Alternative Dispute Resolution
New Judge Will Take Over Clergy Abuse Cases
By Joy Shaw
LOS ANGELES - A new judge has been chosen to preside over the massive civil litigation in Southern California's Roman Catholic...
VISALIA - At least once a week, usually over the lunch hour, Superior Court Judge Martin W. Staven steps off the bench, exits ...
Constitutional Law
The End Is Near: Tinseltown Wracked by Anger Over Cross Complaints
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Maybe now would be a good time for God to destroy Los Angeles. The obliteration of the City of the An...
LOS ANGELES - Three years ago, after 43 police officers filed a class action accusing the Los Angeles Police Department of rac...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court waded deeper into the same-sex marriage dispute Wednesday by agreeing to decide t...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court recognized for the first time Wednesday the right of posthumously conceived children t...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge on Wednesday rejected a request to move a series of lawsuits regarding the constitutiona...
LOS ANGELES - Despite a large turnout of protesters urging them to do otherwise, Los Angeles County supervisors voted 3-2 Tues...
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer declared Tuesday that San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris did not abus...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Classwide Arbitrations Face Conflicting Governing Rules
By Columnist
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - California law permits the consolidation of separate arb...
Personal Injury & Torts
Schwarzenegger's Plan for Punitives Has Abundance of Optimism, Flaws
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Christina J. Imre - At the end of his 97-page budget, Gov. Schwarzenegger recently proposed that the state o...
SACRAMENTO - A fourth judge surfaced Tuesday among a list of potential candidates being reviewed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Presiding Judge Was Respected Amateur Musician
By Claude Walbert
Burial will take place Sunday for David L. Rosen, a former presiding judge of the state Workers' Compensation Appeals Board wh...
Personal Injury & Torts
Simple Oversight Derails Scout Molestation Appeal
By Philip Carrizosa
Column By Philip Carrizosa - SAN FRANCISCO - Four years ago, things were looking up for Mario Juarez. A state appeal court had...
SAN JOSE - An East Palo Alto man who was exonerated in 2003 after serving a dozen years in prison for a murder he did not comm...
LOS ANGELES - A defendant in a drunken-driving case cannot throw out evidence of his blood-alcohol level because a San Diego p...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Archdiocese is putting off the filing of a planned motion to quash a subpoena for confidential c...
SAN FRANCISCO - Same-sex marriage opponents hope to use two San Francisco Superior Court judges' participation in separate gay...
SAN FRANCISCO - Mugsey was a dog with attitude. The 75-pound Staffordshire terrier once attacked his owner, Russell Nelson of ...
Military Law
Ashcroft Denies President Ordered Torture in Iraqi Prison
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Following reports that Bush administration officials contended that the torture of al-Qaida suspects could be jus...
SAN FRANCISCO - Rejecting a free speech challenge, a federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a federal l...
SAN FRANCISCO - Not every message from the Great Communicator was received and understood. By 1974, Gov. Ronald Reagan and one...
WASHINGTON - A significant and enduring legacy of President Ronald Reagan, who died at 93 at his California home Saturday, wil...
Constitutional Law
Bush's Faith-Based Initiatives Push Is Another Empty Promise
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Bennet G. Kelley - It now is clear that President Bush intends to make his religious convictions and his fai...
Forum Column - By Rick Little - With our armed forces in Iraq, Americans naturally are focused on the military. We watch the n...
Appellate Practice
'Gator.com v. L.L. Bean' Strikes Fear in Hearts of Internet Sellers
By Columnist
Focus Column - Business Law - By Jeffrey A. LeVee and Mark Fall - On Sept. 2, 2003, in a controversial decision, a three-judge...
Notebook - By Dennis Opatrny - SAN FRANCISCO - When she assumed office in January, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harr...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County jail is one of the nation's largest psychiatric facilities, thanks to Gov. Ronald Reagan'...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese is refusing to turn over secret church files sought by the Los Angele...
SAN FRANCISCO - The United States Supreme Court cleared the path Monday for thousands of Mexican trucks to begin traveling nor...