Thirty-two years after her brother's death, Zita Cabello-Barrueto says she has seen his alleged murderer brought to justice an...
When corporate transactions partner Mark Wicker told his colleagues he was leaving DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary's North County ...
ChevronTexaco Corp. trampled over its competition to snap up smaller California rival Unocal Corp. for $16 billion, pocketing ...
Closer - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Gene Moscovitch - Hybrid cases that allege significant civil damages but take pla...
Criminal
Like Everyone Else, Jews' Feelings About Death Penalty Vary
By Contributing Writer
Forum Column - By Michael M. Rosen - "No Jewish person can sit on a death penalty jury and vote for death." Thus spake an Alam...
Criminal
As Clergy Trial Closes, Plaintiffs Lawyers Put Value on Victims' Loss
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - There is no Kelly Blue Book by which to calculate the value of religious faith, a plaintiffs lawyer told juror...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Ana Will Keep Appellate Court, Build New Building for It
By Tim Willert
SANTA ANA - An aggressive public relations campaign to keep the 4th District Court of Appeal from leaving the city has paid of...
LOS ANGELES - When Judge Nancy Wieben Stock gave O.J. Simpson custody of his two young children, outraged friends of his slain...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Eron Ben-Yehuda - Twin girls needed a heart procedure soon after their premature births, but ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Tom Shoesmith helped create international practices for Baker & McKenzie, Cooley Godward and Paul, Hasting...
LOS ANGELES - There's a timeworn maxim often bemoaned by critics of derivative TV pitches and rehashed movie scripts that says...
Intellectual Property
Circuit Court Requires Clarity in Assertion of Lexicographer Rule
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Antonia L. Sequeira - "About" - why would anyone ever wager millions of dollars in l...
SANTA MARIA - Just one week after Michael Jackson's former maid, Blanca Francia, gave damaging testimony, indicating that she ...
INDUSTRIAL RANCHO CORDOVA - An entity of TCC Properties purchased the 120,286-square-foot Mather Business Center at 3324 Math...
Forum Column - By Dan Rhoads and Vince Imhoff - Hussein Tabaja knew he was innocent, but it took the criminal justice system 1...
Litigation
Case Tests Validity of Class Action Waiver in Arbitration
By Contributing Writer
Focus Column - Litigation - By Moe Keshavarzi - Nearly two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court in Green Tree Financial Corpor...
Labor/Employment
Employers Learn Lessons in Nation's Paid Family Leave Program
By Contributing Writer
Employment Column - By Michele C. Coyle and Jenai M. K. Sumida - Last year, about 86 million American workers were unable to t...
Government
Former Star Prosecutor Sues DA Over Firing
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A former star prosecutor in San Bernardino has filed a $1 million claim against the county, saying District A...
SANTA ANA - The city of Santa Ana moved a big step closer Thursday to preventing the 4th District Court of Appeal from leaving...
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed a Republican and two Democrats to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench Thur...
LOS ANGELES - Attorney and former mayoral candidate Bob Hertzberg endorsed Antonio Villaraigosa for mayor on Thursday deliveri...
SACRAMENTO - California Rural Legal Assistance sued the state labor commissioner Thursday seeking a court order to stop the co...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists went to court Thursday for the second time in three years to try to force the federal govern...
Judges and Judiciary
Commissioners Named to the Bench in Solano, Kern Counties
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Two commissioners have been elevated to superior court judgeships in Solano and Kern counties by Gov. Schwarze...
Reporter's Notebook - By Peter Blumberg - SAN FRANCISCO - To those who have followed J. Tony Serra's colorful career as an ant...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate Democrats Tell Bush to Denounce Criticism of Judges
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Thursday called for President Bush and top congressional Republicans to denounce recent conse...
LOS ANGELES - Murder charges were filed Thursday against a 13-year-old Pony League player accused of fatally clubbing a 15-yea...
SAN FRANCISCO - Sidney Rudy, counsel to San Francisco's famous waterfront destination Pier 39 and a name partner with Hanson, ...
LOS ANGELES - A group of deaf individuals filed a proposed class action in San Francisco federal court Thursday, claiming that...
Securities
Chief of Enforcement at SEC Will Return to Private Practice
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Stephen Cutler, who oversaw the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of Enron, WorldCom and Tyco...