Executive Says Microsoft 'Sabotaged' Apple Program
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The antitrust trial of Microsoft Corp. turned testy and technical Wednesday, when a Microsoft lawyer challenged ...
Two S.D. Judicial Races Still Too Close to Call
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - Two hard-fought races for judgeships remained unresolved Wednesday, as candidates in both races were less than 1 ...
Libel Suit Against Firm Survives Early Motions
By Denise Levin
A judge left intact Wednesday the bulk of a libel and slander lawsuit brought against Wayne S. Braveman, a law partner at Hel...
Ventura Prosecutor Claims Victory in Judicial Race
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - The county's Chief Assistant District Attorney Kevin McGee claimed victory Tuesday as the county's 27th Superior Co...
Report Claims Support for City Attorney Status Quo
By Lauren Blau
A broad cross-section of Los Angeles residents who offered comments on proposed changes to the City Charter overwhelmingly su...
Santa Clara Prosecutor Wins Election
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County prosecutor Joyce Allegro, who challenged two sitting jurists for an open judicial seat, won a de...
Bar Heads Greet Davis Victory With Relief, Cautious Optimism
By Don De Benedictis
Gray Davis' election as the next governor of California means the State Bar of California will see legislation passed next ye...
'Brownfields' Refinery Site May Be Reborn as a Suburb
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The shiny new brick-and-brass sign reads "New Pacific Properties," but for many neighbors it spells "relief."...
Davis Decision A Big Victory For Plaintiff Bar
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - For the past 16 years, the Capitol has been the scene of gridlock on tort and insurance reform legislation. Hundr...
Union Contracts Win Approval of Supreme Court
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to organized labor, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that "union security" co...
Federal Court Decides West Copyright Invalid
By Anthony Aarons
In a ruling that could change the legal publishing landscape, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that West Group can...
Indigent Defense Negotiations to Resume
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors killed a bar-sponsored proposal for representation of indigent defendants Tuesday...
Supervisors Approve $1 Million in Settlements
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved three lawsuit settlements Tuesday totaling $1 million, including a $650,...
Simpson Belongings to Be Sold at Auction
By Anne La Jeunesse
The families of slain Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman came a step closer Tuesday to collecting on a $33.5 million jud...
Smoking Gun
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - New Orleans was quickest on the draw with a ground-breaking suit filed last week against the gun industry. But...
Bank of Americas Arbitration Clause Is Held Unlawful
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In an eagerly awaited ruling, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday that the Bank of America cannot impose bindi...
Countys Error Costs Taxpayers $1M in Interest
By Martin Bergn
Los Angeles County lawyers recently made a $1 million mistake in an already costly police misconduct case - and the expense wi...
Judge Calls Litigation 'Offensive'
By Denise Levin
A judge Friday became angry at an attorney for his impatience awaiting the judge's ruling in a $100 million legal malpractice...
Allred: Federal Officials to Investigate DA Division
By Michael Harris
Attorney Gloria Allred said she has convinced officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an invest...
Snowball's Chance
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Robert Evans would push to legalize drugs and cease enforcing the death penalty because "killing people doesn't ...
Bar Leader Still Sees Glass Ceiling
By Leslie Gordon
OAKLAND - Known for her feminist convictions and energetic style, Gillian M. Ross, this year's president of California Women L...
Top Morrison Lawyer Joins Ernst & Young
By Leslie A. Gordon And Pamela Mc Clintock
SAN FRANCISCO - The managing partner of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster has resigned to join the accountin...
Do-It-Yourself Law Franchises Vex Attorneys
By Mary Micheletti
Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles may be the domain of expensive law firms catering to powerful clients, but farther...
Gang Injunction Trial Halted by Appellate Court
By Michael Harris
An appeal court for the first time has stayed a civil gang abatement trial - ordering prosecutors to show why it should not s...
Cops Killing Of HIV-Positive Man Is Under the Gun
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Lonnie Wenger called San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies to his Fontana home Oct. 15 to turn himself in ...
Litton-Honeywell Retrial Gets Off to Rocky Start
By Martin Bergn
The high-stakes retrial of the damages phase in Litton Systems Inc.'s antitrust suit against Honeywell Inc. got off to a rock...
Home-Schoolers Challenge Monrovia's Curfew
By Denise Levin
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday took under submission arguments on the constitutionality of a daytime curfew ordi...
Two L.A. Judges Are Sanctioned by Discipline Board
By Jean Guccione
In a busy day for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, two Los Angeles judges were publicly admonished Thursday: one...
Appeal for Funds from L.A. Justices Raises $235,000
By Jean Guccione
While other appeal court justices have largely skipped campaigning, appellate jurists in Los Angeles have raised $235,000 from...
In Switch, L.A. Employees Get Full Juror Pay
By Denise Levin
While complaining for years about the difficulty of getting citizens to serve as jurors, the Los Angeles Superior Court had d...