Forum Column - By W. Barry Nixon - A national debate has been sparked as an increasing number of states across the United Stat...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Health Care Reformers Need Same Courage as Grocery Strikers
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Bennet Kelley - For the past four months, approximately 70,000 grocery workers have been on strike at Vons, ...
Military Law
White House Counsel Defends Bush Detention of 'Combatants'
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday defended the Bush administration's detention of so-called "enemy ...
Constitutional Law
Low-Income Gardeners Win Temporary Victory
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
LOS ANGELES - A group of low-income people who have been ordered by Los Angeles officials to stop farming one of the city's la...
LOS ANGELES - Charges of document theft and cries of innocence flew like shrapnel Tuesday as the Walt Disney Co. launched its ...
Judges and Judiciary
County Bar Group Calls Two 'Well Qualified,' Snubs Others
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - A crowded field of four attorneys and a commissioner is vying for Office No. 69, the seat being vacated by Los A...
SAN JOSE - If Alameda County is any example, Santa Clara County judges who oppose a March 2 ballot measure that would strip th...
Judges and Judiciary
Law Professor, Prosecutors, Public Defender Try for Spot
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Four prosecutors, one public defender and a law-school professor are running for Office No. 29, the seat held by...
Judges and Judiciary
Bench Opening Attracts Six Very Different Candidates
By Tina Spee
LOS ANGELES - Six candidates are competing in the March 2 primary election for Office No. 53, an opening created by the upcomi...
LOS ANGELES - In his nearly 30 years as a prosecutor, Larry Diamond saw 100 of his colleagues ascend to the bench. So he decid...
SANTA CLARA - In closing arguments in a closely watched case, an attorney representing IBM denied Tuesday that the company exp...
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Ollie Marie-Victoire, at 80 the grande dame of the San Francisco bench, has defended murd...
SANTA ANA - Dead lawyers try no trials, and it's not the litigant's fault, a state appellate court has ruled. In a sharply wor...
WASHINGTON - Finding that prosecutors had suppressed key evidence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence ...
LOS ANGELES - Three Los Angeles government lawyers and a court referee are competing to win a March 2 primary election and fil...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Group Wants to End Suits Against Uninsured Patients
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A Latino advocacy group has asked hospital associations to support a temporary end to lawsuits against uninsured...
Judges and Judiciary
Opponents Might Not Like 'Lavender Bench' of S.F.
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Opponents of San Francisco's issuance of same-sex marriage licenses may get more than they bargained for by ju...
Judges and Judiciary
After 17 Years on Bench, Judge Must Face Down a Challenger
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - After 17 years on the bench, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard W. Van Dusen is facing a challenge for his...
LOS ANGELES - A Catholic priest has sued plaintiffs' attorney Raymond Boucher and a national victims' rights group for libel, ...
WASHINGTON - President Bush's open support on Tuesday for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is a big boost to th...
SAN FRANCISCO - In 1948, California's highest court made civil rights history as the first in the nation to legalize interraci...
Forum Column - By Chad A. Readler - If the United States is to have a death penalty, and 38 states and the federal government ...
Focus Column - International Law - By Jon Bartley - In December 2003, Britain's Court of Appeal in Durant v. FSA gave t...
Judges and Judiciary
Bench Candidates Tout Their Qualifications
By Contributing Writer
The following are statements from the candidates for Superior Court Office No. 72, currently held by David S. Wesley. ...
Forum Column - By Dan Lawton - "I am sorry you were offended by my comments." (Billy Packer, after insulting two female studen...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court ruled Monday it could not intervene on behalf of an illegal immigrant whose daughter fac...
WASHINGTON - Ending a highly unusual saga stemming from the detention of a thousand Muslims after the Sept. 11 terrorist attac...
SAN BERNARDINO - As the only judge in San Bernardino County to face a challenger in next week's election, Judge David A. Willi...
Judges and Judiciary
Memorial Service for Thomas F. Crosby, Retired Appellate Justice, Will Be Friday
By Dan Evans
SANTA ANA - A memorial service for retired Justice Thomas F. Crosby Jr. will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the old Orange Cou...
SANTA CLARA - All the managers at International Business Machines Inc. had to do was warn their employees that the chemicals t...