The Feisty One
By Eron Yehuda
In few counties would a man complain to the police because someone stole one of his pot plants. Northern California attorney J...
After the Verdict
By Columnist
Column by John F. Libby and Jonathan M. Eisenberg - The most potent post-trial motion in federal court is the motion for judgm...
Piping Up
By Eron Yehuda
Pacific Grove sole practitioner Stephanie Atigh always had a highly defined sense of right and wrong. About 40 years ago, she ...
Up in Smoke
By Eron Yehuda
Jeffrey S. Rodrigs now feels like such a fool for contacting the Capitola Police Department to report the theft of one of the ...
'Damn Lovefest'
By Eron Yehuda
An elderly woman claimed she hurt herself after tripping over a bench outside a church. But the attorney argued that the alleg...
Services for Richter Move to Saturday
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES -Memorial services for George Richter, name partner of Los Angeles' Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, have be...
Justice Stevens Meets the 9th
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN DIEGO - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday refused to chastise the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for ...
MoFo Client Settles Suit Over Patent
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster has settled a patent malpractice suit filed three years ago by a former client. Labora...
Resting on Dollars
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Attorneys give considerable attention to accumulating money for retirement. But once attorney...
Firm Ignored Advice, Blames Accountant
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The trustee for a bankrupt computer equipment leasing company is suing its former accountant, Deloitte & Touche...
Court Strikes Instruction to Report Jurors' Contrariety
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A standard jury instruction that requires jurors to report each other's refusal to deliberate or obey the law was...
Child Advocates Push for Federal Oversight
By Cheryl Romo
LOS ANGELES - Child advocates filed a federal civil rights action against Los Angeles County and the state of California Thurs...
Jurists OK County's Social-Services Contracting
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - San Diego County's practice of paying private contractors to provide two-thirds of its welfare-to-work social se...
Decisive Victory for Medical Marijuana
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court handed proponents of the state's landmark medical marijuana initiative a major vi...
Independent Movie Maker Wins $30 Million
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles arbitrator has ordered movie company Village Roadshow Pictures Inc. to pay $30.5 million to two in...
Magazine's Chair, 46, Loved Helping Authors
By Claude Walbert
LOS ANGELES - Abilio Tavares Jr., a business and civil litigator who was a member of the intellectual property and entertainme...
U.S. Government Needs to Keep Out of God Business
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Edward Tabash - Those of us who do not believe in God are the most unjustly despised minority in the country...
A Bit of Nader Campaign Fallout Laid to Rest
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco environmental group earlier this month issued a formal apology of sorts to a Washington lawyer...
Grand Jury's Speed Alarms Some
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - The dizzying speed with which prosecutors obtained an indictment against two Inglewood police officers accused i...
Ryan Appointed On Interim Basis
By Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - Confident of his confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Attorney General John Ashcroft has appointed Judge Kevin V. Ryan...
Stevens Supports 9th Circuit for Its Successes
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN DIEGO - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday refused to chastise the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for ...
Dogmatic, Deadly Airedale Loses in Court
By Columnist
Dicta Column - Court Jester - In Roos v. Loeser, 41 Cal.App. 782 (1919), Judge Frank H. Kerrigan found the following fo...
Mouthing Off
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Tom Clarke - Every company might puff a bit when it comes to describing its products or services. It may eve...
Panel Makes Exception to Don't-Tell Rule
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - Jurors can be told that a defendant has liability insurance, if the policy is an integral part of the case, a st...
'Tahoe-Sierra' Will Encourage Use of State's Moratorium Law
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. - The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council Inc....
Juror Removal Annuls Conviction
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court reversed a murder conviction Thursday, saying San Francisco Superior Court Judge Kevin...
Detailed Process Lets Firms Fulfill Obligation to Workers
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Mark A. Romeo and Barbara J. Miller - Over the past decade, federal courts have limited severely the sc...
Dogmatic, Deadly Airedale Loses in Court
By Columnist
Dicta Column - Court Jester - In Roos v. Loeser, 41 Cal.App. 782 (1919), Judge Frank H. Kerrigan found the following fo...
Resting on Dollars
By Columnist
Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Attorneys give considerable attention to accumulating money for retirement. But once attorney...
Detailed Process Lets Firms Fulfill Obligation to Workers
By Columnist
Employment Column - By Mark A. Romeo and Barbara J. Miller - Over the past decade, federal courts have limited severely the sc...