WASHINGTON - In a case that could significantly weaken federal campaign-finance laws before the 2008 election, the U.S. Suprem...
Entertainment & Sports
Out of the Hornets' Nest, Back Into the Spotlight
By Jennifer Hammn
Barry L. Hirsch, one of Hollywood's top deal-maker lawyers, is being honored tonight by the Beverly Hills Bar Association as t...
CHINO - In a highly unusual move, a San Bernardino County judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Korean-American man c...
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors have charged a former New York law professor with child pornography for images found on a ...
WASHINGTON - Still stung by the murder of a witness her office was supposed to protect, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala...
Focus Column - By Paul Fogel and Ray Cardozo - The defense in a trial over misappropriation of trade secrets might try to shif...
LOS ANGELES - Former New York Supreme Court district judge and noted lawyer William B. Lawless Jr. died Monday at St. Mary's M...
LOS ANGELES - John Finn is a college professor in Orange County. In February, he was arrested for the theft of old technology ...
Forum Column - By Stan Yogi - Many of the protesters who occupied the San Francisco federal building in April 1977 could not w...
LOS ANGELES - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center next week will open a brain-tumor center named after Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., the Los...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for Attorney General Jerry Brown and KFC Corp. on Tuesday announced a potentially groundbreaking settl...
Rep. Linda Sanchez used to be known as one half of Congress’ only sister act, along with older sibling Loretta. That changed a...
SAN JOSE - Federal regulators contend that the former general counsel of Apple Inc. fabricated documents from meetings that di...
Judge Craig E. Veals, who prides himself on good manners, places great value on respect for the court. ...
Government
Tax Expert Crosses Country to Join Fenwick in San Francisco
By Emma Dewaldn
LOS ANGELES - Michael Solomon, a Washington, D.C.-based tax partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, will switch addresses ...
Web Exclusive - A state appellate court has struck down a controversial anti-gang civil injunction in West Sacramento, saying ...
Attorney Richard Close is advising many of the growing number of mobile-home park owners who are converting to resident-owned ...
Fresno County Superior Court Judge Debra Jean Kazanjian is known for fervently protecting the children and conservatees who ap...
Government
U.S. High Court Looks Warily at State's Traffic-Stop Ruling
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - In a case testing the Fourth Amendment rights of car passengers, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed highly skeptical M...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former state legislator Jackie Speier, who ran unsuccessfully last year for lieutenant governor, is planning t...
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - A recent appellate decision sinks the California Coastal Commission’s apparent hope to c...
Judges and Judiciary
Veteran Judge, Known for Relaxed Courtroom, Set to Retire
By Drew Combsn
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jon M. Mayeda will retire next month, bringing to a close more than 25 years on the be...
Two powerful statewide medical associations have joined a class action against Blue Cross of California over the insurer's pol...
Judges and Judiciary
'Twelve Angry Men' Provides Rare Insight Into Jurors' Deliberative Process
By Don Debenedictisn
Forum Column - By Alan H. Friedenthal - A criminal jury that returns its verdict quickly usually renders a guilty verdict. The...
LOS ANGELES - Dickran M. Tevrizian, a federal and state-court judge in Los Angeles for 31 years and a recent front-runner as t...
LOS ANGELES - Charles Drew University has filed suit against the county of Los Angeles for breach of contract for failing to m...
SAN FRANCISCO - Mergers-and-acquisitions lawyers will gather at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco on Wednesday for the Weste...
Deals Column - By Jason Song - LOS ANGELES - Traditionally, most deal makers would rather face the volatility of the market th...
Focus Column - By Dylan B. Carp - A litigant responding to a petition asking a Supreme Court to review a case might want to pe...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by California prosecutors who were trying to overturn a feder...