SAN FRANCISCO - Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, facing ethics charges that he helped friends and family ...
SACRAMENTO - A multimillion-dollar award in the state's first anti-spam lawsuit could help deter advertisers who clog compute...
LOS ANGELES - After almost 10 years of litigation, five judges, endless administrative hearings, appeals, delays and legal wr...
SAN FRANCISCO - A committee promoting the reelection of incumbent District Attorney Terence Hallinan falsely claims Assemblym...
Law Practice
Risk, Shmisk: Experts Say Lawsuits Unlikely for Blogs
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - To blog or not to blog? That is the question for some lawyers, who wonder whether blogging will leave them ex...
Judges and Judiciary
Los Angeles Sky Rains Down Frogs, Handcuffs, Contempt
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams In what would seem to be a case of cosmic legal coincidence worthy of "The Twilight Zone," two Los Ang...
SAN FRANCISCO - In defending Frank Quattrone, John Keker was up against more than an aggressive prosecution and a tough judge...
SAN FRANCISCO - One might suppose that lawyers, more than other professionals, know the cash value of their time. Why, then, ...
Employment Column By Kevin Lilly Amid the chaos of the state recall election, Californians might be forgiven for not noticing...
Entertainment & Sports
Movie Clips Replacing Studio's Own Trailers Are Not Fair Use
By Columnist
Focus Column Entertainment Law By David Halberstadter As technology expands the ability of consumers to copy and manipulate s...
Personal Injury & Torts
Premises-Liability Case Is Ripe for High-Court Review
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Forum Column By Daniel U. Smith In Kinsman v. Unocal , 110 Cal.App.4th 826 (2003), premises liability collided with Privette ...
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge Thursday put off setting a trial date for three San Diego city councilmen who are accused of taki...
SAN FRANCISCO - Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Frederick P. Horn has been appointed to the state judicial watch...
Judges and Judiciary
Web Site's Publishers Defend Cartoon, Question Use at Hearing
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The publishers of a controversial political cartoon about state Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown defend...
RIVERSIDE - A state appellate panel has reversed second-degree murder convictions for two gang members serving life terms for...
SACRAMENTO - Employees of the Sacramento Superior Court, who staged a surprise walkout less than a month ago, have reached a ...
WASHINGTON - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dale S. Fischer, a nominee for a newly created federal judgeship in the Central...
SAN FRANCISCO - An scheduled disciplinary hearing for Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, accused of helping...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Survivor Would Do It All Again If Necessary
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE - Becoming president of the Riverside County Bar Association is a particularly sweet accomplishment for Mary Ellen ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Incoming Presiding Judge Barbara Miller is making several key changes to the leadership of Alameda County Sup...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that establishes a clear standard of review for the sentencing of juveniles in the federal system, ...
Judges and Judiciary
Statements by Brown Prompt Professor to Withdraw Support
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - A Democratic-leaning Boalt Hall law professor who had received attention for supporting state Supreme Court Just...
SACRAMENTO - Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, who pledged during his campaign to "protect and restore" California's environm...
SAN FRANCISCO - Candidate Bill Fazio said Thursday he will order a management audit, assign a prosecutor to each police stati...
Forum Column By Heidi Poppe At a time when many Section 8 housing-voucher holders already face challenges finding decent housi...
Judges and Judiciary
Politicians Rough Up Nominee While Mobster Enchants Tabloids
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams Normally, no one would think of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown and mob hit man S...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A private buyer purchased two single-tenant retail properties adjacent to each other at 11070 and 11090 Fo...
FULLERTON - The Hindenberg Trust purchased an 85,700-square-foot industrial building at 2461-2495 E. Orangethorpe from Irvine...
Constitutional Law
Requiring Free Credit Reports Won't Create Unlawful Taking
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Forum Column By Dilan Esper Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, in his article "Credit Act Changes Don't Add Up: Unlawful Takings Iss...
Intellectual Property
'Bunner' May Raise Numerous Questions in Trade-Secret Law
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Focus Column Intellectual Property By Gary Weiss and Sean Lincoln Trade-secret practitioners breathed a sigh of relief after ...