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...
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, ...