Congratulations Time Warner!
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Picking up on a growing national trend, a Carmel man who received a mailing announcing he had won $1.6 million in ...
Firm's Managing Partner Testifies
By Denise Levin
Terry N. Christensen said from the witness stand Monday that he did not penalize a former law partner by withholding bonuses ...
Defense Begins Case in Ng Murder Trial
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA --- After 13 years of legal delay, the trial of accused serial killer Charles Ng is speeding along at a clip that s...
An Era's End
By Michael Harris
Late this month will mark the end of an era of sorts for Los Angeles Superior Court. That's when criminal courts coordinator J...
Attorney Juggles Dual Roles in Bar And Ethics Panel
By Don De Benedictis
The new head of the Los Angles City Ethics Commission intends to run it much the same way he runs the Los Angeles County Bar A...
Justices Urged to Allow Sampling as A Quality Check
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Census Bureau should be able to use statistical sampling as a "quality check" on the traditional head co...
Affirmative Action Still Lawful Under Proposition 209
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Throwing out the bulk of a lawsuit by Gov. Pete Wilson, a trial judge ruled Monday that state outreach and recru...
Longtime S.F. Defender Moves to Academe
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - Peter G. Keane, the county's chief deputy public defender, was named the new dean of Golden Gate University's...
On the List
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Gilbert Delgadillo thought his past was behind him. Between taking care of his son, working on a college d...
Judge's Modesty Belies Contribution On Statewide Level
By Mark Blumberg
NAPA - Though Philip A. Champlin regards himself as a mere cog in the wheels of justice, that unassuming opinion of himself be...
Orange County's New Marshal May Excel in Influence
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - Orange County's efforts to select a new marshal have become mired in controversy following accusations by several...
Victim's Rights in Health Fraud to Be Defined
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether plaintiffs who allege fraud by their health care insurers ...
Predator Given Second Civil Commitment
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - A Ventura County jury this week voted for the first time to send a convicted rapist to a mental hospital for a seco...
Hope for the Holidays
By Cheryl Romo
It was, said one aspiring young litigator, a "special experience." For another, it was the beginning of what he hopes will be...
Bar Gathers Its Dysfunctional, But Big, Family
By Don De Benedictis
Here it is the holiday season, and the State Bar is planning a family get-together. The bar's special-interest sections will p...
Census Sampling Case Could Shift Political Fortunes
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court Monday will hear arguments in two politically driven cases that ultimately could alter th...
Tables Turned As Skip Miller Takes Stand for Defense
By Denise Levin
Louis R. "Skip" Miller testified Tuesday that he took seriously his pregnant law partner's requests for a reduced workload an...
Internet-Governing Board Under Fire
By James Evans
SAN JOSE - Even before it enjoys official authority, the nonprofit organization slated to manage the Internet in the 21st cen...
Turkey Day Comes Early for HMO
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
SAN FRANCISCO - Disability Rights Activists paid homage to the Thanksgiving season Tuesday with the group's second annual Tur...
Judge Guts Bulk of Employees Suit Against MWD
By Denise Levin
As expected, a judge dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit Tuesday filed against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Califo...
Nonbiological Father Is Ruled Dad
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A San Bernardino County judge ruled Tuesday that a Yucaipa man is the presumed father of a 5-year-old girl, ...
Possible Rivals Emerge in S.F. Prosecutors Race
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - The 1999 campaign for district attorney is heating up early, with a fund-raiser for Terence Hallinan set Dec....
Torres' Legacy Embraces a Transition From Old to New
By Denise Levin
One recent afternoon, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ricardo A. Torres looked out the windows of his sixth-floor County Cour...
High Court Justices Know When To Hold 'em -- and When to Fold
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - While the justices vigorously guard their privacy, some tidbits about their off-the-bench conduct occasionally sl...
As Ski Season Opens, Court Offers Warning
By Anna Marie Stolley
On his first trip to the Bear Mountain Ski Resort, John M. Van Dyke, an experienced skier, slammed into a signpost, which, ir...
Predator Law Still Suspect 3 Years After Enactment
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Its stated purpose seems simple: Keep dangerous sex offenders off the streets until they are mentally fit to retu...
Microsoft Trial Turns Focus to AOL's $4B Bid
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Both inside the courtroom where Microsoft Corp. is fighting antitrust charges and outside on the federal courtho...
Politics and the Bench Don't Mix
By Jean Guccione
Breaking 12 years of self-imposed silence about his ouster, former state Supreme Court justice Cruz Reynoso lambasted former ...
Candidates Surface for Federal Bench in S.F.
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The names of at least six potential candidates to replace U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson when he retir...
Susan McDougal Acquitted On All Counts in Mehta Case
By Michael Harris
Whitewater figure Susan McDougal was acquitted Monday of charges she embezzled $50,000 from conductor Zubin Mehta and his wif...