One Is the Loneliest Number
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - They share the same restrooms, ride up and down the same elevators, and eat in the same cafeterias. But for U.S. ...
ACLU Takes on Venice Hip-Hop Riot Defense
By Lauren Blau
Claiming Los Angeles police overreacted, the ACLU of Southern California announced Wednesday it is representing the organizer...
Justices Will Review Use of Celebrity Likenesses
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Even as the state Legislature moves to strengthen the publicity rights of deceased celebrities, the Californi...
Prosecutors Actions Anger S.F. Judge
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - Saying he was offended by the prosecution's "extremely disingenuous" handling of a drug and weapons indictmen...
State Bar Funds JNE Commission
By Jean Guccione
State Bar leaders have agreed to fund the commission that evaluates the governor's judicial nominees, a year after the bar's ...
Former Legal Secretary Claims Discrimination
By Denise Levin
A former secretary at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has sued the law firm for race and age di...
LAPD Officer Guilty of Bank Robbery
By Martin Bergn
Despite his defense lawyer's contention that his client is an innocent victim of mistaken identity, a veteran Los Angeles pol...
Last of the Independents
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Janet Reno on Wednesday urged Congress to let the Independent Counsel Act expire at the end of ...
Court Reporters Who Overcharge Their Clients Are Not Disciplined, Says Auditor
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Court reporters who illegally overcharge their clients for trial transcripts are not disciplined by the agency t...
Ex-Clients Lawsuit Claims Attorney Disclosed Confidential Information
By Denise Levin
A former client of a Los Angeles sole practitioner has accused her in a lawsuit of breach of fiduciary duty for withdrawing fr...
Attorneys Finally Get Fees in Decade-Old Case
By Lauren Blau
The final chapter in a lawsuit that is more than a decade old was written Tuesday when the Los Angeles City Council approved ...
'Going Rate' Dispute Spurs a Lawsuit
By Denise Levin
The Los Angeles law firm of Doniger & Fetter has sued its professional liability insurance carrier for breach of contract...
Attorney: Tobacco Verdict Proof of Misconduct
By Patricia Jocobus
SAN FRANCISCO - The huge $51.5 million verdict against Philip Morris last month is proof that San Francisco jurors were unabl...
Justice Stepping Down to Run M&A Business
By Jean Guccione
Unlike the many jurists who retire to become private judges, Court of Appeal Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine of Santa Ana sai...
Jury Anonymity Is Put to Rest
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - A legislative proposal to make all criminal juries anonymous so that jurors feel safer died Tuesday amid critici...
Public-Private Partnership Drew Democrats to L.A.
By Martin Bergn
Los Angeles had a slightly different idea when it came to hosting the Democratic Party presidential convention next year. The...
Suit Against Rabbi Can Proceed
By Mathew Heller
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside County woman suing a rabbi for allegedly engaging her in a sexual relationship while counseling her f...
Suit Accuses CIA of Ignoring Crack Cocaine Sales
By Martin Bergn
Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit in Los Angeles Monday, alleging government officials knew about crack cocaine traffickin...
S.F. Judge Did Not Falter at First Assignment
By Mark Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Diane E. Wick nearly gasped for breath when she saw what she was in for. Her first assignment in San Francisc...
Lawyer Says Jonathan Club Humiliated Him
By Denise Levin
Attorney Roger J. Nichols claims he was so humiliated by the way the Jonathan Club treated him a year ago in front of his gue...
Behaviorists Ask: Why Do Kids Kill?
By Cheryl Romo
Trying to figure out why kids kill poses more questions than there are answers - and because it is such a perplexing problem,...
Budget Breathes New Life into State Bar
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Told by their president that it is time to bring back the State Bar, the Board of Governors approved a 1999 bu...
State Lawyers, Administrative Judges Win Pay Raise of 5.5%
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - State-government lawyers and administrative law judges would get a 5.5 percent pay raise effective April 1 under...
S.F. Supervisor Pushes for Jury Reform
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A cry for relief from a frustrated, inconvenienced juror - who happens to be San Francisco Supervisor Gavin N...
Pennies From Heaven
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - The widow of Fred Astaire last fall lost a well-publicized court battle to prevent 90 seconds of film clips of t...
Sales Manager Wins $2.6M for Corporate Exile
By Craiq Anderson
In an unusual case of employment fraud, a San Jose federal court jury has awarded a Santa Clara County woman $2.64 million af...
Inland Empire Judge Faces Ethics Charges
By Jean Guccione
A San Bernardino County judge was accused Monday by state judicial discipline authorities of improperly jailing a tardy juror...
Prosecutors and Defenders Contend Over Plea Waivers
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A long-simmering fight boiled into pitched battle between federal prosecutors and the defense bar this week o...
Brobeck Lawyer Leaves to Take Corporate Post
By Leslie A. Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Thomas A. Bevilacqua, a partner on Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's executive committee and co-chair of the ...