Glendale Commissioner Is Placed on Leave
By Denise Levin
Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation int...
Federal Prosecutor's Departure Does Not Mean End to Duties
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A day after his resignation takes effect Aug. 24, U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi faces a head-on confrontati...
AIDS Coverage Ruled Out Under Policy
By Anna Marie Stolley
A state appeal court on Monday allowed insurers to deny coverage to people who have even minor symptoms of serious illnesses ...
Judge Denies DA Request for Bail for Teens
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Monday unsealed an 11-week-old indictment charging three 15-year-old boys with th...
Ex-Civil Attorney Enjoys Working in New Areas of Law
By Cassandra Smith
She jokes that she is just trailer trash. But Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White - who does work out of a...
Disabled Workers Win Right to Seek Higher Damages
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a long-awaited victory for disabled workers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that employees who ...
Confusion Over Prior Convictions Envelops Courts
By Michael Harris
Recent modifications to a California Penal Code section have created confusion in the state's courtrooms as to whether defend...
Kenyan Blast Rattles Hopes of Immigrant
By B. Scott Bortnick
OXNARD - For Jimmi Juma Shua, midnight was far more than the turn of another day. It also marked his birthday - and the differ...
Governor Fills Vacant Appellate Court Seats
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Pete Wilson filled the last two empty spots on the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday, elevating t...
San Diego Teen-agers to be Tried as Adults
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ruled that three 15-year-olds charged with murder in the death of a 12-...
Critics Assail Commissioner's Actions
By Denise Levin
Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke, who ordered the arrest of dozens of defendants for perjury and filing fa...
The Duke of Dissent
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - When Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986, many observers predicted the conservat...
Gay Employee Wins $900K for Discrimination
By Matthew Heller
RIVERSIDE - A gay man who claimed he was "mercilessly" harassed by co-workers at a flashlight manufacturing company has won a...
Ruling on Tobacco Suits Said to 'Split the Baby'
By Joanne Debort
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge here has coordinated 12 lawsuits filed against tobacco companies by union pension fund...
In All Things, Rehnquist Court Shows Restraint
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court announced June 22 it would not review a case from San Francisco, the denial stood out fro...
Uelmen Will Handle 'Boys Club' Member Retrial
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Over the objections of the San Mateo county counsel, a judge Wednesday appointed prominent criminal defense l...
Making Ends Meet
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
If you're going to jump onto the frontage road alongside I-215 just north of Perris to take a shortcut while traffic on the f...
Juvenile Justice Budget Targets Female Offenders
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - As this year's lawmaking season winds down, the Legislature has once again opted to spend money on prevention pr...
Lawyer Punished For Filing Appeal 'Dead on Arrival'
By Anna Marie Stolley
A disapproving state appeal court has sanctioned a Santa Paula lawyer for refusing to take its hint and filing an appeal the ...
HMOs Ordered To Observe Due Process Rights
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Extending new rights to Medicare patients, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that health maintenance or...
Trial Courts Both Winners and Losers in Adopted State Budget
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Trial courts received a mixed bag - no money for new judges, court-employee salary hikes or high-tech upgrades, ...
Proposal to Expand High Court to 15 Barely Survives
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - The Senate Judiciary Committee decided Tuesday to give further study to the workload of the California Supreme C...
Prosecutor Fights to Save Families From Ordeal
By Tom Orewyler
On the same day Kevin Silvas was sentenced for murdering his estranged wife Carolina, Gov. Pete Wilson signed a bill under wh...
Consumer Advocates Seek Prop. 103 Compliance
By Lauren Blau
A coalition of consumer advocacy groups and elected officials asked Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush Tuesday to enfor...
City Council Approves $215,000 in Police Assault
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles City Council approved a $215,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was falsely ...
Courthouse Construction Cut-Off Bill Advances
By Lauren Blau
Los Angeles County would not be able to spend money to build new courthouses until it completes a needs assessment under legi...
Paradise Lost
By Denise Levin
Some of them sighed animatedly; others grumbled and shook their heads. One walked out of the court hearing in disgust, mumbli...
O.C. Lawyers Offer Court-Affiliated Mediation
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - The Court Affiliated Civil Mediation Program was in the planning stages for about two years and finally took off i...
Case Tests Right Of Corporate Counsel to Fees
By Vivien Lou Chen
SAN FRANCISCO - No one disputes the fact that Eric B. Simon was the prevailing attorney in Meyer v. California International ...
Assistant AG Aims To Make Sure That Convicts Stay Put
By Tori Richards
SAN DIEGO - A clerk wheeled two carts into prosecutor Gary W. Schons' office, stacked with a dozen accordion files chronicling...