parents, a state appeal panel has ruled that mothers and fathers who unlawf...
Dead Witness Proves Problematic for Disney
By Garry Abrams
The death of president Frank Wells created a legal problem for the Walt Disney Co. in its dispute with movie executive Jeffre...
Prosecutors: Kline Had No Right to Ignore Precedent
By Jean Guccione
Judicial disciplinary prosecutors have fired back at Appellate Justice J. Anthony Kline, defending their charge of misconduct...
Barrister of Budapest
By Jean Guccione
Two years ago, he could not have found Budapest, Hungary, on a map. But now Robert M. Talcott, a Los Angeles lawyer, bar lead...
Judge to Define Liability for Bad Cop
By Matthew Heller
MURRIETA - By having sex with two teen-age girls he was supervising in a police Explorer program, Murrieta Officer Derick Boy...
Court Eases Immigrant Deportation
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Rejecting a balancing test proposed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court on Monday unanim...
Counsel Calls Allegations Against Judge 'Vicious'
By Michael Harris
Citrus Municipal Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy's lawyer said Monday the jurist is confident once prosecutors interview him, t...
Panel Suggests Settlement of Quadriplegics Suit
By Lauren Blau
Changes in the medical records of a patient who apparently suffered permanent paralysis after treatment at a Los Angeles coun...
Manatt Expands Silicon Valley Presence With 15-Lawyer Deal
By Pearl Piatt
Quadrupling its Silicon Valley presence in one fell swoop - Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has acquired Palo Alto...
Gray Matter
By Stephanie Cahill
Eight years ago, the California legislature passed a law providing expansive remedies to elderly and disabled individuals who...
Man Indicted On Securities Fraud Charges
By Martin Bergn
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles Friday indicted a North Carolina man on securities fraud charges for posting a fabricated...
Court: Salesmen Cannot Expect Privacy During Cafe Conversation
By Anna Marie Stolley
Siding with the news media in the ongoing battle over hidden cameras, a state appeal panel has refused to allow two salesmen ...
Both Sides Claim Victory in Antitrust Case
By Martin Bergn
In a ruling that left both sides claiming victory, a U.S. district judge has upheld a jury's verdict on liability in an antit...
New System Promises to Track Losses
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Criticized by legislative investigators and Attorney General Bill Lockyer for shoddy tracking of the costs of la...
John Nyahan Inducted Into College of Trial Lawyers
By Denise Levin
Los Angeles attorney John Nyahan of Chadbourne & Parke has been accepted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Law...
Lawyers, Judges Trade Briefs for Hammers, Nails
By Jodi Weisberg
PHOENIX - Home is where the heart is. To prove that adage, the legal community in Phoenix is putting its heart and soul, not ...
A Little Life Extinguished
By Cheryl Romo
Kameron Justin Demery, 21/2, was a sweet-faced little guy who loved rubber balls and liked to play in the mud. "He was mellow...
Domestic Partner Law Under Religious Attack
By John Roemer
Stanley D. Myers was a religious fundamentalist who in 1965 summoned his pastor to bless the new Tallmadge, Ohio, industrial ...
Embattled Judge Decries Charges Of Misconduct
By Jean Guccione
In a surprisingly blunt speech, Appellate Justice J. Anthony Kline of San Francisco has sharply criticized the commission tha...
SALES
By Ron Mc Nees
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ROADSIDE DRIVE, AGOURA HILLS SQ.FT.: 32,000, SHOPPING CENTER PRINCIPALS' BROKER: CHRISTOPHER AND LANE SCHW...
Great Escape Defendants Say They Are Innocent of Charges
By Michael Harris
Attorneys for a retired judge and a bailiff Thursday previewed their defense to charges the pair tried to cover up a prisoner...
Lawyers to Offer Free Advice
By Pat Alston
In celebration of Law Day, the Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and other local bar groups will provide f...
Lawsuit Filed Against Rabbi Concludes
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County woman has settled her lawsuit against a rabbi whom she accused of luring her into a sexual rel...
EEOC Alleges State Agency Retaliated Against Scientist
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The EEOC on Thursday brought a rare lawsuit against a branch of state government, accusing the California Env...
Norwalk Court Now Accepts Faxed Documents
By Denise Levin
The Norwalk branch of Los Angeles Superior Court is now accepting documents filed via fax, the court has announced. The servi...
Judge: Utility Can't Ignore Initiative
By Matthew Heller
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Wading into a battle between a desert water district and its customers, a judge has ruled that officials ca...