Criminal
Verdict Form Gives Clues for Strategies in U.S. Death Case
By Jason Armstrongn
SANTA ANA - After the jury deadlocked on giving two kingpins of the violent Aryan Brotherhood prison gang the death penalty, a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Combining a lifelong love of boxing with a Silicon Valley intellectual property law practice might seem like a...
WASHINGTON - A special committee headed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer concluded Tuesday that the federal judiciar...
FORUM COLUMN - The prison system in California has reached a well-documented state of crisis. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bar Association of San Francisco President Joan Haratani has a question. ...
FORUM COLUMN - California can be a pretty lonely place for a young lawyer. You go to work every day. ...
Government
State Commission Delves Into Risks in Using Jail-House Informants
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - A commission investigating the causes of wrongful convictions in California is scheduled today to examine a ...
LOS ANGELES - Urban gardeners may have lost their South Los Angeles farm to a strip-mall developer, but the battle isn't over ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Can't Stop Deportation, Blames Jurist for Huge Error
By Amy Yarbroughn
A federal appeals court has ruled that an embattled immigration attorney seriously bungled a Mexican family's bid for asylum, ...
Judges and Judiciary
Arbitrators Now Face Geographic Gaps in Subpoena Powers
By Eric Berkowitzn
FOCUS COLUMN - Recently, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in Dynegy Midstream Services LP v. Trammochem, 451 F.3d 89...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego County welfare eligibility program requiring applicants to consent to a home visit by program official...
Reversing an earlier ruling that had muddied election law, a federal appeals court said Tuesday that recall petitions do not h...
LOS ANGELES - City Councilwoman Jan Perry, often the deciding vote on homeless issues in downtown Los Angeles, plans to ask co...
Judges and Judiciary
Breyer's Committee Criticizes Dismissal of Judge Real Ethics Problem
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - A high-powered judicial committee headed by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...
Judges and Judiciary
S.F.'s Bicycle Ambitions Can't Bypass Environmental Reviews
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge on Tuesday put the brakes on an ambitious plan to make San Francisco more bicycle friendly, ruling tha...
LOS ANGELES - Nearly two months after a federal judge granted a Palestinian man's petition for citizenship, the Bush administr...
Judge Robert S. Bardwil is respected for his even temper under fire and his broad experience as an attorney for both creditors...
LOS ANGELES - Rick Siegel has been a personal manager for 15 years. His company, located on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, use...
Public Interest
Poor People Deserve Right to Counsel for Serious Civil Cases
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - On any given day, there are 361,000 homeless people in California. ...
Amid the turmoil of the national debate over immigration, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday sided with a Mexican...
Media
To Pursue O.J. Simpson's Publicity Rights: That Is the Question
By Eric Berkowitzn
In response to Howard Weingrad and Sara Edelman's Sept. 13, 2006, article ("Even O.J. Simpson Should Keep His Publicity Rights...
Law Practice
Judges Ought to Grade Lawyers on the Quality of Their Lawyering
By Eric Berkowitzn
FORUM COLUMN - Like clockwork, a few weeks into each new law school semester my second- and third-year students, each of whom ...
LOS ANGELES - Returning fire at a congressional critic, officials of California Rural Legal Assistance said Monday that accusa...
Technology & Science
Sonsini's Ups and Downs: HP Woes, Record-Breaking Deal
By Martin Bergn
If anybody is used to the roller coaster that is the tech world, it's Larry W. Sonsini. Even by his standards, though, Friday ...
Appellate Practice
Panel Poised to Let 'Pledge' Opponent Pursue Libel Suit
By Laura Ernden
He failed to get the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance two years ago, but Sacramento atheist Michael New...
WASHINGTON - Los Angeles-based federal judge Manuel L. Real has decided to testify at a congressional hearing in Washington th...
COLUMN - Misconduct by the bar and bench happens all the time, but you might miss some whoppers if you don't follow the appell...
Judges of the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench have unanimously elevated J. Stephen Czuleger to the post of presiding j...
NEW YORK - A new CB Richard Ellis report highlighting shifts in Class A office global ownership trends showed that institution...
Judicial Profile
Judge for High-Profile Cases Appreciates Freedom to Follow His Conscience
By Paria Kooklann
V ENTURA - In his 12 years on the bench, Superior Court Judge James P. Cloninger has presided over Ventura County's highest-pr...