Retail Spin
By Michael Ueda
During a recent walk along Glendon Avenue in Westwood, an upscale area of Los Angeles adjacent to the UCLA campus, Allan Absh...
Sheriffs to Arm Themselves With 'Copcams'
By Lauren Blau
Sheriff's deputies on patrol in some areas will start wearing small video cameras in an attempt to provide neutral informatio...
Man, 67, Convicted in Bullet-Ricochet Death
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA --- Eleutero O'Campo looked like the picture of sympathy as he stood outside a courtroom Wednesday, eyeing the juro...
'Kline' Provision on Judicial Dissents Is Dropped From Reform Legislation
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - A bill to reform the Commission on Judicial Performance will be stripped of provisions that would restrict its p...
Murder Charges Dismissed Against Two Teens
By Michael Harris
After hearing an eyewitness testify Wednesday she had mistakenly identified two teen-agers as assailants in the stabbing deat...
Injured Woman Awarded $10M for Church Van Crash
By Denise Levin
A $10 million jury verdict has been awarded in Los Angeles Superior Court to a woman who was critically injured when the chur...
AG Hopeful Dashes to Victory In Hyphenation Ballot Battle
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - It's official: Dave Stirling has won his legal battle to put his full job title on the November ballot in his bi...
Judicial Discipline Board Will Look at Shocking Allegations
By Michael Harris
The California Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday it has opened a formal investigation into the Long Beac...
Baker & McKenzie, Partner Found Not Very Appealing
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite pleas from trial attorneys, tort reformers and a prominent appellate lawyer, the California Supreme Co...
Appeals Court Not in Line With Roller Skaters
By Anna Marie Stolley
A roller skater who fell on an allegedly cracked alleyway is barred from suing the city for negligence, a state appeal panel ...
State Bar Pleads Poverty to Clip Lobbyist's Deal
By Don De Benedictis
In negotiations to reduce at least one of its contracts, the State Bar of California has claimed to be insolvent, according t...
Judge: Ex-Prosecutor's Comments 'Reckless'
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Calling the public comments by former U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi in the midst of a major drug trial "sho...
Jury Deadlocks in Eye-Swabbing Trial
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court jury, despite viewing videotapes of screaming protesters whose eyes were being swabbed with a...
Law Firm Partner Is Sued for Libel, Slander
By Denise Levin
A Superior Court libel and slander suit seeking $1 million in damages was filed Monday against Wayne S. Braveman, a law partne...
Powell's Passing
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, a courtly man who for 15 years played a pivotal role at the court'...
Poverty Lawyer Is Humbled by the Work Left Undone
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Claudia Smith stood knee deep in the squalor of the McGonigal migrant camp, where workers live when not working in...
Court Tightens Requirement for Insider Trading
By Philip Carizosa
Rejecting a government effort to make it easier to get insider trading convictions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rul...
State Fails to Track Lawsuits, Study Says
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - California's system for processing and tracking tort lawsuits against the state has undermined its ability to det...
Corporate Counsel Lambaste Locals-Only Law
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - A trio of high-powered amicus briefs is perhaps the sharpest weapon wielded by a New York law firm in its battle...
Dinner Served With a Purpose
By Tori Richards
COSTA MESA --- The bow-tied waiter hovered over the tables, serving each of the formal-attired guests goat cheese and caramel...
Closed Court
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The courtrooms are dark. The law clerks' desks are bare. State Bar Court headquarters in San Francisco is in h...
Garcetti Grilled by Angry Deputy
By Michael Harris
For the second time in a month, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti testified in a civil service claim filed ag...
Judge Hands Defense Win in Securities Suit
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling that could prompt more stock fraud defendants to go to trial rather than settle lawsuits against t...
Locals-Only Laws Causes Concern Among Counsel
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The California Supreme Court sent shock waves across the country last January when it ruled that out-of-state law...
Child Support Complaints Get Capitol Attention
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Pity the first-term lawmaker who takes on both the attorney general and the California District Attorneys Associa...
Riverside Judge Cites Prosecutor for Contempt
By Mathew Heller
RIVERSIDE - The judge in a bank robbery trial has cited the prosecutor for contempt, finding that Deputy District Attorney Cy...
Suit Alleges Insider Trading in Sale of Petco Stock
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Attorneys from Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach have filed a lawsuit seeking a class action in U.S. Distr...
Law Pays Women Less, Study Says
By B. Scott Bortnick
SANTA BARBARA - Susan Trescher remembers the old days when women lawyers were few and largely unwanted by their male counterp...
Modernization Comes Slowly
By Philip Carizosa
In a year of efforts to improve the efficiency and productivity of California's trial courts, the majority of these courts st...
Governor Vetoes Additional Pay for Jurors, Court Interpreters
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Pete Wilson cut $10 million for increased juror and court interpreter pay from the fiscal 1998-99 state budg...