SAN FRANCISCO - It's a new era for capital punishment: An IQ score can mean the difference between life and death. California...
INDUSTRIAL HAYWARD - 1675 Fulton St. purchased an 84,241-square-foot warehouse at 2707 McCone Ave. from Lowenberg Corp., for ...
One year after being removed from office, former Gov. Gray Davis will begin work immediately as of-counsel to Los Angeles' Loe...
Administrative/Regulatory
Americans Must Work for State, Local Reform of Firearm Laws
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Juliet Leftwich - Those of us involved in efforts to reduce gun violence will look back on 2004 as a mixed b...
Appellate Practice
In 'Blanchard,' Panel SLAPPS Putative Claims of Consumers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By John M. Genga - Protecting one's intellectual-property rights often begins with a ce...
Letter to the Editor - William J. Becker Jr.'s article against the effort to legalize same-sex marriage was full of - to use h...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Passage of Land-Use Initiative Is Political Wake-Up Call
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Post-election analysts have beaten the blue state-red state dichotomy nearly to death. O...
LOS ANGELES - After two hung juries, prosecutors finally nailed Pico Rivera gang member Robert Leos on attempted murder and w...
LOS ANGELES - As lawyers gather today in Los Angeles for a third round of intense settlement negotiations, at least one attor...
Discipline
Sheppard Mullin Sues for Legal Fees From City of South Gate
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - One of the state's most prominent law firms goes to court today in a bid to recover a half-million dollars in l...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed Wednesday to decide when employers are liable for failing to ...
SAN JOSE - A Silicon Valley software company came up with an unusual way to resolve its trade-secrets theft lawsuit against a...
Environmental
Critics Protest Proposed Deal With Chevron Over Pollution
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists protested Wednesday in hopes of derailing a five-refinery pollution deal between Chevron and...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court said Wednesday that a teenager who told his physical education teacher, "Yell at me a...
LOS ANGELES - An attorney cannot work as an expert witness against an insurance company he represented 12 years ago, a ruling ...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it will allow the growing number of Americans who are facing personal b...
Judges and Judiciary
'Reefer Madness': Justices Quake Over Carving Out Medi-Pot Exception
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - They sure were smokin' at the U.S. Supreme Court the other day. Almost everybody there was as whack...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Web site's claims that it offered links to illegally download movies weren't true, but they were sufficient...
SAN FRANCISCO - President Bush's re-election could open the way for him to place another six conservative judges on the natio...
LOS ANGELES - As Thomas Goldstein looked back on the 24 years he spent in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, his mes...
INDUSTRIAL SAN DIEGO - Thermo Gamma-Metrics LLC signed a five-year $935,097 lease for 16,187 square feet of industrial space ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar's Application of Moral Turpitude Deserves Close Scrutiny
By Columnist
Forum Colum - By David Cameron Carr - In the world of attorney discipline, you can't do worse than the Big M. The Big M - mora...
Focus Column - Probate Law - By Marshal A. Oldman - In two separate matters, the 2nd District Court of Appeal released opinion...
LOS ANGELES - Services are scheduled to take place today for Roger E. Kelly, a Los Angeles trial attorney and one of the top a...
SAN JOSE - A fifth-grade teacher at a Cupertino elementary school has sued the district and his principal, whom he accused of ...
SAN DIEGO - The city's mayoral race lives on, at least in court. A state appeals court on Tuesday stopped the county registra...
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran prosecutor Steven Gruel, who specialized in prosecuting organized crime gangs and international smugg...
LOS ANGELES - Richard N. Shumsky, chief probation officer of Los Angeles County, will retire on Monday after more than three ...
Judges and Judiciary
Officials Certify Results in Two Judicial Races
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Officials Tuesday certified election results putting court Referee Mildred Escobedo on the Los Angeles bench and Santa Maria c...
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday battled over whether to expand the remedies for discrimination under t...