State Supreme Court Addresses Parameters of the SLAPP Statute
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Clyde M. Hettrick, Carole E. Handler and Timothy J. Toohey - Since its enactment, the anti-SLAPP statute (Co...
Judge Refuses to Find Defender in Contempt
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside judge refused Tuesday to hold Public Defender Gary Windom in contempt for allegedly using privileged a...
Cop's Lawyer Grills Witness In Riders Trial
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Attorney Michael Rains wasn't treating his star witness very well in Oakland Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesda...
No Charges Against DUI Dean
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Edward J. "Fast Eddy" Kuwatch, the Willits authority on drunken driving defense, has been vindicated ...
Judges Have Added Power Under Class-Action Rules
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The federal judiciary's policymaking body Tuesday unanimously approved new class action rules that give judges mo...
Finding Cure for Bias in Medicine
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Alan Jenkins - In an era of managed care and spiraling costs, most of us have come to expect a little less ...
Special Sauce Indeed
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - What promises to be a huge consumer and environmental health fight - a legal hot potato, if you will - has lan...
Russo Grades His Performance
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Attorney John Russo's first Community Report Card for the city's legal department is a pamphlet that summarizes the ...
Parties Should Take Care When Incorporating Arbitral Body Rules
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Allison S.Y. Chang - Arbitration clauses in transborder agreements often cause unintended headaches to the p...
Man Accused of Oscar Heist Gets $50,000
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $50,000 to a La Puente loading dock worker, who claims he was wrongly ...
Ex-Con Writers Face Off in Ripley's Believe It or Not! of Civil Actions
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - An ex-convict has sued another ex-convict over a movie script. Robert Dellinger, who did a short stre...
Shirking Duty
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Sean Carter - As Americans, we often pay lip service to lofty ideals, such as truth, justice and finding a p...
Court Grants New Murder Trial, Cites Error
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Juror No. 5 didn't think the murder defendant was guilty. After reviewing the evidence and talking with his fell...
Transgender Student Settles With School
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A transgender woman starts cosmetology classes today after settling a lawsuit against a Los Angeles beauty colle...
Don't Lose Your Head When Reporters Call
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Richard S. Levick and Larry Smith - Columnist George Will said in a 1981 interview that "being a lifelong Ch...
Circuit Rejects Edison Rate Deal With PUC
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a major victory for consumers, a federal appeals court Monday rejected as potentially illegal the $3.3 bill...
Judge Lets Fate Take Its Course
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge-elect Robert A. Dukes says he lives with a "serendipity philosophy of...
Panel Finds No Objection To Governor's Parole Policy
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' steadfast refusal to grant parole to murderers survived an appellate challenge Monday, giving...
Budget Shortfall Might Shutter Court Lockups
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Officials with the Los Angeles County Superior Court and the Sheriff's Department hope to have some answers Thur...
Courts Should Not Ignore Campaign Finance Realities
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Luke McLoughlin - The famous quotation by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The life of the law has not been l...
Iraq Redux
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - President Bush has cited the possibility that Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction...
Raiders' Suit Against NFL Gets New Life
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - The Raiders football team has won a new trial in its five-and-a-half year fraud litigation against the National ...
New Bar President Has Major Agenda
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Brian C. Pearcy has some major changes up his sleeve for the Riverside County Bar Association. As new president of...
Don't Lose Your Head When Reporters Call
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Richard S. Levick and Larry Smith - Columnist George Will said in a 1981 interview that "being a lifelong Ch...
Courts Should Not Ignore Campaign Finance Realities
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Luke McLoughlin - The famous quotation by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The life of the law has not been l...
Iraq Redux
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - President Bush has cited the possibility that Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction...
Justices Don't Fear to Discuss Different Treatment of Sex Acts
By Columnist
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Gerald Z. Marer - You have to love those appellate justices in San Jose. No prudish, cloister...
Corporate Partner Leaves Brobeck, Picks Gray Cary
By Joel Rosenblatt
Michael Dunn says a lasting fissure between the litigation and transactional practices at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison led ...
Attorney Honors His Father With Loyola Building
By Christina Landers
Like any good son, attorney Thomas V. Girardi loves his 92-year-old father, Albert H. Girardi, very much. The two still work t...
Court Approves $175 Million Award Reversal Against Plant-Gene Maker
By Catherine Cavella
Encino attorneys Ellis J. Horvitz, David M. Axelrad, Jon E. Eisenberg and Andrea M. Gauthier of Horvitz & Levy, along with...