Administrative/Regulatory
Daily Journal Reporter Is Named Press Club Journalist of Year
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Daily Journal staff writer Anat Rubin has been named print journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club....
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to stay out of Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood. ...
Lawyers and judges do not reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of our state - a fact starkly illustrated by the statistical...
LOS ANGELES - Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Leonard P. Edwards will become the first Judge-in-Residence for ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal lawsuit to be brought on behalf of four siblings alleges Pasadena school district officials are illega...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Computer Programs Can Help Determine Spousal Support
One of the biggest challenges in many family law cases is agreeing on the amount of permanent spousal support. The challenge a...
Administrative/Regulatory
Daily Journal Reporter Is Named Press Club Journalist of the Year
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Daily Journal staff writer Anat Rubin has been named print journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club....
A black man's murder conviction need not be reversed after prosecutors kicked all black people off the jury in his trial over ...
Constitutional Law
Scalia Joins Liberal Wing, Backs Right to Have Lawyer of Choice
By Amy Kalinn
WASHINGTON - Endorsing the notion that no two lawyers are alike, a deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a payin...
LOS ANGELES - When people think of the scandal surrounding celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano, they think of one thing: i...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court inserted itself into the hot-button debate over global warming Monday, announcing it would...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court inserted itself into the hot-button debate over global warming Monday, announcing it would...
SANTA ANA - Even before the military announced murder charges Wednesday, the seven Marines and one Navy corpsman suspected of ...
FRESNO - Hilary Ann Chittick was raised with an insatiable curiosity. That could be a good thing, Chittick said, but it made ...
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - On June 7, U.S. Army First Lt. Ehren Watada became the first officer to publicly state his r...
Focus Column - By David Martinez and Carlos Chait - Congress enacted the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 1...
Firm Watch
O'Melveny & Myers Lures Antitrust Expert From Visa
By William Arthur Haynes
SAN FRANCISCO - Beefing up its antitrust capabilities on the West Coast, O'Melveny & Myers has lured a top lawyer from Vis...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate OKs Former President of State Bar for Federal Bench
By Amy Kalinn
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Orange County lawyer and former State Bar President Andrew J. Guilford as a ...
James N. Godes is happy with his office assignment. "They've made this transition very comfortable for me," he said. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Although he has almost 20 years' experience with Gordon & Rees, Dion M. Cominos said taking over as managi...
Column - By Garry Abrams - When it comes to murder, the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood prison gangs speak the same langua...
Government
Judge Weighs Tossing Case Against AT&T Because of National Security
By Amelia Hansen
SAN FRANCISCO - Private telecommunication carriers are not obligated to scrutinize the legality of government surveillance pro...
Government
Public Defender Combines Roles of Officeholder, Candidate
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is running for re-election after four years during which he calmed a...
Entertainment & Sports
After Sinking in May, Pirate Bay Floats Up Again
By Peter Zuckerman
LOS ANGELES - After years of trying, entertainment lawyers in Los Angeles sunk Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular Web...
Criminal
Yagman Faces 19-Count Federal Indictment for Tax Evasion, Fraud
By John Hanusz
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed Friday a 19-count indictment for tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and m...
LOS ANGELES - Almost 20 years of epic legal struggle ended in victory Friday for Palestinian immigrant Aiad Barakat when U.S. ...
'What I try to do in my courtroom is model good behavior," said Deborah B. Andrews who presides over a Long Beach domestic vi...
Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Kelly has retired.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker announced Mitchell Menzer will join the firm's Los Angeles office as partner.
As a boy, Daniel B. Feldstern would go with his father into some of Los Angeles' criminal courtrooms, telling him they were so...