LOS ANGELES - A class action alleging that a fictitious movie critic's favorable opinion of four films constituted false adver...
Appellate Practice
Papers of Prolific Blackmun May Hold Mysteries, Minutiae
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Forget about the Pledge of Allegiance case. Never mind the "enemy combatant" terrorism cases. The focus among Sup...
Judges and Judiciary
Bench Officer Pays For Ballot Statement To Defend Himself
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - In November, the president of the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys placed a $5,000 advertise...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurist Never Expected Challenges By Deputy DAs in Re-Election Bid
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - When Judge Dan T. Oki was appointed to the Superior Court bench in 1997, he never imagined being challenged for ...
Judges and Judiciary
Visits to Father in Prison Inspired a Career in Law
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - Many an attorney and judge became intrigued with the law by reading classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird," or wa...
SAN FRANCISCO - Casting a cloud over the public sector's heavy reliance on temporary workers, a divided California Supreme Cou...
SANTA ANA - Famed attorney Robert Shapiro will have to answer allegations he received $5 million in ill-gotten cash, part of t...
Judges and Judiciary
Candidates for Seats on Los Angeles Superior Court Present Their Qualifications
By Columnist
Here are statements from candidates for Offices No. 18, 52, 53, 67 and 69 of the Los Angeles Superior Court. ...
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Michael J. Kump - A restrictive covenant often found in agreements between employers and em...
Judges and Judiciary
Opponent Targets Incumbent's Judicial Temperament
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - A two-person race for a Superior Court seat has grabbed the spotlight as Tuesday's election nears, with the oppone...
SAN FRANCISCO - A night court for child support cases, a Spanish self-help center, courthouse seminars for teachers and a manu...
SANTA ANA - A Southern Californian man has filed suit against Ford Motor Co., claiming the low-profile tires on Jaguar X-Types...
SANTA ANA - R.J. Reynolds broke its promise not to pitch cigarettes to teenagers by advertising in youth-friendly publications...
Judges and Judiciary
New San Francisco Superior Court Judge Aims to Make Court Less Stressful
By Robert Selna
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge Gail Dekreon says she ran for a seat on the bench in November 2002 because ...
Litigation
Woman Can Sue Riverside County for Accusation She Killed Daughter
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A federal judge in Riverside has denied a request by a Riverside County district attorney investigator to dismiss ...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unsympathetic to Maria V. Altmann's quest to use the U.S. courts to recov...
LOS ANGELES - The state Farm Bureau filed suit Wednesday against the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and all ...
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday weighed starkly different judgments on the District Court nomination ...
LOS ANGELES - Bingham McCutchen has secured a powerful addition for its consulting firm, bringing on Gov. Pete Wilson. Wilson ...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge Lenard Louie, the workhorse of the criminal bench who never met a case he d...
In an effort to blunt intense criticism of the employee discipline system, top prison officials disclosed a plan this week to...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge's 'Not Qualified' Rating Follows Deteriorating Health
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Chesley McKay Jr. is the only judge running for re-election in the county this ...
Intellectual Property
Dumpster Diving for Evidence Gives New Meaning to Scavenger Hunt
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - Never, perhaps, has so much money ridden on the rubbish of a large corporation. The big-deal hearing ...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's top court administrators had $35 million worth of good news for their trial courts Wednesday. Bil...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling expected to affect thousands of defendants, a state appellate court held Wednesday that judges hav...
SAN DIEGO - The balmy Sunday was no beach day for Mike Aguirre's campaign supporters. With the city-attorney election then onl...
SAN FRANCISCO - A conservative law firm Wednesday asked the California Supreme Court to immediately stop San Francisco from is...
SACRAMENTO - Sensing a political opportunity, Republicans attacked California Attorney General Bill Lockyer from all sides Tue...
SAN FRANCISCO - One attorney learned the hard way Tuesday what happens to those who file court papers accusing Attorney Genera...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurors Need to Have Their Own Copies of Instructions
By Columnist
Focus Column - Litigation - By Jacqueline Connor - Trial courts across the country are thinking outside the box, addressing pr...