Sherman Smith Will Join ADR
By Tom Orewyler
Veteran Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sherman W. Smith Jr. is stepping down from the bench today to become a private judge...
Judge Imposes Attorney Fees for SLAPP Suit
By Denise Levin
Lawyers representing an asymptomatic HIV-positive man who sued his former employer for discrimination were awarded more than ...
Partner Leaves Perkins Coie Over Conflict
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Perkins Coie partner Spencer Hosie has resigned from the firm because of a client conflict of interest. Hosie...
Shopper Rings Up $3.25M in Jury's Verdicts
By Denise Levin
A sheriff's deputy has won a $3.25 million verdict from a Los Angeles Superior Court jury against the Price Club, which he cl...
Injured Judge Will Not Return to Bench
By Martin Bergn
SANTA ANA - U.S. District Judge Linda H. McLaughlin, known for her relentless hard work and independence, will not return to t...
Boalt Hall Conference Tackles E-Commerce
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - As Internet use skyrockets and electronic commerce expands, lawyers who grasp the economics and science of cy...
Tangled Spider-Man Saga Approaches Its Final Leg
By Garry Abrams
The widely publicized Hollywood legal war over the comic book character Spider-Man got a date for its final skirmish Thursday...
Money, Unification Drive Top Settlement Judge Off L.A. Bench
By Denise Levin
Scurrying between the jury room, the hallway and his chambers, where attorneys were waiting for his help in settling a produc...
Justice Blackmun, Author of Roe v. Wade, Dies at Age 90
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose 1973 opinion in Roe v. Wade extended to women the right t...
Trustee Has Sixth Sense for Sniffing Out Hidden Assets
By Susan Mc Rae
Call him a financial gumshoe for the '90s. In a decade that began with Southern California's economy taking a nose dive, Mich...
Supreme Court Extends Remedy For the Elderly
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In an important ruling for the elderly, the California Supreme Court held Thursday that nursing homes that re...
Lawyers, Working Around the Clock, Closed a Deal to Save Redwood Grove
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The so-called Headwaters Agreement that was reached late Monday night to save more than 7,000 acres of old-gr...
Senate Moves To End Support Control by DAs
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Responding to pressure from child advocacy groups, Senate Democratic leaders are moving to eliminate the role of...
Municipal Court Workers May Head for Picket Line
By Denise Levin
Los Angeles Municipal Court employees, who recently voted for union representation, may be on the picket lines by the end of ...
Hard Rock Lost Memorabilia, Singer's Son Says
By Anne La Jeunesse
Dodd Darin, son of the late crooner Bobby Darin, is putting teeth into his effort to regain personal items of his famous fath...
Two Superior Court Judges Named to CJP
By Jean Guccione
Marking a minor shift in the panel's composition, Chief Justice Ronald M. George appointed two Superior Court judges to the s...
Justices Ponder Taking the Sting Out of CJP's 'Advisory' Letters
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could spell out the dividing line between mere legal error and misconduct in judicial discipli...
Deathwatch
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Justice Department protocols for seeking the federal death penalty leave such broad discretion to local U.S. ...
Dialogue on Bar Bill Focused on Lobbying, Need
By Don De Benedictis
Roughly two months ago, Sen. Adam Schiff introduced a piece of legislation that will in all probability set California lawyer...
Supreme Court Hands Insurers A Major Victory
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to the insurance industry, the Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, Wednesday that workers may not ...
Manager of Law Office Acquitted in Fraud Ring
By Michael Harris
A personal injury attorney's former office manager, tried for her alleged involvement in a fatal auto insurance fraud ring mas...
Panel Debates Child-Support Reform Plans
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Legislative overhaul of California's child support system formally began Tuesday with bipartisan committee appro...
Retirement Papers Poised for Kalin's Signature
By Denise Levin
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Kalin is calling it quits. After 20 years on the bench, he has decided to pursue his ...
L.A. Will Pay $950K for Officer-Involved Shooting
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from an officer-involved ...
Avoid Politics
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Tuesday issued a call for judges to buck popular political tides when the law ...
Brobeck Phleger to Open Two East Coast Offices
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has announced a two-office expansion on the East Coast. The firm opened a Was...
Judge Casts Doubt on Future Beaver Trapping
By Mathew Heller
RIVERSIDE - Denying the legal challenge of animal welfare activists, a judge has allowed wildlife officials to continue trapp...
Services Set for Ex-O'Melveny Chair Deane F. Johnson
By Elizabeth Freudenthal
Services will be conducted Friday for retired entertainment attorney Deane F. Johnson, former chair of O'Melveny & Myers i...
Scout's Honor
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Death came quickly for 10-year-old Anthony Tourdot. Last February he was shot in the head at close range in his Id...
Ex-Litigator Hears Criminal Cases
By Amelia Vetrone
For Richard McLain, becoming a judge was the product not of his ambition but of his gratitude. It's an obligation McLain has ...