Column By Philip Carrizosa - SAN FRANCISCO - When the California Supreme Court first allowed cameras into its courtroom in 198...
LOS ANGELES - Maria Suarez, who spent 22 years in prison for participating in the murder of a man who bought her as a sex slav...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it will rule that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom overstepped h...
Appellate Practice
Church-Abuse Case Jurist Won't Bind Insurers to Settlement Sum
By Joy Shaw
LOS ANGELES - Bowing to pressure from the appellate court, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Lichtman said Monday he will...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Lodi winemaker who uses Central Valley grapes to produce wine called "Napa Creek" and "Napa Ridge" didn't wi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Life After Law: Changing Careers to Follow a Dream
By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - SAN DIEGO - You've survived law school, passed the State Bar Exam and maybe...
SAN FRANCISCO - Former state attorney general and Los Angeles District Attorney John K. Van de Kamp will lead the State Bar ne...
Personal Injury & Torts
Law of Unintended Consequences May Rule Punitives Plan
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Daniel J. Callahan - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed in his May revision to the 2004-05 proposed budget ...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - When it comes to the issue of new spouse income, the law in California creates great inequ...
Focus Column - International Law - By Lothar Determann and Ute Krdewagen - In today's global economy, manufacturers can reach ...
Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - Call it a premonition, but Nicholas Hua had a feeling that laptop test take...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Failing Bar Exam Is Not the End of the World
By Contributing Writer
Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - By Sara Berman-Barrett, Steven Bracci, Craig Gold and Bruce Landau - Here a...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration overlooked the bribery of marine observers, caved to international political pressure ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Roderick Walston, who has served as the U.S. Department of Interior's acting solicitor since William Myers III...
LOS ANGELES - Cody Cluff, the former head of the Entertainment Industry Development Corp., pleaded no contest Monday in Los An...
LOS ANGELES - Legendary defense attorney Anthony Brooklier has resolved his latest tax run-in with the federal government. Bro...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Auto Accident Raises Issues of Jurisdiction
By Contributing Writer
QUESTION 6 CIVIL PROCEDURE Paul and Tom, both State X residents, were involved in an auto accident in State X. At the time of ...
LOS ANGELES - In what one attorney is calling an important consumer victory, an appeals court Monday held that Pep Boys Auto m...
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court on Monday added a new twist to a legal saga dating back to 1988, reinstating a malicious...
Constitutional Law
Court Will Mull Direct Shipments of Wine From Out of State
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking on an issue of special concern in California, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether state...
SAN FRANCISCO - An unhealthy dynamic among a group of immature East Bay men, mixed with alcohol, drugs and the shame that they...
SAN FRANCISCO - A 76-year-old former U.S. marshal who says his drink at a 1957 pressroom Christmas party was spiked with LSD i...
Appellate Practice
Panel Leaves The 'Lindows' Question for Jury to Decide
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate panel declined Monday to get involved in Microsoft Corp.'s trademark fight with Lindows In...
SANTA ANA - Western State University College of Law dropped its lawsuit against the American Bar Association on Monday and in ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco attorney accused of intentionally standing up the California Supreme Court and then lying abou...
Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - Among the thousands preparing to take the State Bar Exam in July, some will...
SANTA ANA - A civil rights lawsuit against Santa Ana will stand, a federal judge ruled Monday, despite the repeal of the ordin...
Litigation
Pet-Finding Chip Doesn't Work, Competitor's Lawsuit Contends
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - There's nothing like a lost pet to tug at the old heartstrings. Which is why recent weeks have seen 40 televisio...
Column By Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - As we all know, the fight against terrorism is a serious and somber business. But trage...
Daily Journal Supplement Feature - 2004 Bar Exam - By Valerie Fontaine - You must do your homework, creatively identify and sy...