Lawyers Will Seek to Restore Hefty Fees
By Martin Bergn
A bitter dispute over whether attorneys in a class-action settlement deserve what a judge described as an "eye-popping" rate ...
Defense Lawyers Will Not Extend Contract With L.A.
By Michael Harris
The head of the Indigent Criminal Defense Association withdrew her intention Wednesday to agree to a 30-day extension of the ...
Panel Finds Judge Failed to Give Proper Hearing
By Anna Marie Stolley
A state appeal panel has found that a Los Angeles judge failed to give a proper hearing before imposing hefty sanctions again...
Out of Service
By Claudia Rosenbaum
SAN FRANCISCO - Low-income residents of Alameda County in need of civil legal assistance hear only a tape-recorded message wh...
County Seeks to Shush the Cries of Dead Children
By Cheryl Romo
Attorneys for the county are attempting to seal court files and gag participants in two civil lawsuits involving three childr...
State Thwarted in Bid to Block Habeas Order
By David F. Pike
WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court justice has rejected California's emergency bid to block a federal judge's order barring applica...
Jury Problems Stall Ng Trial
By Tori Richards
Jury Problems Stall Ng Trial SANTA ANA - The trial of accused serial killer Charles Ng barely began its second day of testimon...
Morrison Partner Leaves For U.S. Attorney's Office
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael L. Zigler, a former federal prosecutor and a partner at Morrison & Foerster, has returned to the ...
Defense Will Attack Staging of Youth's Slaying
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - When 14-year-old Tristan Tyson Jensen's bones were discovered clogged in an underground sewer line of a quie...
Indigent Defenders Hope Pact Makes Them a Bit Less Indigent
By Michael Harris
Earlier this week, the Indigent Criminal Defense Association's contract with Los Angeles County was in danger of expiring by ...
Beeper Ban Unconstitutional, Court Decides
By Anna Marie Stolley
Citing the importance of pagers and beepers in modern-day communications, a state appeal panel has ruled that an injunction p...
Court Won't Prohibit Device To Download Music From Net
By James Evans
SAN JOSE - The Recording Industry Association of America has failed in its attempt to stop a San Jose electronics company fro...
Mass-Murder Trial of Ng Finally Has Begun
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - The day that many thought would never happen finally arrived Monday: Opening statements were delivered in the tri...
Judge Blasts Newspaper
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel Creed, one of the targets of an unflattering expose by the San Jose...
Pillsbury Adds Three From Palo Alto's Wise & Shepard
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Madison & Sutro may be reversing its recent trend of defections. It has announced the acquisitio...
Van Damme Sees Action in L.A. Superior
By Denise Levin
A champion martial artist claimed in court Monday that action movie star Jean Claude Van Damme relied on him to script and ch...
Merrill Lynch Sues Firm for Bad Deal With McNall
By Denise Levin
The Los Angeles law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is being sued by Merrill Lynch & Co. for allegedly misleading t...
Father of Key Witness in Gang Trial Slain
By Martin Bergn
The father of a key witness in an ongoing Los Angeles gang murder trial was shot dead as he answered his door in San Jose Fri...
Bar Section Leaders Riled Over Delay in OK'ing Their Lobbyist
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Leaders of the State Bar sections are furious over the Board of Governors' refusal to allow the sections to i...
Give Judges Breathing Room, Discipline Mavens Are Told
By Jean Guccione
CHICAGO - With the controversial disciplinary inquiry of California Court of Appeal Justice J. Anthony Kline looming in the b...
Courts in L.A. Just Say No to Drug Evidence
By Michael Harris
Under a new court policy that is being phased in throughout Los Angeles County, narcotics evidence is no longer permitted to ...
Judge Is Cited by Panel for Pursuing Clerk
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - The Commission on Judicial Performance on Monday publicly admonished San Diego Municipal Court Judge Harvey H. Hi...
Conviction Is Reversed for 'Stun' Defendant
By Michael Harris
Ronnie Hawkins, the three-strikes thief who was zapped with a 50,000-volt stun belt at a judge's behest, has won a reversal o...
Doctor: Stun Belt Would Be Harmful to Ng
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - Accused serial killer Charles Ng is scheduled to begin his long-awaited trial today and the big question is: Will...
Federal Prosecutor Continues Reshuffling Office
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Continuing the staffing shuffle begun soon after his August appointment, new San Francisco federal prosecutor...
District Pays $548K to Defend Waste Suit
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - A community college district here confirmed last Wednesday that it paid $548,000 in legal fees to defend its boar...
Lockheed Sues Insurers Over Chemical Cases
By Denise Levin
Lockheed Martin Corp. has sued several insurance companies for allegedly failing to defend it against personal injury and pro...
Rite of Publicity
By Jean Guccione
For the first time, Supreme Court and appellate justices facing retention elections are making personal appearances this fall...
Bar President Is Feisty Advocate
By Pearl Piatt
Champion of the underdog is how friends and colleagues describe Los Angeles sole practitioner Toni J. Jaramilla. That's an apt...
Riverside Jurist Admonished for Court Jogs
By Jean Guccione
A Riverside County judge has been publicly admonished by the state Commission on Judicial Performance for improperly leaving ...