Avila 'Was Not a Monster'
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - Alejandro Avila's defense attorney in an earlier molestation case spoke out Thursday about his former client, sayi...
White House Gives the Nod To Nominee From Orrick
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Jeffrey White, a litigation partner at Orrick Harrington & Sutcliffe, cleared another hurdle to an appoint...
Records Fabrications Can Come Back to Haunt You
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Employment Column - By Martha Fay Africa - The president of the U.S. Olympic Committee resigned recently because of discrepanc...
Criminal Defense Attorney Faces Drug Charges
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside-based criminal defense attorney who has represented a host of defendants accused of drug-related crime...
Eyewear Seller Attacks One-Stop-Shopping Ban
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Pearle Vision, one of the country's largest retail sellers of eyeglasses, is challenging the constitutionality o...
Quidachay Announces S.F. Judicial Assignments
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Longtime prosecutor Susan Breall will return to San Francisco's Hall of Justice as a judge under new judicial ...
Jury Says Disney Owes Agency $14.9 Million in Commissions
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. owes nearly $15 million in additional commissions for the hit television show "Home Improvem...
Key Piece
By Columnist
Column by David D. Perez - For those attorneys and clients who agree to participate in the arbitration process to settle a dis...
Blocking Medi-Pot Defense
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Forum Column - By Timothy Lynch - A fascinating trial is under way in Sacramento, and the constitutional issues at stake are m...
High Anxiety
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Kevin B. Zeese - In every election year during the 1980s, the U.S. government enacted new anti-drug laws. In...
Court Expands Reach of Right of Publicity in 'Winter' Case
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Focus Column - By John M. Genga - The California courts continue to expand the reach of the right of publicity. Last month, th...
State Lawmakers Panel Calls Citizen Initiatives Outmoded
By Charles Asbhy
DENVER - The 24 states in the nation that allow citizen initiatives should take steps to limit their use or, at the very least...
Presiding Judge Vows to Focus on Gay-Bias Rules
By Ed Kimble
LOS ANGELES - The presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, James A. Bascue, said Thursday that he will address conce...
Quid Pro Quo in Alameda
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County's judges have backed away from a system that reserves plum assignments for senior judges, react...
Prosecutors Can Appeal 'Wobbler' Rulings by Judges
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - Prosecutors may appeal sentencing decisions by judges that reduce "wobbler" offenses from felonies to misdemeanor...
Rules of Engagement
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Dicta Column - By Kevin Midlam - Although the skills and strategies needed and utilized in litigation are similar to those req...
Bailiff? Tell That Process Server to Leave
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers suing the state Judicial Council over its tough new arbitration rules sent process servers around the ...
All Rehabilitated Inmates Should Get Early Release
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Forum Column - By Pablo Agrio - With California's red ink grown to $17.5 billion, legislative analyst Elizabeth Hill recently ...
Firm Co-Founder Is Remembered for Honesty
By Sandra Corrales
LOS ANGELES - Eldon V. McPharlin, the co-founder of a Los Angeles surety and construction law firm and avid golfer, has died. ...
Paying Price For Freedom
By Eron Yehuda
Mojave Cross Must Come Down, Judge Orders
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - The cross must come down. A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the Mojave Desert Cross, a 5-foot-tall whit...
Expert Disputes Defense on Date of Girl's Death
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The body of Danielle van Dam could have been dumped in eastern San Diego County almost as soon as her parents disc...
Records Fabrications Can Come Back to Haunt You
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Martha Fay Africa - The president of the U.S. Olympic Committee resigned recently because of discrepanc...
Rules of Engagement
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Kevin Midlam - Although the skills and strategies needed and utilized in litigation are similar to those req...
Jury Says Disney Owes Agency $14.9 Million in Commissions
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. owes nearly $15 million in additional commissions for the hit television show "Home Improvem...
State Lawmakers Panel Calls Citizen Initiatives Outmoded
By Charles Asbhy
DENVER - The 24 states in the nation that allow citizen initiatives should take steps to limit their use or, at the very least...
Court Expands Reach of Right of Publicity in 'Winter' Case
By Columnist
Focus Column - By John M. Genga - The California courts continue to expand the reach of the right of publicity. Last month, th...
Judge Tosses Claim Against 'Barbie' Song
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRACISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out Mattel Inc.'s trademark claim against the song "Barbie Girl," a ...
Legislators Improve Their Self-Governing
By Charles Asbhy
DENVER - State lawmakers nationwide are policing themselves more than they ever have, a National Conference of State Legislatu...
Profit Calculations
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Dicta Column - By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto - The average profitability for a law firm should be around 33 percent. After all...