By Joan Osterwalder A former professional football player and felon is suing San Bernardino County over an allegedly bad fall...
By Linda Rapattoni and Hudson Sangree Gov. Gray Davis signed 1,168 bills in 2002, dozens more than in any previous year of hi...
By Erik Cummins Edsell "Chip" Eady was a big believer in Foley & Lardner's chances in California during the four years he...
By Joan Osterwalder It was an uphill battle. A hillside project of 572 luxury homes in the Verdugo Mountains caused a politic...
Firm Watch
Manatt Phelps Entices Deputy AG To Join Its Office in Sacramento
By Staff Writer
Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has lured Peter K. Shack away from the office of the attorney general. Shack, form...
Litigation
L.A. Consumer Attorneys Group Selects Award Winners for 2002
By Stefanie Knapp
The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles has announced its 2002 award winners, who will be honored at the organizati...
By Toni Vranjes Laser manufacturer PhotoMedex Inc. of Radnor, Pa., has purchased Surgical Laser Technologies Inc., broadening...
Judges and Judiciary
Veteran Civil Judge Prepares to Vacate Martinez Bench in March
By Karen Coleman
Martinez civil Judge James Trembath will retire from the Contra Costa County Superior Court in March. Trembath, 63, says he h...
By Keith Rohman and Cathleen Watkins Deadlines are stacking up, the phones are ringing incessantly, and your calendar is out ...
By Liz Valsamis Patricia Kinaga, an employment litigator and award-winning film writer, director and producer, has joined the...
By Toni Vranjes The new year brought a new owner for the 91 Express Lanes. Ownership of the toll road officially shifted to t...
Judges and Judiciary
Paulson Reporting Purchases Competitor to Run Separately
By Stefanie Knapp
Los Angeles' Absolute Court Reporting Inc. has been bought by Paulson Reporting and Litigation Service Inc. Absolute will con...
By Erik Cummins Recruiting former Bank of America associate general counsel Maureen Young was like getting the first pick in ...
Keesal, Young & Logan has added a baker's dozen, including partner Kimberly Wong, to the firm's Long Beach and San Franci...
By Toni Vranjes Natural gas provider ENRG of Seal Beach has acquired a Denver-based company to expand into new markets. ENRG ...
Judges and Judiciary
Superior Court Judge Will Retire After Marking 20 Years on Bench
By Karen Coleman
While the rest of the county was celebrating the New Year, Pittsburg Judge John Allen was looking forward to 2004. Allen, 62,...
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Within the next few weeks, Silicon Valley attorney David Bohrer expects a hearing on his request to triple...
OAKLAND - The presiding judge of Alameda County's juvenile court marked Sylvia Johnson's last day as chief probation officer ...
SAN DIEGO - It looked like a light day at juvenile dependency court for James McMahon. "I've only got six matters in the morni...
Column By Garry Abrams - Rapper Daz Dillinger has won a $25.5 million default judgment against perpetually embattled rap mogul...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate justice has criticized state Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office for trying to expand th...
LOS ANGELES - Corporate specialist Greg Morgan, a 21-year veteran of Los Angeles' Munger, Tolles & Olson, has been electe...
SAN DIEGO -- One reason for the poor results suffered by many children and parents who wind up in juvenile dependency court i...
SACRAMENTO - The state's political watchdog agency has repealed its "Itty Bitty City" exemption for officials of small cities...
LOS ANGELES - Aging writers who claim they can't get work in Hollywood can't get their lawsuit to trial, either. The writers'...
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - In the aftermath of David Westerfield's conviction and death sentence for the kidnapping ...
Constitutional Law
Excising the Lord from Graduation Speech Probably OK
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In a contest between free speech and separation of church and state, a federal appeals panel has suggested th...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Judges May Either Sit On Assignment or Do Private Judging, But They Can't Do Both Anymore
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - Angry at what they see as insults to their integrity, many retired jurists vow they will quit working as assi...
Judges and Judiciary
CJA Could Have Done More, Critics of New Rule Complain
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - In addition to being mad at Chief Justice Ronald M. George for banning assigned judges from acting as private...