Judge Orders Justification of Pollution Settlement Plan
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A controversial five-refinery pollution deal between Chevron and the federal government won't be immediately ...
Top Aide to Seek DA Spot If Her Boss Doesn't Run
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Karyn Sinunu, the trusted assistant to Santa Clara County District Attorney George Kennedy, has decided to run for ...
Clifford Chance Settles Brobeck Claim
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Six months of wrangling over the fate of a lawsuit against Clifford Chance ended abruptly Friday, when the Lo...
Daily Deals -- Transactions for Dec. 17
By Joseph Pimentel
INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - Tokyu World Transportation Inc. signed a five-year, $1.5 million lease for 45,360 square feet of ind...
The New Guard
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The state Legislature's judiciary committees will have fresh leadership during the session that opens in January...
Misclassification Suits Can Have Devastating Effect on Firm's Future
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Column - Employment Law - By Lin M. Meyer - Since enactment of Bounty Hunter legislation permitting plaintiffs' lawyers to rec...
California Corporations Can Expand Cyberspace Presence
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Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Steve Mullins - California corporations, limited-liability companies and partnerships soon wi...
Upholding Medi-Pot Measure Would Undercut Civil Rights Laws
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Forum Column - By Timothy J. Dowling - What do marijuana, bald eagle feathers, domestic violence, guns near schools and homegr...
Legislature Must Reconsider Policy Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in Military
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Forum Column - By Nathaniel Frank - Two lawsuits were filed last week against the U.S. military. In one, eight soldiers are ch...
Gonzales Abandons Principles That Become Inconvenient
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Forum Column - By Kristian Williams - When he nominated Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft as attorney general, Preside...
Probate Bench Officer Loved World Travel
By Allison Schifani
LOS ANGELES - Services took place Thursday for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Ann E. Stodden. Stodden, who s...
L.A. Judge Looks North for Vacant Bench in Bay Area
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronni MacLaren, now sitting on assignment in San Francisco, has applied for ...
Court Watchers Rely on Cryptic Clues About Rehnquist
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist loves a good mystery - he even wrote one - and so maybe he's just teasing us. ...
Even-Tempered Judge Adopts a Deliberate Pace
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - When Arthur Bocanegra was running for Santa Clara County Superior Court judge two years ago, he touted his agreeab...
Panel Allows Prosecutor's Racial Bias in Jury Selection
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - It's OK that a prosecutor kicked three American Indians off a Humboldt County jury panel in a murder-for-hire...
Appeals Court Considers Plight Of Sellers of Paper Subscriptions
By Dan Evans
LOS ANGELES - The plight of telemarketers generally ranks near the bottom of most people's agendas. A legal battle on behalf ...
Memorial
By Don Ray
A memorial service for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alan G. Buckner will take place Jan. 9 in Bel Air. Buckner, who had se...
Judge Approves Settlement in Investment Scam
By Draeger Martinez
U.S. District Judge Margaret Morrow approved a $26.5 million settlement Wednesday for victims of investment guru Reed Slatkin,...
The Cold Facts
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Thirty-six years after a 14-year-old baby sitter's lifeless body was discovered propped against the couch in ...
Daily Deals -- Transactions for Dec. 16
By Joseph Pimentel
INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - Merco Properties purchased a three-building complex totaling 33,000 square feet of space at 616-640 ...
Courts Should Apply New Law, Ideas to Child-Support Cases
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Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - "California's child support statutes are a legal world unto themselves." This statement, f...
'Cooper' Limits, Complicates Actions for Recovery of Costs
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Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Albert M. Cohen - On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that radically alt...
Superior Court Hikes Certain Filing Fees
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court officials on Wednesday announced a $2 increase in certain court filing fees. The pric...
Court Remands Trademark Dispute
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A battle is brewing between the popular Mexican grocery conglomerate, Grupo Gigante that has long used its trade...
Odd Evidence Never Tires Or Bugs This Commissioner
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - "Your honor, we have the tire here. Do you want to look at it?" San Francisco Court Commissioner Geraldine D....
State Supreme Court Takes Free-Speech Cases
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court waded into a difference of appellate opinions Wednesday involving Johnnie Cochra...
ACLU Sues Customs Over Sweeps Records
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union has sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection over its failure to produce recor...
Litigator Was Loyal Alumnus of Loyola
By Kenneth Davis
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Frank J. Breslin, a longtime civil litigator and probate attorney. Breslin, who p...
L.A. County Settles Suit Over Jury Fees
By Ryan Oliver
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming that the state owes the cou...
Reporters Cannot Publish Federal Grand-Jury Proceedings
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Forum Column - By Pattrick Mattimore - Assume for a moment that a person came to you with information about the identity of an...