West Loses Copyright to Citation Plan
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Ending a long and contentious legal battle, the Supreme Court on Monday denied review of two appellate decisions ...
Senate Approves Bill to Fund State Bar
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Republican rhetorical fire on Tuesday failed to stop Senate approval of a bill to set lawyers' annual State Bar ...
Crosby Heafey Wins Contest for Motorolas Legal Work
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Anyone who thinks Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May is still merely an Oakland insurance defense firm should ta...
Hartman Estate Claims Zoloft Led to Killings
By Denise Levin
The executor of the estates of Phil and Brynn Hartman and trustee for their children has filed suit against the makers of the...
Ruling May Aid California Cities Suit Against Gun Makers
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - In the duel between California and the weapons industry, the side with the guns has evidently taken an early ...
Clinton Nominates Two Lawyers From L.A. for Federal Judgeships
By Martin Bergn
Two Southern California attorneys have been nominated for federal judgeships by President Clinton. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Cali...
Conference Focuses on Usage of Colorado River
By Charles Ashby
TUCSON, Ariz. - Southern California had better get its act together soon on reducing its dependence on the Colorado River. If...
Holocaust-Era Insurance Case To Go Forward
By Denise Levin
Three individual bad-faith lawsuits against a European insurance company that allege failure to pay on Holocaust-era life ins...
New Inspector Will Listen, Learn
By Anne La Jeunesse
Jeffrey C. Eglash, the assistant U.S. attorney named Friday as the Los Angeles Police Commission's new inspector general, sai...
Is the Bar Small-Minded?
By Don De Benedictis
Scan any of the regular listings of lawyers who have been disciplined by the State Bar Court or the state Supreme Court. Look...
City Attorney Can't Skirt Council In Any Settlement Over $100,000
By Anne La Jeunesse
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to prohibit the city attorney's office from settling any lawsuit exceedi...
In-House Lawyers Win Prevailing Market Rates
By Anna Marie Stolley
In the wake of a state appellate ruling that corporate counsel are entitled to collect "big-firm" attorney fees under Civil C...
Attempted Murder Defendant Sues Victim
By Tamara Koehler
VENTURA - A Ventura man charged with the attempted murder of his former girlfriend is suing the victim, claiming he suffered ...
San Franciscos Domestic Partner Law Is Upheld
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's pioneering domestic partners' ordinance survived constitutional attack Thursday in a federal ...
Retired Magistrate Judge Ralph J. Geffen Dies
By Jason Songn
Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Ralph J. Geffen died Tuesday at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital after a two-month battle wit...
Kevorkian Attorney Files Columbine Lawsuit
By Charles Ashby
DENVER - The first of what is expected to be many lawsuits related to last month's tragic shooting at Columbine High School w...
Defense: Ex-Prosecutor Faced Catch-22
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Former Riverside County prosecutor Patrick Dutton was denied a promotion and then terminated from his job because...
Man Accused of Impersonating Lawyer, Collecting Legal Fees
By Michael Harris
A nonlawyer has been charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors with assuming the identity of a practicing attorney and collec...
Nonlitigants Who Spoil Evidence Cant Be Sued
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Finishing off the tort of spoliation of evidence, a narrowly divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday ...
Richards Watson Sued In Land Deal Gone Sour
By Denise Levin
An investment group claims in a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that attorneys they hired in 1996 to sue a Rancho Cucamong...
Court Jesters
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices have seemed more relaxed and playful during oral arguments this term. Perhaps that's ...
Slaphappy Juror Properly Excused, Court Decides
By Anna Marie Stolley
Juror No. 3 was, admittedly, a little "stressed out" when she threatened during deliberations to slap her fellow jurors "upsi...
Court Takes One Day to Decide Sinatra Suit
By Anna Marie Stolley
Ruling just one day after oral arguments in a dispute between Frank Sinatra Jr. and his one-time kidnapper, a state appeal pa...
Couple Injured in Deadly Crash Sue Lawyer
By Denise Levin
A couple who claim their daughter was killed and they were seriously injured when the tire blew on the minivan they were ridi...
Lawyer Charged in Yacht Case Will Remain in Custody
By Martin Bergn
Ruling that a Beverly Hills lawyer charged with fraud poses a flight risk, a federal judge has ordered him to remain detained...
Samaritan Law Prospects Fade As Bill Stalls
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - It's a crime in California to see someone's pet get shot by a hunter and not report it to authorities. And a lic...
From Here To Eternity
By Anna Marie Stolley
In the first-ever appellate examination of California's Son of Sam law, the statute prohibiting felons from selling their sto...
Bill Expanding Bad-Faith Claims Moves to Senate
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - People harmed by corporate, professional and individual negligence could sue defendants' insurers if they denied...
Garcetti Selects New Chief for Child Support
By Michael Harris
Culminating a five-month, nationwide search, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti announced Wednesday he has hir...
City Hiring Plan Unlawful Under Proposition 209
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a sweeping victory for affirmative action opponents, a state appellate court panel ruled Wednesday that city co...