What Do You Think About School Vouchers?
By Columnist
The Daily Journal asks lawyers: What do you think about school vouchers? ...
Stung by 500 Bees, Woman Files Suit
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
SANTA ANA - A 77-year-old, disabled Orange County woman sued her assisted-living facility and a bee trapper Wednesday, allegin...
Boxer to Speak to Drug Court Grads
By Ed Kimble
Former world boxing champion Gernaro "Chicanito" Hernandez will speak at the Rio Hondo Courthouse's 15th Drug Court graduation...
Judge Lifts Gag Order in Hate Case
By Anne La Jeunesse
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Wednesday lifted a gag order in the case of a Hermosa Beach woman who is the first person t...
Thierbach Elevated to PJ for Riverside County
By Tessa Jarrett
A former Riverside County prosecutor will take over as presiding judge of the county's courts in January. His peers elected Ri...
Insufficient Proof
By Columnist
The court held that factors such as long duration of service, promotions and salary increases alone cannot create an implied c...
Council Alters Criteria for Investigator Position
By Chris Ford
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday altered the special investigator's position in the inspector general's and controlle...
Nurse Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Charges
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - A nurse with the Juvenile Detention Center in Orange has been charged with engaging in sexual acts with a 17-year-...
DA Questions Record-Keeping Procedures
By Anne La Jeunesse
A Los Angeles police sergeant who worked in the Rampart Division gang-suppression unit when four officers now charged with cor...
Court Rules Mom Didn't Abuse Position of Trust With Daughter
By Daniel Evans
A mother is not in a "position of public or private trust" when she tells her daughter not to testify against the child's fath...
Ineffective or Insane?
By Peter Blumberg
It's a simple enough rule: You act as your own attorney, you take your chances. But if you lose, you can't come back and claim...
Chemerinsky Urges Reform Of L.A. Police
By Chris Ford
University of Southern California constitutional law professor Erwin Chemerinsky urged San Fernando Valley business leaders We...
Local Jurists Host Show-and-Tell
By Ed Kimble
If Judge Michael Mink wanted the audience at Tuesday's Meet Your Judges program to know only one thing, it was that Judge Judy...
Proposal Will Make Sealing Of Court Files More Difficult
By Donna Domino
A state Judicial Council proposal that sets standards for sealing court records has generated a flood of response from the leg...
Scholarship Honors A Journey Cut Short
By Jill Boekenoogen
Felix Valdez was 40 when he decided to go to law school. His goal was simple: He wanted to help people. After graduation, he t...
Legal Oracle Speaks on Cabalistic Fine Print in Car Insurance Policies
By Garry Abrams
Over the last couple of weeks, Santa Monica attorney Jerome L. Ringler has been receiving pilgrims like a holy man on a mounta...
State Justices to Review Record Damage Verdict
By Peter Blumberg
A recent appellate ruling that threw out a record damage award against agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. over a crop-gene licens...
Judge Upholds Parts of Political Reform Act
By Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - A federal judge Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of portions of the state's Political Reform Act and dismisse...
A Lack of Privacy
By Columnist
Why should we have laws protecting financial and credit records when this information is made public in a divorce? ...
Negotiations Topic Of Valley Meeting
By Staff Reports
Darrel Forgey, president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Gutman are among ...
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
By Sherri Salzman
Marc Rotenberg, head of the influential high-tech lobby group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), is this year's rec...
Critical Differences
By Columnist
It is important not to overlook the lasting impact the next president will have on the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
Study Reveals Judges Examine Expert Testimony Thoroughly
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - A study released this week by the Federal Judicial Center reveals that federal judges are more likely to exclude ...
Amnesty International Starts E-Campaign to Stop Torture
By Columnist
"The market took a beating today." The odds are that, if this were the headline on the evening news, it would get your prompt ...
Set in Stone
By Columnist
Attorney fees are not guaranteed to the prevailing party in arbitrations of contract disputes containing an attorney-fee provi...
Justices Blindside Waxman on Disability Issue
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Arguing before the Supreme Court these days brings to mind the old Jimmy Buffett song: "Fins to the right, fins t...
DA's Endorsement Raises Concern
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
SANTA ANA - Critics say Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas "stepped over the line" in a letter sent to voters end...
Judge Orders Anti-Fur Activist to Stand Trial
By Anne La Jeunesse
An Illinois man who pleaded guilty last month to felony vandalism and a misdemeanor charge of wearing a mask while committing ...
Art Lawyers Plan Music Biz Seminar
By Staff Reports
California Lawyers for the Arts will host a 2000 Music Business Seminar at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles from 10 a.m. to 5:...
Santa Ana Teen Becomes Foster Care Success Story
By Cheryl Romo
While most kids say they would like to forget they were ever in foster care, there are notable exceptions - and those exceptio...