Both Sides See Win in Police-Shooting Verdict
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - Charles Beatty's civil rights lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles seemed like a slam-dunk. After all, the Lo...
Media Companies Seek High- Tech Weapons to Fight Pirates
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Harrison J. Dossick - According to published reports, Bruce Springsteen's recent release, "The Rising," was ...
Ballot-Box Planning
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Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - One of the major land use issues of the day relates to how to maintain quality of life w...
If Form is Ambiguous, Wrong Answer Can't be Punished
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury's guilty verdict last year cost Sacramento civil litigator James M. Culliton his bar card and h...
PG&E Creditors Switch Allegiance to PUC
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The powerful committee representing unsecured creditors in the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. bankruptcy threw...
City Is Blocked From Paying for Treasurer's Defense
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A judge ordered the city of South Gate Thursday to temporarily stop the financing of its city treasurer's crimin...
Court Will Look at Fairness of Distributing Teachers by Race
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has asked the state high court to decide whether a policy meant to ensure racial balance...
Job-Hunt Wisdom Comes Down to Fundamentals
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Empolyment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - In a tight legal market, as always, it pays to remember the job search basics. ...
High Expectations
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Cassandra C. Shivers - Thousands of law school graduates who recently passed the Bar Exam now face the next ...
Woman Can Appeal Verdict, Clear Name
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A woman who was convicted of cocaine possession, but had her conviction set aside because she completed a drug t...
College Savings Plan Eases Financial Burden
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Dicta Column - By Ross Gerber - Few things can be accurately predicted 10 or 20 years into the future. But one that can be is ...
Firms Snatch Up Attorneys From Lyon & Lyon
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - O'Melveny & Myers, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood are among the firms recru...
Terrorism Prevention Must Include Trust, Engagement
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Forum Column - By Saul B. Wilen - America has the ability to win the global war on terrorism, but, at the same time, America h...
Supreme Court Restricts Use Of Stun Belts During Trials
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court stopped short Thursday of banning electric stun belts in criminal trials but caut...
High Expectations
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Dicta Column - By Cassandra C. Shivers - Thousands of law school graduates who recently passed the Bar Exam now face the next ...
College Savings Plan Eases Financial Burden
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Dicta Column - By Ross Gerber - Few things can be accurately predicted 10 or 20 years into the future. But one that can be is ...
Job-Hunt Wisdom Comes Down to Fundamentals
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Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - In a tight legal market, as always, it pays to remember the job search basics
Winnie the Pooh Lawsuit Takes Cloning Page From Austin Powers
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Has Austin Powers' nemesis Dr. Evil been performing cloning experiments on Winnie the Pooh? That's th...
Should 'Pledge' Be Recited in Schools?
By Staff Writer
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - Should the Pledge Be Recited in Schools? "The pledge should stay intact without chang...
If a Stolen Library Book Is On Ethics, Is It Any Bettter?
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Any librarian will tell you that books about witchcraft, the occult and numerology tend to disappear mysteriou...
Budget Woes Kill Bill to Create Judgeships
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - California's financial crunch has derailed a bill that would have allowed the judiciary to convert 10 court commi...
Rule Against Hearsay Can Place Children in Jeopardy
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Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - As every lawyer knows, the rule against hearsay evidence is intended to prevent the trier ...
Two Lawyers Settle Suit Over Suits
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Local Francisco litigator Fred Furth has settled claims that he stole several lucrative lawsuits from a Color...
Is Verdict Vulnerable to Appeal?
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - With the conviction of David A. Westerfield in the death of Danielle van Dam, defense lawyers searching for ammuni...
Type of Use Determines Whether Use of Web Content Will Be Infringing
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Focus Column - By Michael A. Shimokaji - The time that businesses spend accessing the Internet for information continues to in...
Bush Will Nominate Judge, Mediator, Sources Say
By Joan Osterwalder
LOS ANGELES - The White House reportedly has selected two Orange County attorneys to nominate to the federal bench in Los Ange...
Court Says No To Forcing of Energy Deals
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a blow to proponents of alternative energy, a state appellate court has ruled that state regulators no longer...
Gender Violence Bill Is Passed
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A measure that would allow victims of gender-based violence to sue their attackers for damages in civil rights ac...
In Search of Our Past
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Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - History, the cliché tells us, is a continuum. The seeds of World War II were sown at V...
Grant of Review in 'Sav-On' Leaves Employers Uncertain
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Focus Column - By Sonya Sud - California recently has experienced an onslaught of wage-and-hour class actions aimed at recove...