SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed his first two judges to the bench, and one of them is a public defender....
Daily Journal EXTRA Feature - By Erik Cummins - You can't tell the story of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in California without ...
LOS ANGELES - Jerrell Patrick, who was at the heart of a judicial election controversy over the release of 31 suspected felons...
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley darling Google Inc., famous for its anti-corporate mantra "do no evil," is being accused by a f...
SAN FRANCISCO - A generic excuse from a doctor isn't enough to stall an embattled Yuba County judge's date with his disciplina...
Judges and Judiciary
Pillsbury Bids Farewell to Paul Griffin After 26 Years
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop has lost another longtime partner, Paul Griffin, a 26-year veteran of the San Francisco fir...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has revived the sexual harassment claims of a Presbyterian minister, saying that the F...
SAN FRANCISCO - Dealing what could be a major blow to some of the first sexual abuse claims litigated against the Catholic Chu...
Column By Philip Carrizosa - Sometimes justice comes in unexpected ways. Take the case of Delbert Meeks, an AIDS-stricken and ...
LOS ANGELES - Some might think it unusual for an attorney who lives full time and works part time in Orange County to become t...
Focus Column - Regulatory Law - By Robert Loewy - At least partially fulfilling his campaign promise to have California Indian...
Personal Injury & Torts
Schwarzenegger Proposal Guts Deterrent Effect of Punitives
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Forum Column - By Joseph W. Cotchett and Robert Gnaizda - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent punitive damages-public benefit ...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara Judge in Ticket-Fixing Case Retires
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Danser retired from the bench in a deal announced Thursday to settl...
SAN FRANCISCO - A deputy attorney general is entitled to an extra seven years of back pay because that's how long it took the ...
LOS ANGELES - Metropolitan News-Enterprise publisher Roger M. Grace considers himself the victor even though a state appellate...
LOS ANGELES - A Torrance judge let stand a $1.25 million judgment against Milton Grimes for failing to litigate a wrongful-dea...
SANTA ANA - Legal ethics experts say a bill that would make it illegal for former jurors to work as consultants on retrial is ...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris will be honored Saturday at the Urban League's Women of Power Aw...
LOS ANGELES - Shirley Boucher has spent the last week in Department 107 of the criminal courts building, watching Jerrell Patr...
Entertainment & Sports
Jurist Thwarts Bid to Disqualify Pooh-Case Judge
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - An attempt to disqualify the judge who threw out the Winnie the Pooh royalties case has been denied for a second...
LOS ANGELES - Facing an unprecedented level of secrecy in high-profile trials around the country, media are fighting back agai...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a San Jose teenager whose self-described "dark po...
Judges and Judiciary
O'Connor Advises Judges to Meet Their Lawmakers
By Pamela Mac Lean
MONTEREY - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor expressed serious concern about deteriorating relations between Congress ...
SAN FRANCISCO - "What you see is what you get," is how Fresno Court Executive Tamara Beard describes Presiding Judge Brad Hill...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that pits freedom of speech against anti-discrimination laws, the California Supreme Court agreed We...
Focus Column - Family Law - By Michael D. Myers - Receiverships are a powerful remedy that should be part of the arsenal of ev...
Judges and Judiciary
Another Far-Right Justice Would Make Court Destructive
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Forum Column - By Ralph G. Neas - The just-completed Supreme Court term was memorable for a number of decisions concerning cru...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Six Ways to Defuse Moore-Style Techniques Used in Mediation
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Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Max Factor III - Going to see Michael Moore's controversial documentary "Fa...
International
Hague Court's Ruling on Israeli Wall Could Have Damaged Its Credibility
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Forum Column - By Joseph M. Lipner - The International Court of Justice, in a July 9 opinion, has ruled that Israel's security...
Book Review - "Nothing Is Too Late: The Hunt for a Holocaust Swindler" (Brassey's, 2004) by Mark Kalmansohn - By Mark E. Beck ...