Incarcerated Parents Cannot Be Required to Pay Child Support
By Anna Marie Stolley
Notwithstanding the nationwide crackdown on deadbeat moms and dads, a state appeal panel ruled Wednesday that incarcerated pa...
Judge Wont Seal Documents in Lewis DAmato Suit
By Denise Levin
Saying he could find no threat to a law firm's trade secrets, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Wednesday refused to order a ...
Help Wanted: Federal Prosecutors
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The title of assistant U.S. attorney carries prestige in the legal world but relatively little pay. In fact, ...
MoFo Litigator Suspended From DHL Probate Case
By Patricia Jocobus
SAN FRANCISCO - A star litigator at Morrison & Foerster has been suspended from a messy Pacific Rim probate case involvin...
Visitation Rights of Children Is at Center of Dispute Between Former Lesbian Lovers
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Venturing out to the fringes of family law, a state appeal court struggled mightily Tuesday to deal with a na...
Agencies Work Together in Probe of Jurists Killing
By Anne La Jeunesse
Authorities from three law enforcement agencies are working closely to determine whether a connection exists between the rece...
Judge Reverses Verdict Against Investment Bank
By Denise Levin
SANTA ANA - A judge has reversed a $7 million jury verdict in an Orange County Superior Court case against an investment bank...
Sheriffs Union Seeks Enforcement of Agreement
By Lauren Blau
The union representing rank-and-file deputy sheriffs has gone to court to try to force the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Depar...
Judge Sanctions Italian Insurance Firm
By Denise Levin
Reversing her tentative ruling and issuing an order that is more in line with what she said in court she wanted to do, a judg...
Where the Action Is
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - On April 21, 1967, Greek shopkeeper Aristides Boutris put his son on his shoulders and carried him to watch the ...
Lawyer Sues West Over Failed CD-ROM Deal
By Denise Levin
An attorney has filed suit against West Publishing Co. and its parent Bancroft-Whitney Co., claiming he put in thousands of h...
Crash Survivors Sue Rescue Helicopters Maker
By Denise Levin
Two survivors of the rescue helicopter crash near Griffith Park a year ago have filed separate liability lawsuits against the...
Jurists Killing Puzzles Investigators
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said Monday that their investigation into the killing last week ...
Attorney Vows to Continue Judicial Immunity Fight
By Anne La Jeunesse
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday not to review a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit charging two Glendale Municipal Co...
Prosecutor Isn't Afraid of Bucking Tradition
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - Nancy O'Malley favors cozy, well-worn sweaters and long skirts and has made her reputation prosecuting crimes ...
Making the Industry Sweat
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Hoping to turn up the heat on the garment industry's use of sweatshop labor, Democratic lawmakers are seeking to ...
Venturing South
By Chris Ford
Between 1995 and 1998, an Irvine-based start-up found itself in a life-or-death contract dispute with a $1 billion-a-year med...
Fight Over Fees Threatens Proposed Estate Settlement
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A Pacific Rim food fight over attorney fees in the probate of DHL Express founder Larry Lee Hillblom's multim...
Judge, Attorney Exchange Angry Words
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A major cocaine trafficking trial dissolved into acrimony Thursday when defense lawyer Maureen Kallins claime...
Fire at Lawyers Home Spurs Probe
By Pat Alston
Arson investigators continue to probe the circumstances surrounding a fire that destroyed the luxury La Habra Heights hillsid...
Despite Vast Evidence, Court Is Considering Sirhan's Plea
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - A little over four months ago, the California Supreme Court all but conclusively declared that Sirhan Sirhan w...
State Bar Pursues Referral Group That Hired O.J. as Spokesman
By Don De Benedictis
The State Bar of California wants to know just what sort of business O.J. Simpson has hooked himself up with. Numerous news s...
Memorial Service Planned for Floyd J. Silliman
By E Freudenthal
A memorial service will be held Sunday in Carmel Valley for Floyd J. Silliman, a California trial attorney who was a member o...
State Bar Is Given Authority to Discipline Attorneys Serving as Pro Tems, Arbitrators
By Jean Guccione
The State Bar now has authority to discipline lawyers for judicial ethics violations that occur while they are serving as tem...
Sanctions Doubtful in Holocaust-Era Insurance Case
By Denise Levin
Expressing regret that her hands may be tied by state law, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge indicated Thursday she probably...
New Breed
By John Roemer
OAKLAND - Crime in Washington, D.C.'s violent Fifth Ward was nearly out of control in 1994 when then-U.S. Attorney Eric H. Ho...
Prosecutor Avoids Campaign Solicitation Charges
By Michael Harris
The Los Angeles city attorney's office Thursday declined to file misdemeanor charges against a deputy district attorney for s...
A Legal Chance
By Amy Bourne
SAN FRANCISCO - A year ago, Loretta Hickman was back on welfare with her second child, and she was still a teen-ager. Hickman...
Antonovich Seeks Foster Care Probe
By Cheryl Romo
Following a story in Monday's Daily Journal about a child who was tortured and raped in foster care, county Supervisor Michae...
Bava Will Step Down as Head of Manatt Phelps
By Pearl Piatt
Gordon M. Bava is stepping down from his position as the managing partner of Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Alth...