Lawmakers Question Abuse Theory
By Cheryl Romo
Parental alienation syndrome is a controversial psychological theory developed by Richard A. Gardner, a professor of child ps...
Larry Flynt Bets the House on the Dividends of Deadly Sin
By Garry Abrams
After decades of profiting from lust, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is poised to add greed to his repertoire of dead...
Dead Reckoning -- Commercial Value of Deceased Celebrities' Images
By Columnist
By John M. Genga Since 1971, California courts have recognized that a celebrity may exploit to the exclusion of others the va...
Negotiating a Pollution Solution -- Washington Should Become Equal Partner With States on Air Quality
By Columnist
By Indur M. Goklany Here in the United States, the air is generally cleaner today than it has been in many decades. Conventio...
A Firm Grip
By Stacy Cohen
By Stacy L. Cohen Raising venture capital, having a Hollywood power breakfast at Beverly Hills' Peninsula Hotel, and meeting w...
Rap Artists Gets Felony Probation
By Michael Harris
Rap Artist Gets Felony Probation Rap artist Russell Jones pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court in what is ...
Rising Stock Lifts Merger's Value into the Stratosphere
By Emma Varesio
At first, Larry Weeks didn't think a recent merger of two online companies would turn out to be the most valuable transaction ...
Precise Words
By Columnist
Precise Words A secured lender must amend its financing statement if its debtor changes its name, or the lender will lose its ...
News: Defense Lawyer to Revitalize Committee -- Civil Rights Firm Grows By Two -- Polsky Selected....
By From Staff Reports
DEFENSE LAWYER TO REVITALIZE COMMITTEE The Defense Research Institute, headquartered in Chicago, has appointed Karen Anderson ...
Serving Up Legal Advice, With Relish
By Emma Varesio
Lawyer Gives The Wurst Kind of Advice Kim Pearman prefers to dish out legal advice with a little chili. Or cheese. Or even mus...
A Healthy Outlook
By Tamara Scott
By Tamara Scott Nancy Cohen was furiously preparing to defend Atlantic Richfield Company in a six-month trial in October 1997 ...
Deals: Two Online Companies E-merge as One -- Jeeves Makes a Merger With Net Effect -- Companies Make a Powerful....
By Katherine Gaidos And Emma Varesio
Riordan & McKinzie TWO ONLINE COMPANIES E-MERGE AS ONE San Francisco-based Digital Island Inc. has agreed to merge with Sa...
Where Is Outrage About Exploitation of Undocumented?
By Columnist
By Bruce Raynor We hear endless stories about our wonderful economy - budget surpluses, a soaring stock market, record low un...
Clearing the Air About Those JFK Cigars
By Leslie Gordon
Looking for that perfect novel for your holiday vacation? Consider one featuring a lovesick expatriate Cuban, an unscrupulous ...
Transcripts on Recusal Hearing to Be Unsealed
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - The Superior Court judge who ordered a closed hearing Oct. 6 on the question of possible recusal of the entire Sa...
Attorney Jailed for Stealing Disabled Client's Money
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A lawyer who pleaded guilty to writing bad checks to a disabled client after he misappropriated accident settleme...
Lawyers Charged in Kickback Scheme
By Lauren Bartlett
Lawyers Charged In Kickback Scheme Three personal injury attorneys, six chiropractors and one law office administrator are ex...
Riverside Judge Abruptly Tells Of Retirement
By Daniel Jennings
RIVERSIDE - Superior Court Judge William H. Sullivan, 70, whose name has figured prominently in a scandal involving court-app...
Actor Denies Live-In 'Pal'
By Denise Levin
In testimony sprinkled with humorous anecdotes, a raspy-voiced Jack Klugman told a jury Friday he never lived with nor discus...
Judge Won't Block Anti-El Toro Airport Initiative
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge reluctantly ruled Friday to leave the fate of an airport planned for the forme...
Ventura Court Official Vince Ordonez Succumbs
By Liz Valsamis
Assistant Executive Officer of the Ventura Superior Court Vince Ordez Jr. died Thursday in his Oxnard home after a long battl...
9th Circuit 'Smokes' Ban on Storefront Tobacco Posters
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Contradicting three other federal circuits, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that local...
Olson Trial Delayed at Defense Request
By Michael Harris
A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied three defense motions to dismiss the 1976 grand jury indictment of former reputed Symbio...
Framed Felon Wins Release From Probation
By Michael Harris
In yet more fallout from the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart Division corruption scandal, a judge Friday freed from all...
Genentech Settlement Could Spur More Suits
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Genentech Inc.'s $200 million settlement of a bitter patent infringement case involving human growth hormone ...
Woman Loses Support Appeal - Since Kids Are Now Pushing 50
By Anna Marie Stolley
It was not a case of better late than never. Rather, a 5th District Court of Appeal panel appeared downright annoyed that Rut...
Suffer the Children
By Cheryl Romo
PIONEER - In this place called the Sherwood Forest, it is eerily quiet. On this day, no birds sing, no dogs bark. Only a thic...
When Doves Cry
By Cheryl Romo
JACKSON - Bright red and white domestic-violence-awareness banners are hanging across the same downtown streets where 150 yea...
District Attorneys Using Information Protected by State
By Columnist
By Jeffrey A. Lowe In an attempt to go after deadbeat dads, the district attorney is using a recently enacted state statute t...
Bridging Sides
By Liz Valsamis
Bridging Sides Although this Los Angeles employment lawyer spends the majority of her time representing plaintiffs, some defe...