Case May Reduce Employers' Summary-Judgment Motions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Anthony J. Oncidi - The state Supreme Court again has parted compa...
Politico Adds 'Peace Activist' to His Name
By Erica Williams
LOS ANGELES - It's official: Jerry Rubin, perennial Santa Monica anti-war advocate and local politico, is now Jerry Peace Acti...
Judge Releases More Documents
By Joy Shaw
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday released more documents in the grand jury investigation of sexual abuse ...
Judge Dismisses Enhancements in Rape Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - In what defense attorneys called a significant victory for their case, an Orange County judge Thursday granted a m...
DA Charges Pop Star With Sexual Abuse of Boy, 13
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Pop star Michael Jackson was charged Thursday with seven counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under age ...
Court Clears 911 Dispatchers
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Frantic parents whose toddler daughter got a severe electric shock in the bathtub can't sue over 911 dispatch...
Study: State's Capital System Has Big Flaws
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A new study by a veteran capital defense litigator contends that California's capital punishment system suffe...
Play Fuels Death Penalty Debate
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The point of "The Exonerated," a nonfiction play finishing its run in the city, is to show the world that Ame...
Mistreated Immigrant Wins Claim
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury Thursday gave $200,000 to an Indian immigrant whose employer reported him to the INS after he ...
Divided PUC Narrowly Approves PG&E Plan
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A deeply divided California Public Utilities Commission approved a deal Thursday that promises to resolve the...
Different Theories Intentionally Used in the Same Case
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has concluded that a Los Angeles prosecutor deliberately presented different theories to separate jur...
Campaigning for Control
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County's trial judges find themselves on unfamiliar political turf fighting against an attempt by coun...
$771 Million Pact Settles Lyonnais Case
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles on Thursday touted its $771 million agreement settling the Credit Lyon...
Terror Suspects Given Judicial Recourse
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court swung open the courthouse doors Thursday to allow 660 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cu...
Courts Rule Against Bush Terrorism War
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In a pair of split decisions Thursday, federal appellate courts on both coasts delivered stunning blows to the le...
Prosecutor in Jackson Case Is Used to Getting His Way
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Soon after Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille, a former prosecutor, took the bench in 199...
Judge Sets Execution for Chino Hills Killer
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Beginning what prosecutors say is the final legal step toward executing a condemned inmate, a Superior Court judge...
Judge Helps Out Around Courthouse
By Sarah Garveyn
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin C. Brazile, who once argued a case before the nation's highest court, tak...
Judge Aims to Make Court Less Stressful
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Gail Dekreon says she ran for a seat on the bench last November because she wanted to ser...
DAILY DEALS: Transactions for Dec. 18
By Angela Gottula
KERN COUNTY RIDGECREST - Brad Freeman of NAI Capital Commercial brokered the $3.9 million sale of the 36,719-square-foot Heri...
State Courts in 2003 Continue To Support Broad Policy Rights
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Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - The state Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal rendered a number of important...
Sneaking Up on Immigration Swindlers
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Forum Column - By Julia Alanen and Ana M. Storey - Take a walk near MacArthur Park or along Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles's...
Feds Will Investigate University Firing
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Federal authorities have agreed to investigate allegations that the University of California, Riverside, violated ...
Lawyer Praises Medi-Pot Ruling
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court ruling protecting some medical-marijuana users could spell good news for sick people thr...
Manatt Adds Boutique Parcher Hays in N.Y.
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has strengthened its New York presence by acquiring Gotham bouti...
Baseball Team Can Challenge Suits by Foe
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - An appellate court ruled Wednesday that the San Diego Padres baseball team had the right to bring a malicious-pros...
Appeal Panel Shoots Down Lawyer-Fee Dispute
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court offered no hope Wednesday to a San Francisco plaintiffs attorney who is challenging $8.5 ...
State Budget Crisis Gives Top Cops Rhetorical Visions of Anarchy
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Somewhere along Interstate 5 in the wee hours, Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca and Los Angeles Police Ch...
Judicial Leaders Are Told to Fight for Funding
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Leaders of the bench and bar must adopt strategies traditionally used by advocacy groups, such as lobbying leg...
Seeing Purple
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The Purple Berets, a spirited Sonoma County women's advocacy outfit, are known for their theatrical flair and ...