Elder Abuse Suit Brings $2.2M In A Record Payout
By Tamara Koehler
VENTURA - A San Diego attorney just two years out of law school has won one of the largest settlements since passage of an el...
Davis Outlaws Rulings That Foiled Justice
By From Staff Reports
From Staff Reports SACRAMENTO - A controversial period in California legal history came to an end Wednesday as Gov. Gray Davi...
Zebrowski Retirement Adds To Growing List of Vacancies
By Jean Guccione
Appellate Justice John Zebrowski of Los Angeles said Wednesday he plans to retire from the bench in early November. Zebrowski...
Gun Maker Can Be Sued For Deadly Assault
By Anna Marie Stolley
A manufacturer of semiautomatic assault weapons used to slay eight men and women in a San Francisco high-rise office building...
Life After Death
By Columnist
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Life After Death AB858 Was Killed, But Challenges to Mandatory Arbitration Remain Employer...
Judge Finds Strikes Sentence Nutty
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - After finishing up a prison term in 1996 for the last of four burglary convictions, Michael Robles seemed to be g...
Governance Is Stumbling Block To Coordination of L.A. Courts
By Denise Levin
Although the ultimate goal for Los Angeles County's courts is to make a decision on trial court unification, the Municipal an...
Writing Arbitration Clauses Demands Delicate Touch
By Stacy Cohen
Health-insurance forms, emergency contact cards and employee handbooks are not the only paperwork that new employees must sig...
L.A. Will Pay Firms 18% Of Gun Suit Recoveries
By Lauren Bartlett
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved contingency fee agreements with two law firms helping City Attor...
DA Makes 2nd Try at Merging Murder Trials
By Daniel Jennings
SAN BERNARDINO - A deputy district attorney wants a suspected gang leader who is already facing the death penalty for his par...
DA to Revive 'Roll-Out' for Shootings
By Michael Harris
At the urging of Los Angeles county supervisors concerned about the Los Angeles police department's Rampart Division corrupti...
Court Will Decide if Violence Against Women Is Federal Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Adding another federalism case to its docket, the Supreme Court will decide whether Congress exceeded its authori...
Kaiser's Dreaded Database
By Chris Ford
When the state Supreme Court struck down Kaiser Permanente's mandatory arbitration process in a ground-breaking decision in 19...
Vega Succeeded Against The Odds
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A pastel drawing hangs at eye level between the high windows overlooking San Diego Bay. It depicts a man so lost ...
Joe Shapiro, Former Disney Executive, Dies at 52
By Katherine Gaidos
Joe Shapiro, former executive vice president and counsel for the Walt Disney Co., died Thursday following a recent recurrence...
Electronic Filing Legislation Wins Governor's Signature
By Chris Ford
Gov. Gray Davis brought California's judicial system into the digital age this week, signing a bill that enables courts to es...
Tough Fight
By Columnist
^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Tough Fight Avoiding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Once a client has signed a binding arbi...
Signed Bill Opens Door to HMO Suits
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - An estimated 14 million Californians now have a new litigation weapon to wield against health plans that deny, d...
Tanker Captain, Shipper Plead in 'Hit-and-Run' Spill
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Exactly a year after a mysterious oil spill was discovered off the Northern California coast, the captain and...
State's Judicial Residency Law Unconstitutional
By David Kravetz
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge Monday declared unconstitutional a state law requiring Superior Court judges to live in...
Ex-PD Files Claim for Wrongful Termination
By Daniel Jennings
RIVERSIDE - The former public defender here has filed a wrongful dismissal claim against the Riverside County Board of Superv...
Child Support Is a Hot Political Issue in Los Angeles
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Few have more to lose politically than Gil Garcetti now that the governor has signed legislation that strips dis...
Overseer Focuses on Social Change
By Jeffrey Anderson
Few people can boast of once living beneath Dodger Stadium. Civil rights attorney Sharon Lybeck Hartmann is one of them. A na...
Kaiser's Jury Is Still Out
By Denise Levin
In 1992, Beverly Benton went to her doctor at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group for treatment of a urinary tract infection. ...
Child Support Restructuring Considered Risky, Rewarding
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Now comes the hard part. On Friday, Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a historic overhaul of California's troubled...
Lawmaker Seeks to Craft a Better World for Foster Kids
By Cheryl Romo
The boy wore a red sweatshirt with a picture of Minnie kissing Mickey Mouse and spent the day quietly drawing pictures of bra...
Lockyer Rejects Voting Rights Concerns in L.A.
By Jean Guccione
In an effort to ease the fears of trial court unification foes, Attorney General Bill Lockyer has strongly refuted critical a...
DA Disputes Wiretap Allegations
By Michael Harris
The head of the Los Angeles County district attorney's major narcotics division Monday dismissed the defense bar's latest att...
ADL Agrees to Stop Spying on Civil Rights Groups
By Martin Bergn
A federal judge Monday gave final approval to the settlement of a 1993 class-action lawsuit brought against the Anti-Defamati...
Inspector General Gets Green Light From LAPD
By Lauren Bartlett
A dispute over what Los Angeles Police Department materials the inspector general should have access to has been resolved, of...