LOS ANGELES - A former police officer, an Encino litigator arrested in a sting operation and an offended plaintiff in a lawsui...
Judges and Judiciary
Two Assistant City Attorneys Compete for Trial Court Post
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - Two Los Angeles assistant city attorneys will face off in the June primary for Office 95. ...
Focus Column - By Anthony Capobianco - In today's business environment, the trend appears to be toward more specialization wit...
LOS ANGELES - In an unusual decision, a federal judge in San Diego tossed out a securities fraud case against the former chief...
SAN FRANCISCO - Two well-known firms - one a global behemoth, the other a mid-size national firm - recently created top posts ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether a man may avoid liability after his dog attacked a kennel...
Litigation
Judge Picks Milwaukee Case for First Church Abuse Trial
By Sandra Hernandezn
LOS ANGELES - The Roman Catholic Archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Diego face 560 civil lawsuits involving alleged sex abuse...
Law Practice
Milberg Probe Snags Respected Star of Denver Legal Scene
By Gabe Friedmann
LOS ANGELES - Gary Lozow's reputation as a criminal defender is sterling in the Denver legal community. So his colleagues were...
Law Practice
Santa Barbara DA Race, Once Anticipated, Slips Into 'a Snore'
By Ryan Oliver
SANTA BARBARA - In the wake of the botched Michael Jackson prosecution and the announced retirement of six-term Santa Barbara ...
LOS ANGELES - Shortly after an Egyptian national was turned down for asylum, he was sent to a detention center where he discov...
Entertainment & Sports
BALCO Reporters File Motion to Protect Source
By Dennis Opatrnyn
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys for two San Francisco Chronicle reporters sought Wednesday to quash subpoenas seeking the identity o...
Your case is going to trial, and your future depends on its outcome. The other side is represented by guys in gray pinstripes....
Dear Readers: In anticipation of the primary election Tuesday, the Daily Journal is publishing statements from candidates in...
SAN FRANCISCO - It was 30 years ago this month that a small blind-tasting put Napa Valley on the world wine map. The controve...
Forum Column - By Lynn Duryee - 'Midway through the journey of life," begins Dante's Inferno, "I found myself in a dark forest...
Litigation
High Court Will Resolve Whether Proposition 64 Is Retroactive
By David Minkown
Focus Column - By Kimberly A. Kralowec - Today, the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases involving w...
Judges and Judiciary
DA Cements Her Support and Runs Unopposed for Re-Election
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis surprised San Diego's City Council members when she made an unscheduled appearanc...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court seemed poised Tuesday to rule that an employer does not need to give a reason for...
Personal Injury & Torts
Court Will Decide If Tort-Reform Measure Can Be Applied Retroactively
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court will consider today whether courts can apply Proposition 64 retroactively to dismiss ...
Judges and Judiciary
Campaign for S.F. Bench Burns Rubber Toward the Finish Line
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - The sole race for an open seat on the San Francisco bench is getting hotter and meaner, with one candidate unl...
SAN DIEGO - A former two-term district attorney is seeking to become a Superior Court judge, and he faces a challenge from a f...
Judges and Judiciary
Schwarzenegger Appointment Cools Contra Costa Campaign
By Savannah Blackwelln
Early this year, Hercules attorney Joscelyn C. Jones took the suggestion of her fellow board members of the Contra Costa Count...
WASHINGTON - In a case sure to be watched closely by the business community and the plaintiffs' bar, the U.S. Supreme Court ag...
Education
Reversal of Fortune: Public-School Teacher Goes From Star to Dismissed
By Susan Mcraen
SANTA BARBARA - It began as a conflict between a teacher and a student over a T-shirt and escalated to allegations the teacher...
LOS ANGELES - Jessica Darraby's Santa Monica office looks more like a design studio than a law firm. The glass walls create a...
Judges and Judiciary
El Centro Lawyer Seeks Seat Held by Three-Year Judge
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - In Imperial County's lone judicial race, an El Centro criminal defense lawyer is challenging a Superior Court judg...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Former State AG Van de Kamp Signs Up With ADR Services
By Tamadhur Alaqeeln
LOS ANGELES - In the legal arena, it would seem that attorney John K. Van de Kamp has done it all: two terms as state Attorney...
LOS ANGELES - This summer, Louis R. "Skip" Miller, formerly a name partner at what is now Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, W...
Government
Investigation Dogs Front-Runner in Campaign for Santa Clara DA
By Donna Dominon
SAN FRANCISCO - A last-minute probe of an old drug case has cast a cloud of suspicion over the prime candidate in a four-way r...