SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster is a 1,000 lawyer firm with 19 offices worldwide and practices ranging from intellect...
SAN DIEGO - In a ruling that provides guidance for use of evidence during retrials, a state appeals court has determined that...
LOS ANGELES - A firearm discovered during an illegal police search is allowable evidence, a sharply divided federal appeals p...
SAN FRANCISCO - Comparing your client to Charles Manson while trying to persuade a jury to spare his life is probably not a go...
Administrative/Regulatory
Panel Makes Oakland Officials' Salaries Public
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland doesn't want you to know that Chief Assistant City Attorney Randolph W. Hall made $181,72...
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court jury decided Thursday that Philip Morris Inc. was not to blame for a 51-year-old former...
Judges and Judiciary
Justice Provides Unique Perspectives on Complex Issues
By Dan Evans
SAN DIEGO - The scuttlebutt about Justice Patricia D. Benke is that she was at the top of the shortlist for a seat on the sta...
Letters, Judges and Judiciary
Senators' Comments Don't Equate To An Attack
By Contributing Writer
Letter to the Editor - Professor [Erwin] Chemerinsky, who I generally have a lot of respect for, has sunk to a new low by comp...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's prison system is already under pressure from the U.S. Supreme Court to end its long-standing prac...
INDUSTRIAL EL SEGUNDO - Alliance Commercial Properties purchased the 206,000-square-foot El Segundo Research Center at 501 Con...
Administrative/Regulatory
New Pope, New Spiritual Ammo Against Gay Marriage Advocates
By Columnist
Forum Column - By William J. Becker Jr. - As a world's great religion transitions into a new period of leadership, it is not a...
Discipline
You Can Prove Third-Party Liability Without Proving Motive, Actual Fraud
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Allan N. Littman - Unfortunately, breaches of fiduciary duty continue to be pervasive, and they can cause gr...
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Almost all insurance policies contain notice requirements. And most people ...
SANTA ANA - Bob Chatterton, a retired Orange County criminal defense attorney who made his mark as a steely-eyed homicide pro...
ONTARIO - Sarah Weddington thought she had ended the abortion battle when she persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize th...
RIVERSIDE - Saying that Ontario police might face retaliation if they sued as individuals, a federal judge has certified a cl...
Column - By Garry Abrams - Alas, the perfect legal excuse, the absolutely guaranteed, works-every-time, get-out-of-jail-free c...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: SAN FRANCISCO - Jason McDonell, a litigator who began his career at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and went on ...
SAN FRANCISCO - While Michael Bernick was chairman of the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors in the mid-1990s, the San ...
LOS ANGELES - When a 26-year-old Brinks security guard walked away from the truck he was working on with a bag containing $1.5...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury on Wednesday gave $6 million to four plaintiffs who were molested by a Catholic priest wh...
LAND WEST HOLLYWOOD - An undisclosed buyer purchased an 8,478-square-foot parcel of land at 8703 W. Knoll from a private inves...
LOS ANGELES - For criminal defense attorney Ronald S. Miller, arguing in court is as invigorating as being the sole male in an...
Letters, Judges and Judiciary
Professor Misidentifies Real Threat To Freedom
By Contributing Writer
Letter to the Editor - Professor [Erwin] Chemerinsky's article ("Attack on Courts Threatens Crucial Checks and Balances," Apri...
Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman - In Gardenhire v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Francesconi), 2005 ...
Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - When General Motors wants to test the safety of a new car, the company can arrange crash...
Letter to the Editor - The hosannas to the recently deceased attorney [Johnnie] Cochran makes one think that he walked upon wa...
LOS ANGELES - Retired Sacramento appellate Justice George E. Paras, known for his diligence and ability to settle cases, died...
SAN DIEGO - Police officers can enter a commercial building closed to the general public without a warrant, a state appellate ...
LOS ANGELES - A three-judge panel of special masters concluded Tuesday that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Ross com...