LOS ANGELES - To the dismay of Hollywood executives, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to rehear or grant a fu...
Corporate
Under Tight Security Seal, Pooh Enters Federal Protection Program
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Keep your eyes peeled for whirlybirds spewing greenbacks. Here's why: Pati Slesinger says she would...
SANTA ANA - The father of the accuser in the gang-rape retrial of three young men fed her a line that she used to excuse what ...
SAN FRANCISCO - John Daniel "Dan" Van Voorhis, co-founder of the former East Bay law firm Van Voorhis & Skaggs, who spearh...
WEB EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a hearing into whether a famous female impers...
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court has junked enforcement actions by the state liquor-control department, ruling that its procee...
LOS ANGELES - In a stinging setback for Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, a jury on Wednesday acquitted actor Robert...
LOS ANGELES - In 1988, Michael Banyard was convicted of robbery after taking $6 from an uninsured motorist who ran into him. F...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - LBA Realty purchased a 134,000-square-foot research-and-development building at 10450 Pacific Center C...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for the two disbarred attorneys convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco's notorious dog mauling ca...
LOS ANGELES - Two brothers who were molested by their coach can sue Little League Baseball Inc., claiming they were duped by t...
Real Estate/Development
High Court Tackles Scope of State's Prevailing Wage Law
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Robert C. Pearman Jr. - In City of Long Beach v. Department of Industrial Relations , 34 Cal...
Forum Column - By Alec Rose - Last Thursday, fascinated trial watchers and legal news media throughout the world focused their...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Services for Jennifer L. Brooks, a San Bernardino deputy district attorney, will take place Thursday at 3:3...
SACRAMENTO - Citing the recent fatal shootings at an Atlanta courthouse, Chief Justice Ronald M. George urged lawmakers to su...
SAN FRANCISCO - Want to influence a jury? Call 1-800-NULLIFY. That's essentially what Frank Turney, a proponent of jury nulli...
Appellate Practice
Domestic Partner Can Sue Retroactively for Wrongful Death
By Dan Evans
LOS ANGELES - A 2002 state law allowing domestic partners to sue for wrongful death applies retroactively, a Los Angeles appel...
Personal Injury & Torts
SNAP Seeks Discipline Against Priest Suing Accuser of Abuse
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - An advocacy group for alleged victims of clergy abuse Tuesday asked the bishop of the Diocese of San Bernardi...
SAN FRANCISCO - Karl Olson trekked up and down the state last year representing the state's major news organizations in some ...
Firm Watch
Orrick Loses More Attorneys To White & Case's Valley Office
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Another Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner has joined White & Cases's Palo Alto office as part of...
WASHINGTON - With Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presiding, the policy-making body of the federal courts on Tuesday called...
Firm Watch
Former Judicial Council Lobbyist Has Joined the Private Sector
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Ray LeBov, formerly the chief lobbyist for the Judicial Council and a respected figure at the state Capitol, has ...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Rexford Industrial purchased the 98,940-square-foot La Jolla Sorrento Business Park at 10439-10447 Ros...
LOS ANGELES - Unlike the mothers of soldiers who die at the hands of Iraqi insurgents, Katy Helvenston-Wettengel didn't learn ...
Administrative/Regulatory
GOP Pension Reform Plan Amounts To Attack on State's Middle Class
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The debate over Social Security that is raging across the country is being fought in Calif...
Letters to the Editor - William Becker's column, "Sometimes, Execution Is Best for Worst of Worst, Even Young Killers" (March ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Refusal to Mediate Thwarts Winning Party's Fee Rights
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Alan Saler - Mediation is a highly favored and expedient form of resolving ...
Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - We tout our constitutional principles of democracy and due process as a guiding beaco...
SANTA ANA - A Cypress man employed by Tiffany & Co. in Costa Mesa has sued the high-end jewelry retailer, claiming that hi...
SACRAMENTO - State trial courts can rule on federal claims brought by seamen who are injured on the job outside the state's bo...