State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Court Relies on Its Own Brand of Precedent for Discipline
By Columnist
Forum Column - By David Cameron Carr - At a settlement conference in State Bar Court, an attorney facing discipline charges wa...
Letter to the Editor - In the [Scott] Peterson verdict story ("Peterson Verdict Shows Defender's Limitations," Dec. 14), acade...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Stanford Law School graduate and former judicial clerk "gone bad" who embezzled more than $50 million from ...
EXTRA Feature - Another New Year, another batch of new laws taking effect. But this time, there's a twist. The state's 2003-04...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge, wading into a controversy that has split superior courts around the state, has ruled th...
LOS ANGELES - Struggling to absorb the enormous devastation of the Dec. 27 Indian Ocean tsunami, attorneys in Asian offices b...
SACRAMENTO - As state lawmakers reconvene today for the 2005 legislative session, part of their job will probably be to deal ...
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer representing write-in candidate Donna Frye wants the City Council to decide who should be San Diego's ...
LOS ANGELES - Ahem. Uh, excuse me, Los Angeles City Council members? Could you put down your cell phones and pay attention? I...
SAN FRANCISCO - American Indians' struggle with alcohol abuse must be factored into their clashes with federal law, a divided...
SAN FRANCISCO - When Therascope was looking for more money to develop its products last year, the German biotechnology compan...
INDUSTRIAL BUENA PARK - Magic Messenger signed a six-year, $2 million lease for 73,147 square feet of industrial space locate...
LOS ANGELES - Dr. Vilas Likhite told prospective buyers he was looking to sell million-dollar artworks inherited from his fath...
Forum Column - By Michael A.S. Newman - "When sorrows come," says King Claudius in "Hamlet," "they come not single spies, but ...
Focus Column - International Law - By John F. McKenzie - Compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Sections...
SAN FRANCISCO - Judges have discretion to reduce criminal sentences otherwise called for under federal guidelines on the grou...
LOS ANGELES - A Laurel Canyon building project is back on the drawing board, after a state appellate court ruled Wednesday th...
SAN FRANCISCO - A defendant cannot be placed on special terms of probation if the conditions relate to a criminal charge that...
Administrative/Regulatory
Professor's Lawsuit Tries to Unearth Johnson Administration Mysteries
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - The Swift Boat controversy is being reincarnated. A University of California, Davis, political scie...
SANTA ANA - A state appeals court has ruled that police had no right to search an Orange County man for explosives even though...
SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors should apply their own lives' lessons as they ponder a defendant's fate. So a judge's contrary instruc...
Judges and Judiciary
Commissioner Brings an Athlete's Attitude to the Bench
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Matthew Gary has set his sights high ever since he recognized in grade sc...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Sony Corp. of America signed a 10-year, $10.65 million lease for 43,519 square feet of research and de...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Panel Orders Hearing on Three-Stooges Lawsuit
By Dan Evans
LOS ANGELES - Wiseguy, eh? Ruling reversed, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. Hartford Insurance Co. eye-poked Los Angeles Superior Court Jud...
SAN FRANCISCO - A female bartender at a Nevada casino who refused to wear makeup on the job cannot pursue her sex discriminat...
LOS ANGELES - In the latest blow to the pharmaceutical industry, a 7-year-old girl sued Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, say...
Focus Column - International Law - By John F. McKenzie - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 78dd-1 et seq.,...
Focus Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The Scott Peterson murder trial captivated the nation and received extensive media attenti...
Focus Column - By Greg Lukianoff - For those of you who are concerned about the state of free expression on campus, I would li...
Letter to the Editor - In his letter to the editor ("Ex-DA Teaches 'Miranda' Accurately," Dec. 27 Daily Journal), Richard Chry...