Government
Judge Refuses to Sacrifice Liberty on Altar of National Security
By David Minkown
Forum Column - Three cheers for Vaughn Walker. Vaughn who? you ask. Until very recently, he was also unknown to lawyers and po...
SACRAMENTO - Tort reformers are hailing the demise of legislation that would have revived the ability of the state attorney ge...
LOS ANGELES - The ink is dry on a potentially $900-million settlement in a class action against Epson America and there's good...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Study Questions Effectiveness of Habitat Conservation Plans
By Dennis Pfaffn
SAN FRANCISCO - California has long struggled with a fundamental paradox: People love it here and more keep coming, but in so ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has entered the contentious debate over judicial training, issuing an advisory o...
Loeb & Loeb has announced the promotion of three partners to chair positions in their Los Angeles and New York offices.
Judicial Profile
Orange County Judge Saves the Day by Settling Impossible Cases
By Don De Benedictis
SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Sundvold has been so successful settling cases that another judge wa...
LOS ANGELES - The Newport Beach-based powerhouse firm Robinson, Calcagnie Robimson scored the first plaintiffs' victory in a f...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Pause in Auto Lease Action About to Come to an End
By Hannah Naughtonn
The infamous Trygar action, filed by Masry & Vititoe (of Erin Brockovich fame) against auto dealers in California and know...
LOS ANGELES - The AARP, the massive elder-citizen advocacy group, threw its weight behind the state attorney general's office ...
If things had gone differently for mediator Jeffery P. Castner 28 years ago, this story might never have been written. ...
SAN DIEGO - CBS television decided that the second season of its "Rock Star" reality show would feature a new band called Supe...
Forum Column - As the gubernatorial election looms, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic challenger Phil Angelides are sq...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Writer Misrepresents ACLU's Double Standard on Rights
By David Minkown
Letter to Editor - Stephen F. Rohde objects to John Stewart's criticism of the ACLU for undermining traditional American value...
Two years into his three-year probation, former Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser received a court order ...
Labor/Employment
Employers Can Be Held Responsible for Harm Caused By Rogue Employees
By Hannah Naughtonn
Employment Column - A federal judge has allowed former Iraqi prisoners to state negligent-hiring claims, among other common-la...
Law Practice
Polk Case Illustrates Headaches of Right to Self-Representation
By Tim Hay
After 19 Contra Costa County attorneys last week refused to represent convicted murderer Susan Polk in her last-ditch effort t...
Litigation
Detroit Ruling Will Affect S.F. Wiretapping Case, Experts Say
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - Experts say a Detroit federal judge's order Thursday barring warrantless government wiretapping will have a ri...
A proposed California law that would bar secret settlements in sexual abuse cases like the ones that plague the Roman Catholic...
A judge handed a partial victory Thursday to seven women who claim they were victims of sexual harassment and discrimination w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Setting up a showdown this fall between the Judicial Council and hundreds of trial judges throughout the state...
Some say Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eudon Ferrell is inflexible and a rubber stamp for the prosecution. But the Inglewoo...
SAN JOSE - Search for "Check N' Go" on Google and what do you get? A screen showing eight companies that specialize in making ...
Securities
Searching for Deep Pockets in Securities Bankruptcy Cases
By Hannah Naughtonn
Focus Column - The wave of corporate scandals following in the wake of Sept. 11 have led plaintiffs' counsel to target alterna...
SANTA ANA - The judge who spearheaded Orange County's domestic-violence court has been chastised once again for how she handle...
Judges and Judiciary
At a Los Angeles Court, an Outdoor Receivership Auction Turns Heads
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - Most court auctions take place inside a courtroom. ...
Letter to the Editor - I have been hearing increasingly frequent criticisms of The Daily Journal as being a lapdog of the libe...
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the city's largest residential landlords was accused of vast and various illegal tactics to oust longti...
Labor/Employment
Follow 'Falkowski' and 'Lucian' to Control Annual-Bonus Programs
By Hannah Naughtonn
Forum Column - The navigation of employee bonus waters is difficult. Often, employers announce a program but do not want or in...
Workers' Comp.
Fewer Claims Prompt Workers' Comp Lawyers to Diversify
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Caseloads are down for applicant attorneys' across the state by almost a third because of 2004 reforms that over...