LOS ANGELES - Jerrell Patrick, who gunned down a man after he was released from jail because of an overtime pay dispute betwee...
Constitutional Law
Guantanamo Lawyer Draws Ovation for Detainees' Defense
By Don De Benedictis
ATLANTA - The military lawyer in charge of representing prisoners held at the Guantnamo Naval base said Friday that he is conf...
SACRAMENTO - Two of the criminal defense lawyers charged with disclosing witness information to their clients say that prosecu...
SAN JOSE - Barring a successful appeal, an initiative backed by Santa Clara County's prosecutors and public defenders that wou...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant victory for environmentalists, a federal appeals court ruling could tighten land-use restrict...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney has halted construction on a gate that would have blocked access to public parklan...
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Amy K. Spees - You're a new associate. Half-empty briefcase in hand, stomach fluttering, you'...
The owners of a Rancho Cordova shopping mall have won a disabled-access suit filed by a man who sued the historic Nimbus Winer...
LOS ANGELES - The $2 billion settlement announced last week to fix Los Angeles' broken sewer system marked a sea change in how...
SAN FRANCISCO - Berkeley Bowl, the revered eco-friendly grocery that saw its liberal image tarnished after it was accused of a...
Entertainment & Sports
Gibson Partner Helps Agent Land Diamondbacks Position
By Megan Thorpe
LOS ANGELES - Wrapping up six weeks of negotiations, partner Gerard Kenny of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Irvine office has s...
Column By Philip Carrizosa - How would you like to be the judge sorting out the embryo mix-up litigation? One part of the liti...
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in Santa Ana on Friday filed new charges against three teens accused of raping an unconscious 16-yea...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pretrial arrestees in Arizona's Maricopa County jail became objects in a reality show with 6 million people wo...
SAN FRANCISCO - The judge overseeing Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's bankruptcy said he wasn't ready to accept the dissolved...
Administrative/Regulatory
Court Must Stop Coastal Commission's 'Extortion' Attempts
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Extortion. It's an ugly word. But then, it's an ugly concept. It's even uglier when enga...
Focus Column - Litigation - By Daniel W. Park - In July, the California 2nd District Court of Appeal in S.B. Beach Properti...
Government
School Districts Must Cooperate With Charter Schools or Risk Intervention
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Gregory V. Moser - The Los Angeles Unified School District has broken the promise made to the voters when Pr...
SAN FRANCISCO - While defense attorneys accuse prosecutors of improperly using race in jury selection, they acknowledge an ope...
Personal Injury & Torts
County Wins $6 Million Damages in Bribery Case
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
VENTURA - A judge tentatively decided Thursday to award San Bernardino County $6 million in damages from officials and busines...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County jailers let a murder suspect who tried to escape from custody do inmate head counts, check id...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Thursday found it fundamentally unfair for a prosecutor to compel a defendant to call ...
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has rejected a request by ChevronTexaco Corp. to ask the federal government ...
SAN FRANCISCO - After a rocky start with police over the killing of a cop, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has m...
SAN FRANCISCO - John M. Forney, one of the key players in Enron Corp.'s manipulation of the California energy crisis, pleaded ...
Constitutional Law
Wireless-Privacy Lawsuit Raises Novel Issues
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Ontario Police Sgt. Jeff Quon thought he was having private conversations with other officers and family members w...
SAN DIEGO - Citing new evidence, the district attorney said Thursday she will seek a new trial for a San Diego man imprisoned ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran Alameda County prosecutor Ted Landswick wanted to nail 20-year-old Robert Young for three drug-related...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court uncorked a jeroboam-size opinion Thursday protecting Napa Valley wines from vino with ...
SANTA ANA - An Irvine law firm is filing suits alleging nonexistent or minor violations of federal handicap-access laws in an ...