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...
Archdiocese Asks Court to Seal Depositions
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Six days after Cardinal Roger Mahony's sworn statements prompted calls for perjury charges against the prelate, ...
Mack 'the Alleged' Knife Is Due Back in Town for B.I.G.-Suit Testimony
By Garry Abrams
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
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...
Panel Prefers Jurors' Take On Real Life To Judges'
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors often assay courtroom truth-telling better than judges do because jurors have broader life experience,...
Formality Rules in Jurist's Court
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
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
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
By Joseph Pimentel
INDUSTRIAL NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Meridith Childers purchased a 4,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 10707-09 Burbank ...
Jury Convicts Attorney in Credit-Card Scheme
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles took just 21/2 hours Tuesday to convict local attorney Christian Ehlers of 21 cri...
New Procedures Will Aid Accurate Eyewitness Identification
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Forum Column - By Lisa Bruiniers, Craig Ching, Mark Goossens and Dan Taylor - Eyewitness identification procedures -photo spre...
Test Scores Should Not Determine Destiny for Any Students
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Forum Column - By Cheryl I. Harris - As we come to the close of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education , there is...
New Law on Filing Deadlines Results in Ambiguities
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Focus Column - Litigation - By Kevin Norte - AB3078, approved by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on July 15, 2004, amends, in part,...
Panel OKs Wobbler Sentence Enhancement
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
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court affirmed Tuesday a district court ruling that the maker of the popular BlackBerry han...
Lawyer Will Plead Guilty to Tax Charges for Money From Trusts
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena trusts and tax attorney who worked for some of the Southland's most prominent families has agreed to...
Court Revives Asbestos Suit, Debunking Discovery Myth
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - An asbestos case that fell prey to a civil discovery "urban legend" should be revived, the 1st District Court...
Garment Suit Settles
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Garment workers ended a lawsuit and a three-year boycott of Forever 21 Inc. Tuesday with an out-of-court settle...
Panel Will Mull Whether Disabled Foster Child Can Sue
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court will hear arguments today over whether a disabled foster child can sue the Los Angeles Count...
George Cites Progress in 'Dysfunctional' Capital Appeals
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - If and when the death verdict against Scott Peterson becomes final, he will have to contend with a capital ap...