Circuit Limits Discretion by Judge to Seal Court Papers
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Wednesday limited a trial judge's ability to seal dozens of records that allegedly con...
Workers' Comp Insurer Fends Off Class Action
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A state-run workers' compensation insurer has fought off a $2 billion class action brought by California employe...
Arter Partners Discuss Options After Talks Fail
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - Just 10 days after the failure of merger discussions with an unnamed law firm, Cleveland's Arter & Hadden ca...
Boxers Bristle as Legal Hornets Float Like Butterflies, Sting Like Bees
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - There's going to be a globally watched heavyweight championship boxing match at Staples Center Saturd...
Jello Biafra Loses Bid to Deny Royalties to Former Mates
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The rebellious racket recorded on such albums as "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" belongs to the punks who...
Feeding Hunger for Law, Food, Art
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Gene and Ann Andres' cafe should have failed. The downtown strip of Main Street the couple bought wasn't exactly p...
High Court Offers Compromise on Scouts
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Judges who belong to controversial groups such as the Boy Scouts should disclose their membership if it might ...
Reflecting County, 'Private Guy' Thrives on Bench
By Tyler Cunningham
REDDING - It's not every day that a litigant reports to court wearing buckskin and moccasins, answering to charges of illegal ...
Alcohol Problem
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Ralph Barat Saltsman, Stephen Warren Solomon and Stephen Allen Jamieson - The French determine rules for win...
Perchlorate Becomes Hot New Substance for Toxic Tort Cases
By Columnist
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Scott P. DeVries and Elaine M. O'Neil - Substantial hoopla has arisen about perchlorate,...
9th Circuit Hands Victory to Railroad in Cleanup Dispute
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators had no authority to require a railroad to maintain track safety at the scene of one of ...
Attorney Apologizes for Saying Officers Lied
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the city of Glendale apologized Monday for accusing female police officers of lying on the stand to...
Two-Year Contract OK'd for City Lawyers
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The Board of Supervisors approved a new two-year contract Tuesday for the city and county's public-sector lawy...
Budget Cuts In East Bay Have Fallout
By Karen Coleman
OAKLAND - Budget cuts proposed for the coming year could close the courthouse in Alameda, eliminate the district attorney's co...
Paternity, Other Bills Move Ahead
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee, faced with two bills that would make it easier for men to escape child support ...
Court Boots Child-Porn Evidence
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Tuesday threw out the majority of the evidence in the government's child-pornography possession ...
Judge Denies E*Trade Injunction
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A Cupertino software company will have to be satisfied with a $1.29 million jury verdict for trade secret misapprop...
High Court Reduces Caseload, Expert Says
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A constitutional law expert said Tuesday that in the October 2002 term of the U.S. Supreme Court the nine justice...
New Judge For Church Cases
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Tuesday assigned Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marvin Lager to preside over...
Fatal End to Rendezvous Lands Lawyer in Court
By Matthew Heller
SANTA BARBARA - The blonde in Room 309 did not wake up after a night of drug-fueled partying at a Montecito hotel with her law...
Priest-Abuse Victim Passes Bar, Becomes New Lawyer
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES -The judge looked at the lawyer candidate and said, "You have a distinct background. You are in a unique position ...
Tenderloin Clinic Wins Suit Over Attorney Fees
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The Tenderloin Housing Clinic is not licensed to practice law, but a judge has refused to force it to refund f...
Council May Ban All Lap Dances
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Courtney Love's stint on the poles at Jumbo's Clown Room in Hollywood notwithstanding, Los Angeles has never bee...
Railroad Wins Ruling in Dunsmuir Disaster
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators had no authority to require a railroad to maintain track safety at the scene of one of t...
Judge Dumps Painting Case for Jurisdiction
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided Monday that the court has no jurisdiction over a legal dispute over ...
Conflicting Duties Can Emerge During Prosecution of a Patent
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Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Eileen Lehmann - Prosecuting a patent application claiming an invention may create a...
Under Interrogation
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Forum Column - By Katherine Darmer - Those who have followed the U.S. Supreme Court's recent confessions cases easily should h...
Judge Sets Trial Date In Controversial Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A judge on Monday set a July 1 trial date for a case in which a San Bernardino County sheriff's investigator drew ...
Budget Woes Force County to Close Courts
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - In a move to stave off the effects of the state budget crisis, Riverside court officials are closing three court l...
Court Reviews Nuclear-Waste Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday decided to enter a bitter dispute among several Southeastern states over a plan to st...