Yahoo Lawyer Returns to Firm
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Jim Wu has rejoined the local office of Preston, Gates & Ellis after nearly four years with the online por...
House Committee Meets on 9th Circuit Breakup
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee met Tuesday to consider legislation to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...
Fair Shake?
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Dan Lawton - The paid purveyors of arbitration (like industry heavyweights JAMS and the American Arbitration...
Local Carriers Charge Regional Bells With Antitrust Violations
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Matthew L. Cantor - A significant battle is currently taking place in the courts over a signature telecommun...
Abuser's Ongoing Access Defined
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The crime of continuous sexual abuse doesn't require the perpetrator to hold a position of authority over the ...
Expert Testifies About Fly Larvae in Girl's Body
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A forensic entomologist testified Monday that the body of Danielle van Dam was first exposed to flies between Feb....
Downtown Redevelopment Plans Exacerbate Problems
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Forum Column - By Gary Phillips - Redevelopment isn't supposed to increase blight, is it? Recently in the city of Los Angeles,...
Psychotic Medication Issue Turns Moot
By Craiq Anderson
REDWOOD CITY - A murder suspect who had been the subject of a legal fight over whether a mentally competent defendant could be...
Notorious B.I.G.'s Wrongful Death Suit Could Be on Road to Nowhere
By Garry Abrams
Colum Garry Abrams - It's back to the drawing board in the federal wrongful death suit brought by the estate of New York rap m...
N.Y. Exchange Challenges State's Rules For Arbitrators
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Two stock market groups that arbitrate investor disputes filed suit in federal court Monday against the state ...
Transcripts Are Crux of Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A former deputy public defender is asking a judge to hold her ex-boss - Riverside County Public Defender Gary Wind...
Survey Ranks West Coast Firms No. 1 in Profits
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - You've got to spend money to make money, and West Coast law firms know this better than any other in the country...
Levity Rules
By Linda Rapattoni
VALLEJO - On first impression, Judge Paul Beeman appears to be a slacker. Asked why he majored in political science as an unde...
$88 Million Fee Award 'In Outer Space
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A state appeal court ruled Monday that five law firms that successfully challenged a $300 smog fee charged to out...
Judge's Action in '20th Hijacker' Case Isn't Unusual, Experts Say
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - When a federal judge last week put off accepting a guilty plea from Sept. 11 conspiracy suspect Zacarias Moussao...
Sonoma Criminal Bench Is Called a 'Spirited Job'
By Erik Cummins
SANTA ROSA - Every morning before Judge Elaine Watters calls her calendar, her bailiff, Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Everett...
DUI Defendants Object to Paying
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Drunk drivers shouldn't foot the bill for their own arrests, claims a federal lawsuit that asks several small ...
Don't Torment Expert, Ask Hypotheticals
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Counsel will customarily base direct examination of an expert on hundreds of pages of re...
PUC Plan Near Death as Montali Denies Fee Payment
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal bankruptcy judge sounded what may be the death knell for the state's alternative plan to lift Pacifi...
Judge-Speak
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Dicta Column - By Robert S. Thompson - Appellate specialists know that appellate courts employ their own brand of terminology....
Jury Wants Killer Of Officer Executed
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - Two years after a federal appeals court reversed his death sentence, a jury Monday recommended that Michael Anth...
Judge Gets Tough on Dioxin Level
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists Monday said a San Francisco Superior Court judge's rejection of looser limits on dioxin rele...
Young Professionals Have a Ball at Fund-Raiser
By Stefanie Knapp
LOS ANGELES - More than 2,500 young professionals in the entertainment, legal and finance industries showed up Saturday night ...
Companies Expanding Abroad Must Consider the Tax Issues
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Focus Column - By Joanne L. Siu - A U.S. company seeking to expand operations abroad must consider in structuring its operatio...
Watching Policy on Weight
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Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Margery Somers - Southwest Airlines recently announced that it will enforce a policy that...
DA Ponders Death Penalty for Accused Killer
By Jenna Bordelon
SANTA ANA - Senior members of the Orange County district attorney's office will decide within two weeks whether to seek the de...
Judge-Speak
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Dicta Column - By Robert S. Thompson - Appellate specialists know that appellate courts employ their own brand of terminology....
Don't Torment Expert, Ask Hypotheticals
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Counsel will customarily base direct examination of an expert on hundreds of pages of re...
Judge's Action in '20th Hijacker' Case Isn't Unusual, Experts Say
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - When a federal judge last week put off accepting a guilty plea from Sept. 11 conspiracy suspect Zacarias Moussao...
Watching Policy on Weight
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred and Margery Somers - Southwest Airlines recently announced that it will enforce a policy that ...