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SAN FRANCISCO - It's OK that a prosecutor kicked three American Indians off a Humboldt County jury panel in a murder-for-hire...


LOS ANGELES - The plight of telemarketers generally ranks near the bottom of most people's agendas. A legal battle on behalf ...



Memorial

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - Merco Properties purchased a three-building complex totaling 33,000 square feet of space at 616-640 ...



Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - "California's child support statutes are a legal world unto themselves." This statement, f...


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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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

Dec. 17, 2004
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...


Forum Column - By Pattrick Mattimore - Assume for a moment that a person came to you with information about the identity of an...



Archdiocese Asks Court to Seal Depositions

Dec. 17, 2004
By David Houston

LOS ANGELES - Six days after Cardinal Roger Mahony's sworn statements prompted calls for perjury charges against the prelate, ...


Column - By Garry Abrams - Anyone who becomes nostalgic over conspiracy theories and murder will get all choked up over this o...



Wife Wins Case On Contracting Genital Warts

Dec. 17, 2004
By Blair Clarkson

LOS ANGELES - In the shadow of a recent state Supreme Court decision to review a landmark HIV transmission case, a Glendale ju...


SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors often assay courtroom truth-telling better than judges do because jurors have broader life experience,...



Formality Rules in Jurist's Court

Dec. 17, 2004
By John Ryan

SANTA ANA - Most defense attorneys say that U.S. District Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler is on the conservative side of the law a...


Retroactive 64

Dec. 17, 2004
By Dan Evans

LOS ANGELES - A judge threw out a lawsuit filed against AT&T under the state's Unfair Competition Act, saying a 2004 voter...



Google Prevails on Keyword Advertising

Dec. 17, 2004
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that an auto insurance company failed to prove that search engine Google Inc. infr...


Daily Deals -- Transactions for Dec. 15

Dec. 16, 2004
By Joseph Pimentel

INDUSTRIAL NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Meridith Childers purchased a 4,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 10707-09 Burbank ...



LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles took just 21/2 hours Tuesday to convict local attorney Christian Ehlers of 21 cri...


Forum Column - By Lisa Bruiniers, Craig Ching, Mark Goossens and Dan Taylor - Eyewitness identification procedures -photo spre...



Forum Column - By Cheryl I. Harris - As we come to the close of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education , there is...


Focus Column - Litigation - By Kevin Norte - AB3078, approved by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on July 15, 2004, amends, in part,...



Panel OKs Wobbler Sentence Enhancement

Dec. 16, 2004
By Claude Walbert

Proposition 21, the measure passed by voters to toughen sentences, is tough, all right. The measure can add years to a senten...


Panel Says BlackBerry Infringed Patents

Dec. 16, 2004
By Erik Cummins

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court affirmed Tuesday a district court ruling that the maker of the popular BlackBerry han...