Hate-Crime Report Urges New Strategy
By Lauren Blau
A task force's report to the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners recommends sweeping changes in the way the police depa...
Discipline Dilemma
By Don De Benedictis
When the California Supreme Court holds its hearing this afternoon on the State Bar, it will be told repeatedly that it can d...
Gun Suit Draws To a Close, While New Cases Loom
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Closing out testimony in a trial that may foreshadow - or forestall - a barrage of litigation against the fir...
Court Decisions Imperil Law on Sex Predators
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - California's Department of Corrections already has released 118 inmates deemed mentally unstable and dangerous in...
Judge Terminates Partners Suit for Closing Outpost
By Denise Levin
Corporate finance lawyer Richard A. Shortz - who claimed he lost his job with Rogers & Wells when the New York firm pulle...
Ex-Judges Seek to Overturn Convictions
By Anne La Jeunesse
Convictions of racketeering and mail fraud against two former San Diego Superior Court judges and a Del Mar plaintiffs' attor...
Keeping a Political Bargain
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Holding to her end of a unique political swap, Judge Betty Binns Fletcher of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...
Executive Says Microsoft 'Sabotaged' Apple Program
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The antitrust trial of Microsoft Corp. turned testy and technical Wednesday, when a Microsoft lawyer challenged ...
Two S.D. Judicial Races Still Too Close to Call
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Two hard-fought races for judgeships remained unresolved Wednesday, as candidates in both races were less than 1 ...
Libel Suit Against Firm Survives Early Motions
By Denise Levin
A judge left intact Wednesday the bulk of a libel and slander lawsuit brought against Wayne S. Braveman, a law partner at Hel...
Ventura Prosecutor Claims Victory in Judicial Race
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - The county's Chief Assistant District Attorney Kevin McGee claimed victory Tuesday as the county's 27th Superior Co...
Report Claims Support for City Attorney Status Quo
By Lauren Blau
A broad cross-section of Los Angeles residents who offered comments on proposed changes to the City Charter overwhelmingly su...
Santa Clara Prosecutor Wins Election
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County prosecutor Joyce Allegro, who challenged two sitting jurists for an open judicial seat, won a de...
Bar Heads Greet Davis Victory With Relief, Cautious Optimism
By Don De Benedictis
Gray Davis' election as the next governor of California means the State Bar of California will see legislation passed next ye...
'Brownfields' Refinery Site May Be Reborn as a Suburb
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The shiny new brick-and-brass sign reads "New Pacific Properties," but for many neighbors it spells "relief."...
Davis Decision A Big Victory For Plaintiff Bar
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - For the past 16 years, the Capitol has been the scene of gridlock on tort and insurance reform legislation. Hundr...
Union Contracts Win Approval of Supreme Court
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to organized labor, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that "union security" co...
Federal Court Decides West Copyright Invalid
By Anthony Aarons
In a ruling that could change the legal publishing landscape, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that West Group can...
Indigent Defense Negotiations to Resume
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors killed a bar-sponsored proposal for representation of indigent defendants Tuesday...
Supervisors Approve $1 Million in Settlements
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved three lawsuit settlements Tuesday totaling $1 million, including a $650,...
Simpson Belongings to Be Sold at Auction
By Anne La Jeunesse
The families of slain Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman came a step closer Tuesday to collecting on a $33.5 million jud...
Smoking Gun
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - New Orleans was quickest on the draw with a ground-breaking suit filed last week against the gun industry. But...
Bank of Americas Arbitration Clause Is Held Unlawful
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In an eagerly awaited ruling, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday that the Bank of America cannot impose bindi...
Countys Error Costs Taxpayers $1M in Interest
By Martin Bergn
Los Angeles County lawyers recently made a $1 million mistake in an already costly police misconduct case - and the expense wi...
Judge Calls Litigation 'Offensive'
By Denise Levin
A judge Friday became angry at an attorney for his impatience awaiting the judge's ruling in a $100 million legal malpractice...
Allred: Federal Officials to Investigate DA Division
By Michael Harris
Attorney Gloria Allred said she has convinced officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an invest...
Snowball's Chance
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Robert Evans would push to legalize drugs and cease enforcing the death penalty because "killing people doesn't ...
Bar Leader Still Sees Glass Ceiling
By Leslie Gordon
OAKLAND - Known for her feminist convictions and energetic style, Gillian M. Ross, this year's president of California Women L...
Top Morrison Lawyer Joins Ernst & Young
By Leslie A. Gordon And Pamela Mc Clintock
SAN FRANCISCO - The managing partner of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster has resigned to join the accountin...
Do-It-Yourself Law Franchises Vex Attorneys
By Mary Micheletti
Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles may be the domain of expensive law firms catering to powerful clients, but farther...