Disabilies Act Demands Action, Kennedy Says
By Don De Benedictis
ANAHEIM - Ted Kennedy Jr. sometimes tells people that he is glad that he lost a leg to cancer 30 years ago when he was 12. "I ...
Mayor Pays $53,000 Campaign-Fund Fine
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn has admitted violating the city's campaign finance laws in his 2001 election, an...
Meth-Mom Murder Case Goes to the Jury
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - In closing arguments in an unusual Riverside murder trial, a prosecutor Thursday portrayed the defendant as a drug...
Parents Drop Suit Against Diversity Play
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A group of parents has dropped a lawsuit challenging a school tolerance program that they said violated their ri...
Patrons Deplore Effects of Cuts In County Law Library's Budget
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - When paralegal Grahame MacCallum's online legal research comes up empty, he heads downtown to the Los Angeles Co...
Jurist Finds Tough Love Succeeds in Drug Court
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The woman rushed into the Downey courtroom, full of explanations about why she showed up late for a hearing abou...
Mauling Case Figure Enters Deal on Feds' RICO Charge
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, a central figure in San Francisco's notorious dog-mauling case, entered into a plea ...
Trial Lawyers Agree to Compromise on 17200 Bill
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Trial lawyers, under pressure to make changes to the state's unfair competition law to discourage abuses of it, a...
Firms Must Tailor Company-Specific Privacy Policies, Not 'Cut and Paste'
By Columnist
Focus Column - Business Law - By Tracy Silver - Companies must take as seriously as any other large endeavor the decision to c...
Marriage Mayhem
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - In Lawrence v. Texas , 123 S.Ct. 2472 (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court abrogated the...
Jurist Paves His Way With Humor
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - The first time Percy Anderson applied for a federal judgeship, President George H.W. Bush phoned in person to no...
Careful Document Drafting Protects Lender Collateral
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Katherine Oberle and Dana Roach - Two recent cases illustrate for attorneys representing len...
On-Call Commissioner Works Jail Instead of Court
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Commissioner Jessica Frischling never goes to court. She never sees attorneys. But she may be th...
Judiciary OKs Three Californians
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Three California judicial nominees sailed through a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday and likely will ...
Bill Limits Homeowner Associations' Bans on Banners
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Residents in homeowner associations will be assured of their free-speech right to display signs, banners and flag...
Panel Finds Taco Shop Not Liable for Stabbing
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A San Diego taco shop owner is not liable for failing to prevent an attempted murder but might have to pay becau...
Politicians Talk Trash on Graffiti-Splotched Banks of L.A. River
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Los Angeles politicians pledged Wednesday to make the Los Angeles River suitable for Huckleberry Finn...
Justices Show Inclination in Disability, Harassment Cases
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court sounded wary Wednesday of holding employers liable for sexual harassment under th...
Requiem for a Venture
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - To its admirers, Menlo Park's Venture Law Group revolutionized the practice of corporate law in Silicon Valley...
Hon. Percy Anderson
Battle for Gay Rights Isn't Over
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Miles Christian Daniels - Gay and lesbian people have had reason to rejoice since the decision in Lawrenc...
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James C. Martin and Benjamin G. Shatz - Properly calendaring judgment-notwithstanding-the-ve...
Sheriff Can't Do End-Around to Seize Pot
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time, a federal judge has made clear that local sheriffs can't run to federal court to circumve...
Student Hopes American DREAM Comes True
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Juan Manrique is pinning his hopes on a dream - literally. The son of a murdered political dissident from Guate...
Court OKs State Jurisdiction for Firms Doing Business on Web
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - In its first ruling on Internet jurisdiction, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Tuesday that Califor...
Tough Talk
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Miranda D. Junowicz - Public condemnation of the statements of individual judges or justices ought to be rar...
Senate OKs More Harassment Liability
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state Senate approved a bill Tuesday to clarify that employers may be held liable for sexual harassment of th...
U.S. Pre-Clears Kings County's Election Plans
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday removed two more obstacles to California's recall election when it appr...
Hallinan Agrees to Vacating Goff's Murder Conviction
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney Terence Hallinan said Tuesday his decision to support a defense motion to free accused kille...
Bench Veteran Exhibits Quick Wit
By Dennis Pfaff
REDWOOD CITY - After some 27 years on the job, San Mateo Superior Court Commissioner Joseph Gruber was bound to generate some ...