Ex-Cop Sentenced in Arson Conspiracy
By Pamela Mac Lean
Retired San Francisco police officer William Parenti was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison Monday and ordered...
Juror No-Shows Don't Expect Penalty
By Jean Guccione
Americans say they believe in the jury system - but large numbers of them, in California and elsewhere, routinely avoid jury ...
Nonlawyers Are Voted In to Membership in Los Angeles Bar
By Don De Benedictis
Overcoming strong opposition, Los Angeles County Bar Association members voted Saturday to let nonlawyers join the organizati...
Lawmaker Wants to Delve Into the State's Jury Pools
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Who sits on juries in California? That's the question on the minds of a number of lawmakers, including Sen. Adam...
Judge Dismisses Claim Reid Is Unfit Mom
By Anne La Jeunesse
Debra Reid's emotional battle with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to regain custody of her...
Nissen Will Lead Innovation Efforts for Davis
By Don De Benedictis
Lending a potential boost to the State Bar of California's prospects in Sacramento, Steven A. Nissen announced Monday that he...
Justices to Look at Punitives in Bias Suits
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Continuing its fine-tuning of employment-discrimination law, the Supreme Court today will consider the standard ...
Nonlawyer Chairs Safety Committee
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Mike Honda opposes the death penalty. He favors rehabilitating juvenile criminals over locking them ...
Firm Claims Fraud by Former Employee, Clients
By Anne La Jeunesse
An Encino law firm has sued a former staff attorney and two former clients, who the firm alleges failed to pay it for time th...
Plaintiff Blames Lawyer Over Tax on Settlement
By Denise Levin
An Orange County woman claims her attorney pushed her to settle her case against her former employer without properly notifyi...
Law Firm Sues Ex-Employee to Quash 'Secrets'
By Denise Levin
The law firm of Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard has sued a former employee and his attorney, Federico C. Sayre, claim...
In James Bond Case, There's a View to a Court Date
By Garry Abrams
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday cleared the way for a high-profile trial next month to decide competing claims by tw...
Davis Appoints S.F. Lawyer to Judicial Commission
By Jean Guccione
Gov. Gray Davis has made his first appointment to the state Commission on Judicial Performance, naming San Francisco lawyer M...
Patriots Enter Plea Deal Renouncing Untaxing
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Three gurus of the tax protest and so-called patriot anti-government movement declared their promise of a leg...
Basic Changes In Law Practice Roil Profession
By Chris Ford
Lawyers in the United States take pride in their profession for adhering to strict standards of attorney-client privilege, av...
Davis Unveils Priorities for Hopeful Judges
By Jean Guccione
For lawyers and judges too liberal to win judicial appointments by Republican governors, the election of Democratic Gov. Gray...
San Diego DA Drops Murder Charges Against Teens
By Jill Boekenoogen
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge Thursday granted a motion by the district attorney's office to dismiss murder charges agai...
Teen Sues L.A. for Officers Unwanted Advances
By Lauren Blau
A teen-ager who claims a police officer called her for dates after he detained her at a traffic stop has sued the city of Los...
County Bar to Fight Split in 9th U.S. Circuit Court
By Don De Benedictis
Los Angeles County Bar Association trustees agreed Wednesday to urge other California bar groups to join them in fighting any...
Disabled Berkeley Students File Suit Over ADA Compliance
By Amy Bourne
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of disabled students at the University of California, Berkeley, Wednesday filed a federal suit agains...
Ex-Lawyer Ran Fraud Ring, DA Says
By Michael Harris
Additional details surfaced Thursday about a million-dollar auto insurance fraud ring allegedly masterminded by a former lawy...
Murders in L.A., San Bernardino Won't Be Joined
By Mathew Heller
SAN BERNARDINO - In the first ruling of its kind, a judge Thursday declined to consolidate murder charges from separate count...
Justices Spurn BofA Appeal on Arbitration
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a sharp disappointment for the banking industry, the California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to decide ...
Report Issued on Ex-Judge's Misconduct
By Jean Guccione
A now-retired Ventura County judge was not "acting in his judicial capacity" when he was arrested three times for drunken dri...
Big Toxics Award Largely Upheld
By Tom Orewyler
In an unpublished opinion released Thursday afternoon, an appellate panel upheld awards to 23 of the 28 plaintiffs in a $4.5 ...
Court Rejects Misconduct Claims in Drug Case
By Martin Bergn
Rejecting defense arguments of outrageous government misconduct and selective prosecution, a federal district judge has refus...
ABA Chief Makes a Case for Cameras in Supreme Court
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Saying such a move would help restore people's faith in government, American Bar Association president Philip S....
Supreme Court Denies Simpson Bid to Reverse Custody Ruling
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a move that could lead to O.J. Simpson's losing custody of his children, the California Supreme Court on We...
Plaintiffs Bar Is Hoping to Doff MICRA Caps
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - As governor, Jerry Brown was seen by some observers as a sort of a hippie-Jesuit Democrat. That novel philosophi...
Justices Reject Free Speech Claim By Aliens
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Handing the government a victory it had sought for 12 years, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Immigrat...