Entertainment & Sports
Films by Jove Wins Round in Fight to Control Movies
By Draeger Martinez
Films by Jove, a Los Angeles-based movie production company, recently won the latest battle in its efforts to maintain control...
Intellectual Property
Morgan Lewis Adds On to Its Silicon Valley Fortress
By Lorelei Laird
Only two years after Morgan, Lewis & Bockius arrived in Silicon Valley with a bang and 150 Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison...
Letter to the Editor - Jonna M. Spilbor's allegation that "Jurors' Dislike of Peterson Helped DA Get Conviction" (Nov. 18 Dail...
Focus Column - Litigation - By Lynn Duryee - From the lawyer's viewpoint, an expert is: A) a necessary evil in civil litigatio...
Insurance
Politicians Should Be Talking About Insurance Reform, Not Tort Reform
By Columnist
Forum Column - By William Shernoff - Lately, we have seen the greed of the insurance industry producing scandal after scandal....
LOS ANGELES - Richard B. Healey, Renaissance man, "Jeopardy!" champion and Los Angeles County deputy district attorney for 32...
Litigation
Families of Teens Struck by Car Sue Over Lack of Sidewalks
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - The families of four high-school students struck by a car in Rubidoux last year have sued the Jurupa Unified Scho...
Judges and Judiciary
Group Plans to Sue DA Over Conflict With Coastal Judge
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Conflict intensified between Mendocino County District Attorney Norman Vroman and the lone judge in a Fort Br...
SANTA ANA - Mayor Dick Murphy of San Diego won't be sworn in for a second four-year term this morning because state appellate ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A defense attorney has filed a motion to suppress evidence gathered from a female attorney accused of stalkin...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former San Francisco Daily Journal Editor Philip Carrizosa has joined the Administrative Office of the Courts'...
SAN FRANCISCO - A silent gesture of protest, the raised-arm Nazi salute, got Santa Cruz homeless activist Robert Norse ejecte...
EXTRA Feature - Dan Stormer has tried dozens of cases in his 30-year legal career. "I would probably qualify as a trial dog," ...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made his first judicial picks, selecting a group of attorneys with diverse backgr...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether the cable television industry must give Internet service p...
Criminal
Attorneys for Blake Litigation Bring Passion, Persuasiveness
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - At their first court meeting, Deputy District Attorney Shellie Samuels lashed out at M. Gerald Schwartzbach, the...
INDUSTRIAL ORANGE - Care Ambulance purchased a 36,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1517 Braden Court from Cook ...
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan requested Thursday that the Department of Justice conduct a formal investigation int...
LOS ANGELES - Ventura-based sole practitioner Kate Neiswender describes herself as a reluctant animal activist. An environmen...
SACRAMENTO - Before he became a lawyer, Shelley Bryant was a career prison guard, rising through the ranks to sergeant and th...
Discipline
Raising Required Exam Score Likely Will Result in Lower Ethical Standards
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Robert F. Cochran Jr. - This weekend, the State Bar's Board of Governors is considering raising the required...
Appellate Practice
Analyze Every Issue, or Risk Losing Case in Appeals Court
By Columnist
Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Sean Commons and Catherine Valerio Barrad - Preserving error before the trial court is only t...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for George J. Zervas, professor emeritus of Southwestern University School of Law. Zer...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a case that centers on whether Internet businesses can...
LOS ANGELES - Normally, a misdemeanor guilty plea for social security fraud wouldn't carry too much significance. But Dessie R...
SAN DIEGO - An appellate court set the stage for further legal fireworks in the city's mayoral race Thursday when it agreed to...
Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco Judges Move To New Assignments in '05
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Two veteran San Francisco judges will move to preliminary hearing departments next month, according to judici...
LOS ANGELES - Partners at Piper Rudnick, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich and United Kingdom law firm DLA will vote Saturday o...
Letter to the Editor - William J. Becker Jr.'s opinion ("Christians Must Remain Strong Against Opposing Tidal Forces," Nov. 26...
Administrative/Regulatory
Family Law Commissioner Helps Navigate Hard Times
By Hudson Sangree
SACRMENTO - Every day when he goes to work, Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Scott Harman faces a parade of human miser...