Military Law
Legislature Must Reconsider Policy Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in Military
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Nathaniel Frank - Two lawsuits were filed last week against the U.S. military. In one, eight soldiers are ch...
Forum Column - By Kristian Williams - When he nominated Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft as attorney general, Preside...
LOS ANGELES - Services took place Thursday for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Ann E. Stodden. Stodden, who s...
Judges and Judiciary
L.A. Judge Looks North for Vacant Bench in Bay Area
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronni MacLaren, now sitting on assignment in San Francisco, has applied for ...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Watchers Rely on Cryptic Clues About Rehnquist
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist loves a good mystery - he even wrote one - and so maybe he's just teasing us. ...
SAN JOSE - When Arthur Bocanegra was running for Santa Clara County Superior Court judge two years ago, he touted his agreeab...
SAN FRANCISCO - It's OK that a prosecutor kicked three American Indians off a Humboldt County jury panel in a murder-for-hire...
Appellate Practice
Appeals Court Considers Plight Of Sellers of Paper Subscriptions
By Dan Evans
LOS ANGELES - The plight of telemarketers generally ranks near the bottom of most people's agendas. A legal battle on behalf ...
A memorial service for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alan G. Buckner will take place Jan. 9 in Bel Air. Buckner, who had se...
U.S. District Judge Margaret Morrow approved a $26.5 million settlement Wednesday for victims of investment guru Reed Slatkin,...
SAN FRANCISCO - Thirty-six years after a 14-year-old baby sitter's lifeless body was discovered propped against the couch in ...
INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - Merco Properties purchased a three-building complex totaling 33,000 square feet of space at 616-640 ...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - "California's child support statutes are a legal world unto themselves." This statement, f...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By Albert M. Cohen - On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that radically alt...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court officials on Wednesday announced a $2 increase in certain court filing fees. The pric...
LOS ANGELES - A battle is brewing between the popular Mexican grocery conglomerate, Grupo Gigante that has long used its trade...
Judges and Judiciary
Odd Evidence Never Tires Or Bugs This Commissioner
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - "Your honor, we have the tire here. Do you want to look at it?" San Francisco Court Commissioner Geraldine D....
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court waded into a difference of appellate opinions Wednesday involving Johnnie Cochra...
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union has sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection over its failure to produce recor...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Frank J. Breslin, a longtime civil litigator and probate attorney. Breslin, who p...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming that the state owes the cou...
Forum Column - By Pattrick Mattimore - Assume for a moment that a person came to you with information about the identity of an...
LOS ANGELES - Six days after Cardinal Roger Mahony's sworn statements prompted calls for perjury charges against the prelate, ...
Criminal
Mack 'the Alleged' Knife Is Due Back in Town for B.I.G.-Suit Testimony
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Anyone who becomes nostalgic over conspiracy theories and murder will get all choked up over this o...
LOS ANGELES - In the shadow of a recent state Supreme Court decision to review a landmark HIV transmission case, a Glendale ju...
SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors often assay courtroom truth-telling better than judges do because jurors have broader life experience,...
SANTA ANA - Most defense attorneys say that U.S. District Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler is on the conservative side of the law a...
LOS ANGELES - A judge threw out a lawsuit filed against AT&T under the state's Unfair Competition Act, saying a 2004 voter...
SAN JOSE - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that an auto insurance company failed to prove that search engine Google Inc. infr...
INDUSTRIAL NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Meridith Childers purchased a 4,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 10707-09 Burbank ...