SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time, a federal judge has made it clear that local sheriffs can't run to federal court to circum...
Government
'Unusual, Disruptive, Messy' Does Not a Constitutional Crisis Make
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Last week, I had a crisis over whether the California recall election constitutes, or could somehow c...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges to Pay Membership Dues to Save Courts Funds
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Citing three years of unprecedented budget cuts, the state Judicial Council approved a range of cost-saving me...
Jon Sobel is leaving Yahoo! Inc., where he has worked as the Internet search company's top lawyer since March 2001, to return ...
Intellectual Property
'Dastar' Imperils Lanham Act Claims Involving Film Credits
By Columnist
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Harrison J. Dossick and Katherine L. McDaniel - In Hollywood, they often say that "c...
Forum Column - By Deborah J. La Fetra - Do judges need friends? The usefulness of friend-of-the-court briefs is a recurring qu...
Forum Column - By Betty Raskoff Kazmin - Thou shalt not micromanage! The word means "to manage with great or excessive control...
Employment Column - By Kevin Lilly - For many years, employers have sought to avoid the court system by requiring mandatory ar...
LOS ANGELES - A veteran Los Angeles police officer alleges in a suit filed Thursday that his department's internal affairs uni...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Thursday reinstated the claims of "extremely obscene" sexual harassment by two women w...
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental groups have the right to challenge national forestry regulations, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
SAN DIEGO - A federal grand jury has indicted three San Diego city councilmen for allegedly agreeing to accept payments from s...
WASHINGTON - One of the last remaining challenges to the Oct. 7 recall election will be back in the spotlight today. A three-j...
WASHINGTON - Judges are susceptible to peer pressure just like the rest of us. So says a new study that examines the voting be...
SAN JOSE - In a victory for the federal government in its continuing battle to enforce laws against medical marijuana, a feder...
Criminal
Jury Clears Santa Barbara Judge of Domestic-Dispute Gun Charge
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA BARBARA - A jury Thursday found Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall not guilty of threatening her former live-in girlfrie...
SACRAMENTO - The state Assembly approved late amendments Thursday to a bill to protect small businesses seeking reforms to the...
Personal Injury & Torts
Injured Diver Gets a Trial, But Coaches Get the Win
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that coaches can be held liable for student athletes' injuries onl...
LOS ANGELES - A little more than a year ago, Judge Amy Hogue left a successful law practice at San Francisco's Pillsbury Winth...
SAN FRANCISCO - After nearly three years of collecting information, conducting public meetings and consulting with experts and...
SAN FRANCISCO - As Venture Law Group nears a decision about which firm to merge with - a decision that may be announced as ear...
LOS ANGELES - Jurors might have a hard time believing that the wife of real estate magnate and Los Angeles Clippers owner Dona...
Forum Column - By Daniel B. Markind - Barbara Perry's article, "Israel Ignores Rights to Water in Occupied Palestinian Areas" ...
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit Puts Its Own Spin On 'Armendariz' in New Cases
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Richard H. Rahm - Three years ago, the state Supreme Court, in Armendariz v. Foundation ...
RIVERSIDE - Amy Prien's mother testified Wednesday that her daughter never received prenatal care while she was pregnant with ...
SANTA BARBARA - Jurors concluded their first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict Wednesday in the trial of Su...
SACRAMENTO - San Joaquin County Judge Thomas Harrington describes himself as a "fresh air nut" who likes to keep a window open...
SAN JOSE - Attorneys presented competing storylines Wednesday on whether a former top executive at Advanced Micro Devices was ...
SAN FRANCISCO - With his gavel on the line, Alameda County Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde waged an uphill battle Wednesda...
Personal Injury & Torts
High Court to Review Another Premises Liability Suit
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously agreed to decide whether a bar owner can be held liable ...