Jurist Objects to Odor in Court After Defendant Raises a Stink
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The "Bad Hair Bandit" turned into the "Bad Air Bandit" after he cleared a courtroom Thursday. That was just one of...
Worker Protection Bill Moves On After a Heated Debate
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A labor-backed bill that would make it easier for workers to pursue employers who illegally retaliate against th...
High Court Librarian Denies She Discriminated
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Defending herself against charges that she retaliated against an employee who was often ill, the director of ...
Court Shields State From Reimbursement
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court made it tougher Thursday for local governments to get reimbursed by the state for t...
Whistle-Blowers Lose Out on Settlement Proceeds
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of whistle-blowers who exposed overcharging by five University of California teaching hospitals were ...
Public Eyes
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Forum Column - By Mark Schlosberg - While the criminal charges against several high-ranking San Francisco police officers in t...
Duplicitous, Self-Serving France Is No U.S. Friend
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Forum Column - By Joseph Sorrentino - French Premier Jacques Chirac opposed U.S. military action in Iraq based on "respect for...
Individual Managers Don't Face Liability for Overtime Violations
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Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - California courts generally have held that manage...
Lawyer Gets Time, Fine for Bilking His Clients
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced Malibu attorney Sam Birenbaum Wednesday to complete nine months in ...
CDAA, CPDA Both Choose New Leaders
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Two of the state's top criminal justice organizations have new leaders in place. The 2,300-member California Dis...
Former Deputy DA Faces Fraud Charges
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - After an eight-month investigation, the state attorney general's office has filed a 10-count felony complaint ag...
4 Whistle-Blowers Can't Collect
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Four whistle-blowers who exposed overcharging by five University of California teaching hospitals were left o...
Officials Arrest Former IRS Agent
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Authorities on Wednesday arrested a former Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service agent on charges of concealing a...
Check-Kiting Suspects Surrender to Judge
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - A couple accused of a check-kiting scheme that netted them $12 million and involved 7 banks, 23 accounts and 2,000...
Accounting Suit Poses Immortal Question: How Much Data Is Enough?
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Burn before reading. This old, wry, cloak-and-dagger maxim about the one sure way to keep a document ...
Bar Groups Lobby Against Court System Budget Cuts
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - In the face of looming staff layoffs and courtroom closures, bar groups around the state have begun a coordin...
Dechert Said to be Keen On Oppenheimer Office
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, the Minneapolis firm that raised eyebrows in February by publicly shopping...
Supreme Court Employee In Court Over Job
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury Wednesday began hearing testimony in a suit brought by the former head librarian for the...
Commissioner Lends An Ear to Defendants
By Xenia Kobylarz
OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Geoffrey N. Carter has heard all kinds of excuses from motorists trying t...
Court Remands Case on Screeners' Citizenship
By Susan Mc Rae
By Susan McRae Nevada Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court in Los Angeles declined Tuesday to rule on w...
'Strader' Provides New Means To Attack No-Contest Clauses
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Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley - In Estate of Strader , 2003 DJDAR 3988 (Cal. Ap...
Whither Privacy?
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Forum Column - By Terry Francke - By now, most of us are aware that the acronym SLAPP stands for "Strategic Lawsuits Against P...
Referee: Deadhead Killings Trial Fair
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A death row inmate convicted of a double murder in Berkeley in 1985 has failed to convince an Alameda County S...
Court Finds Dad, Son Entitled to More Services
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Helping build bridges between estranged family members may be one of the hardest jobs there is. And Alvin R. Sr....
Gunmakers Go Bankrupt After Trial
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County trial judge dismissed the jury Tuesday in the final phase of a $51 million firearms product ...
Jury Convicts Man for Lewd Acts
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Rejecting a defense attorney's contention that a man sucking the toes of preteen boys was not lewd behavior, a jur...
Assembly Approves Homeowners Bill
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Californians who are members of homeowners' associations would have a greater say in how their delegates adopt or...
The Hundred Acre Web
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - A referee will hear a high-profile dispute between Marvel Characters and Sony Pictures Entertainment over the lu...
E*Trade Suit Gets New Life As Judge Asks For Evidence
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Cupertino company found to have been the victim of trade-secrets misappropriation will get a chance to block onli...
Padres Score $11.9 Million Win
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Lloyd's of London will pay the San Diego Padres $11.9 million in settlement of a Superior Court lawsuit over a den...