Chairman Takes Back Comments on ABA's Role in Judicial Screenings
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - It was only a few weeks ago that Roscoe Trimmier Jr., the man in charge of the American Bar Association's vetting...
Accounting Basics
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Myer J. Sankary - As chairman of the executive committee of the solo and small-firm section of the State Bar...
Group Can Try Again To Win SLAPP Fees
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court has sent Venice tenants back to court to try to collect attorney fees from their landlord und...
Negotiator Helped Bring Olympics to L.A.
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - John C. Argue, founding partner of Argue Pearson Harbison & Myers and a key player in bringing the Olympic g...
Judge Won't Sequester Westerfield Jury
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The judge in the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and murdering his 7-year-old neighbor said Thursday that the...
Guilty Verdict in Media Vision Fraud Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury Thursday convicted Steven Allan, a former top executive at Media Vision Technologies Inc., on f...
What Went Wrong?
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Boris Feldman would appear to be a natural candidate for an appointment to the federal judiciary. A highly reg...
Politicizing Judicial System
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Although many disagree about the First Amendment, no one denies that political speech is...
Interpreters in Court Want More Equitable Workplace
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Forum Column - By Mary Lou Aranguren - Moving steadily ahead, SB371, the court interpreters' collective-bargaining rights bill...
Acounting Basics
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Dicta Column - By Myer J. Sankary - As chairman of the executive committee of the solo and small-firm section of the State Bar...
Court Rejects Case Alleging An Evasion Of 'Miranda'
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of a defendant who claimed police ...
Use Planning to Terminate Downsizing Troubles
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Employment Column - By Daniel Weisberg and Mark A. Romeo - The bubble-burst in the technology market and the resultant downtur...
Appointments In Mendocino And Sonoma
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis appointed two veteran civil trial lawyers to the Mendocino and Sonoma County superior courts T...
Senator Pulls Rights Bill for Recording Artists
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Because of a stalemate between recording artists and the Recording Industry Association of America, State Sen. K...
Phlebotomist Is Sent to County Jail
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A former Palo Alto medical technician who re-used syringes while drawing blood was sentenced Thursday to a year in ...
Fee Provision in a Statute Will Trump Provision in a Contract
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Focus Column - By Mitchell Chyette - Often the most important question in litigation is, "Who is going to pay the attorney fee...
Dissident CJP Member Criticizes Expulsion
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The recent ouster of a judge for fixing traffic tickets was "excessively harsh," said the only member of the s...
Bill on Inmates' DNA Advances
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A measure that would allow prison officials to use force to gather DNA samples from inmates cleared the Assembly ...
Use Planning to Terminate Downsizing Troubles
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Daniel Weisberg and Mark A. Romeo - The bubble-burst in the technology market and the resultant downtur...
Fee Provision in a Statute Will Trump Provision in a Contract
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Mitchell Chyette - Often the most important question in litigation is, "Who is going to pay the attorney fees?"
Good Days Illuminate Pleasures of Law
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Dicta Column - By John Kortum - As days go for a lawyer representing garbage companies, the other day was a very good day - bu...
Staff Layoffs Are Imminent, Wilson Sonsini Announces
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will lay off 100 staff members during the next two weeks, according to a ...
Anonymous Tip Wasn't Enough, Panel Says
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - In a ruling attorneys said could influence the war on terrorism, an appeal court has reversed the Los Angeles ma...
Lerach Minimizes Importance Of Certifications of Financials
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - An hour before chief executives at hundreds of major public companies were due to certify their financial stateme...
Calling the Shots
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Dicta Column - By The Rodent - Telephones, cell or otherwise, play an important part in the practice of law. They can also be ...
Insurer Has No Blanket Right to Privileged Information
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Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - One issue that frequently arises in disputes between insureds and their insurance carriers ...
Judge Allows Candidate to Quote From Endorsement
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Kevin McKenney on Wednesday overturned a decision by the county's registrar...
Budget Ultimatum Gets Review
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether state government must severely restrict its sp...
Bittersweet Verdict
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Eyes downcast, the jury filed in with its verdict in a high-visibility federal test of torture victims' abilit...
Hubris Destroys Judicial Careers
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Are judges, accustomed to sitting in judgment of others, loath to admit their own culpability when faced with ...