Prosecutors Will Seek to Reinstate Death Sentence
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles County prosecutors have made what is believed to be a rare decision to again seek capital punishment for a murder...
Tackling the Giants
By Anthony Aarons
Armed with $23 million and an aggressive plan to offer case law and codes from all 50 states, Kyle Parker is hoping to muscle...
Insiders Viewed As Best Bets for U.S. Attorney Job
By Martin Bergn
Four months after Sen. Dianne Feinstein interviewed five candidates for the next U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, the process re...
Customs Agent Pleads Guilty
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal customs agent whose acceptance of a kickback from a drug informant threw a major international drug...
Justices Appear Ready to Side With 9-Year-Old Boy Against MICRA Cap
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court indicated sympathy Wednesday for a 9-year-old boy who suffered a partially paral...
Jury Absolves Edison of Liability For Brushfire in Ventura County
By Tamara Koehler
SANTA BARBARA - A jury here on Wednesday found that although Southern California Edison was negligent for improper maintenanc...
Legal Secretary Sues Ex-Employer for Defamation
By Denise Levin
A legal secretary has sued her former employer, Troop, Steuber, Pasich, Reddick & Tobey, for defamation, claiming the Los...
Buried Alive
By Cheryl Romo
For Rafael Lopez, life lost its meaning two years ago when his children were killed, allegedly by their mother, during a cust...
Federal Judges Decry 'Overlong' Sentencing Rules
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - While reluctantly approving 95-year and 50-year prison terms imposed on two Fresno State football scholarship...
Attorneys Claim Malicious Prosecution
By Denise Levin
Two attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Liner, Yankelewitz, Sunshine & Regenstreif for malicious prosecution, claiming...
Jury Convicts Man in Riverside Deputies' Death
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury has convicted a Whitewater man of first-degree murder for ambushing and shooting two Riverside Co...
Sounds of Silence or Fighting Words
By Mathew Heller
RIVERSIDE - Despite suffering a near-fatal medical catastrophe in 1991 that left him with a speech defect, Patrick F. Dutton a...
In a Dozen Years, Judge Learned to Be Unfazed by Critics
By Robin Berger
VISTA - Franklin J. Mitchell Jr. expects to retire from the San Diego Superior Court at year's end. What's unexpected is that ...
McGwire Hits It Big, as the IRS Strikes Out
By Tom Orewyler
You can add the Internal Revenue Service to the list of people who have suddenly become baseball fans in St. Louis Cardinals'...
Law Balances Public Safety, Due Process
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Should prison officials be able to revoke an inmate's parole before he is released if they find he has a mental ...
To Sanction L.A. Lawyer, 9th Circuit Tosses Claim
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided federal appeals court has sanctioned a Los Angeles lawyer by dismissing his client's job-injury cla...
Paul Mundie of S.F.'s Heller Ehrman Dies at 54
By Pamela Mc Clintock
SAN FRANCISCO - Paul Joseph Mundie, a shareholder of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, died in his sleep Tuesday night at ...
San Diego Judicial Ratings Scrutinized
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Three attorneys' groups have asked for review of the San Diego County Bar Association's judicial evaluations, say...
Fallout
By Cindy Simmons
SEATTLE - The lawsuit of people who claim they became sick because of exposure to Hanford nuclear reservation emissions was na...
L.A. Firefighter Claims Complaint Led to Retaliation
By Lauren Blau
A 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department has sued his employer, claiming the department retaliated against him af...
Taking It to the Limits
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Once more, the Supreme Court is set to delve into the knotty, highly charged "takings" issue that has arisen with...
Tough Juvenile Crime Bill Still Alive, Though Hurdles Remain
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Late last week, Senate Democrats thwarted a Republican-led effort to force a floor vote on a major juvenile crim...
Kline Asks That Discipline Board Dismiss Its Case
By Jean Guccione
Appellate Justice J. Anthony Kline has asked the state's judicial disciplinary agency to "voluntarily dismiss" its investigat...
Police Beating Case Arouses Old Memories
By Marty Berg
Last year, a Ventura County jury acquitted Oxnard police officer Robert Flinn of some criminal charges stemming from his 1996...
E-Mediate
By Tom Orewyler
If Internet mediations were formal courthouse proceedings, changes of venue would be common. As more mediators employ the Net ...
Six L. A. Attorneys Receive Bench Appointments
By Susan Mc Rae
William F. Fahey, husband of former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joyce Karlin and a one-time Republican congressional nom...
Forged Checks No Laughing Matter for Comedy Club
By Denise Levin
The owner of the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach - known as a popular venue for famous comedians - has sued his bank...
Public Service Has Its Rewards
By Michael Ueda
^^The Paper Chase / Michael Ueda ^^ In an effort to encourage more students to pursue public interest work, the Foundation of ...
Returning Senators Take Up Laws To Combat Terrorism
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The U.S. missile attacks on purported terrorist operations in Afghanistan and Sudan in response to the Aug. 7 em...
Testimony Inconsistent on Favors for Informant
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Chief Deputy District Attorney Keith Burt, the prosecutor whose star witness received extraordinary benefits in a...