An appeals court has ruled Los Angeles County is not liable for the accidental combustion of a Lexus owned by a political corr...
Judges and Judiciary
Assembly Names S.F. Judge as District 13's Woman of Year
By Rebecca Beyer
The California State Assembly has named a San Francisco County Superior Court judge as District 13's 2008 Woman of the Year. ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it will set stricter standards on smog-forming ozone emissions, b...
California Courts of Appeal
Defendants Get to Decide on Pleading Insanity, Panel Says
By Laura Ernden
If a defendant insists on pleading insanity, no attorney or judge can stand in the way, a state appellate court ruled Wednesda...
Two candidates will challenge District Attorney Steve Cooley as he attempts to win his third term in office. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
State Legislature Needs to Step Up, Combat Insurance Fraud
By Sara Libbyn
Forumn Column - By Barry Zalma - The Legislature must take real, measured steps to stop the United States' $100 billion insura...
Judges who don't know when to quit have been an infrequent feature of courts across the nation, difficult to deal with at the ...
Focus Column - By Jay Folberg - Effective negotations require carefully timed concessions and an awareness of power plays. ...
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - A lawsuit challenging the Office of Administrative Hearings should impel California's lead...
San Diego's Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins settled 49 shareholder class actions in 2007, more than double any othe...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel Upholds Tossing SLAPP Against Lawyer
By Laura Ernden
A Los Angeles attorney cannot be sued for warning his client's customers not to do business with a disgruntled former employee...
Out steps Andrew Giacomini, head of San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett, holding a large bass drum and dressed in lederhosen, the ...
Government
Senator Grills Financial Analyst Over Governor's Prison Plan
By Linda Rapattoni
Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, grilled a state financial analyst to the point of tears Wednesday, demanding to know why the gove...
Web Exclusive - By Ryan Oliver - LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for Phil Spector are calling Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry P...
LOS ANGELES - A former employee of Anthony Pellicano's broke down in tears Wednesday during cross-examination while testifying...
Web Exclusive - By Rebecca U. Cho - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and going...
WASHINGTON - Democrats in Congress urged the Justice Department Tuesday to take further steps to tighten the standards on the ...
Firm Watch
Morgan Lewis Donates Supplies To Its Employee's Army Squad
By Jonathan Vaniann
It's not every day that a paralegal goes off to fight in a war. And it's not every day that a law firm raises money to chip in...
Criminal
Defense Attorneys in Pellicano Case Seize on Inconsistencies
By Zack Vaneyckn
LOS ANGELES - Defense attorneys attacked the credibility of a prosecution witness in the Anthony Pellicano trial Tuesday, citi...
LOS ANGELES - Groups representing virtually all of the nation's hospitals announced Tuesday they are suing the federal governm...
Forum Column - By Brian E. Gray - Based on Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, John McCain’s birth in the Panama Canal ...
LOS ANGELES - Six attorneys were honored at the Criminal Court Bar Association's 55th annual installation dinner over the week...
Gary L. Proctor 1945-2008 - Gary L. Proctor, once a nationally prominent criminal defense lawyer in Orange County, has died of...
Although his time on the bench has seen its fair share of controversy, San Bernardino Judge Bert L. Swift is known as a no-non...
Firm Watch
Partner Leaves O'Melveny as Result of Retirement Buyout Plan
By Rebecca U. Cho
LOS ANGELES - At least one partner has left O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, with more defections to come, as part of an ...
An emergency room nurse who suffered severe brain damage when a pickup truck landed on the roof of her car has been awarded $2...
Longtime Los Angeles-based firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp has just opened a New York office with six partners - four fro...
LOS ANGELES - A judge Tuesday threw out Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.'s $1.8 million lawsuit against Robert De Niro that claime...
Ventura Judge Kent M. Kellegrew knew he wanted to be a judge when he was a judicial attorney, and he steered his career steadi...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
To Win, Litigators Need to Leverage Jurors' Commonalities
By Sara Libbyn
Forum Column - By G. Christopher Ritter - By leveraging jurors’ commonalities, litigators can achieve the unity necessary to w...