COLUMN - By Peter Blumberg - I don't have a lot of sympathy for Greg Anderson, who has twice been jailed for refusing to testi...
Stephen F. Foland loves parades: homecoming, Main Street, Fourth of July. You name it and he's there. ...
Judges and Judiciary
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Fight Over Surf City Claim Escalates
By Anna Oberthurn
Where is Surf City, USA? ...
Immigration
U.S. and State Laws Can Limit Sweetness of Immigration Benefits Deals
By Eric Berkowitzn
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN - By C. Matthew Schulz and Jenni Field - Savvy U.S. employers and legal counsel use immigration benefits as ...
Ronald Gerson Gabler, 60, Encino (Aug. 22) - Gabler was placed on three years' probation and ordered to make restitution. He w...
Steered to law by his mayor cousin, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Philip J. Moscone focuses on the impact of his d...
Judges and Judiciary
Jury Finds No Damages Against Lawyers in Elder Abuse Case
By Rebecca Beyer
LOS ANGELES - After a daughter was convicted of financial elder abuse for stealing from her mother and her family's trust, her...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Demands State's Reason for Refusing Parole to Pro Per
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - Taking another poke at parole authorities who rarely allow murderers out of prison, the California Supreme Cou...
OAKLAND - Oakland City Attorney John Russo, flanked by politicians and housing advocates, announced Thursday the city is filin...
Animal rights activists who targeted employees of a Bay Area pharmaceutical company for scary nighttime home visits cannot hid...
SAN JOSE - The mushrooming stock options backdating scandal has claimed the job of another general counsel. ...
WASHINGTON - Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court argument over the constitutionality of California's criminal sentencing system was...
An appellate panel Wednesday struck a blow to prosecutors testing a new legal theory to crack down on elder abuse. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Government Shows Its Hand in Legislation to Curb Internet Gambling
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - By Tony Young - The virtual landscape of the $12 billion online gaming industry may have changed during the ear...
Judges and Judiciary
Button Case Reaches Top Court and 9th Circuit's Authority Is Questioned
By Peter Blumbergn
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to reverse a high-profile ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...
The California Supreme Court turned down Cardinal Roger Mahony's request Wednesday to unseal confidential records filed by all...
LOS ANGELES - The line between advertising and entertainment is being blurred thanks to branded entertainment, a gray area whe...
LOS ANGELES - Pacing before the crowd, Daniel Petrocelli, lead attorney for Enron's former CEO Jeffrey Skilling, found an audi...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Paul A. Blumenstein and Sanjay M. Shirodkar - A recent decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Am...
LOS ANGELES -Robert Kwan, deputy chief of the Los Angeles U.S. attorney's tax division, has been appointed to the Bankruptcy C...
SAN FRANCISCO - Merger talks between Stoel Rives and Sacramento-based Weintraub Genshlea Chediak, which started earlier this y...
SAN FRANCISCO - The executive board of the California Judges Association has decided to back a proposal that could help end mo...
SAN BERNARDINO - In what appears to be the state's largest medical malpractice verdict this year, a 7-year-old cerebral palsy ...
Judges and Judiciary
While Fine Cheeses Age Well, Trademark Disputes Do Not
By Anna Oberthurn
SAN FRANCISCO - The longtime maker of the ubiquitous Tillamook cheese "has a beef" with a smoked meats and jerky seller from t...
Judges and Judiciary
Convicted Killer Wants Retry-or-Free Order Enforced
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - At Pelican Bay State Prison, convicted murderer Aldridge Currie has a federal judge's order, signed in July, s...
WASHINGTON - Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court argument over the constitutionality of California's criminal sentencing system was...
WASHINGTON - It has been eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court cast a shadow over California's criminal justice system whe...
VALLEJO - Defense lawyer Daniel Russo cuts a strange figure as he walks around Vallejo, home to Six Flags Marine World, a shut...
FORUM COLUMN - By Ellen Aprill - The IRS is investigating whether a sermon given at All Saints Church here in Pasadena shortly...
FOCUS COLUMN - By Fred Silberberg - It has become commonplace for judicial officers to appoint counsel for minor children in c...