Government
Senators Gently Chastise DOJ for Treatment of Aliens After Attacks
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department must learn from its mistakes handling illegal immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attac...
MARTINEZ - So far so good for lawyers who work for Contra Costa County. The new county budget won't require any layoffs, but a...
Judges and Judiciary
It's Not Over, Senator Says Of Cuts to Court Budget
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - The chairman of the state Senate budget subcommittee has warned court administrators and bar leaders that a "p...
LOS ANGELES - Citing "blunt reservations" expressed by his critics, Jonathan Varat, dean of the University of California, Los ...
Forum Column - By Charles Hobson - The response to the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Constitutional Law
Commercial Speech Has Strong Protection of First Amendment
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Focus Column - Constitutional Law - By Jeanine K. Clasen - Some might interpret statutes and case law permitting various forms...
Forum Column - By Leslie R. Daff and Christopher L. Carpenter - Troubling dicta in a recent case, Estate of McAdams , 1...
RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a high-school football player who claimed he injured his back wh...
SAN FRANCISCO - Yuba County Superior Court Judge David E. Wasilenko, facing misconduct charges for allegedly fixing tickets fo...
SANTA ANA - Sidney L. Radus, who helped two Orange County fathers get their small children out of a religious cult in a high-p...
LOS ANGELES - Thirty alleged felons, including an accused carjacker whom police believe went on to commit another crime, were ...
LOS ANGELES - They operate on the fringes of the criminal justice system. But because of overcrowded jails and law-enforcement...
POIPU, Hawaii - Federal judges at the annual 9th Circuit Judicial Conference were told Tuesday that many corporate officers, a...
LOS ANGELES - Boston-based Bingham McCutchen is deepening its Southern California reach with the acquisition of Los Angeles' R...
SAN FRANCISCO - Criminal defense attorney Jim Collins still recalls the client he thought was truly innocent of serious felony...
Personal Injury & Torts
9th Circuit Restricts Online Libel Liability
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The operator of a Web site that posted allegedly defamatory material about a Beverly Hills attorney is unlikely to ...
SACRAMENTO - As he neared semi-retirement at age 72, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Peter Mering wondered aloud whether he co...
Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - I've figured out why the Democrats very likely will not retake Congress or the White House ...
Focus Column - International Law - By Frederick J. Stocker - Good management is key to success in executing any complex merger...
Forum Column - By Sandra Matthews - When deciding what law school to attend, prospective students consider the pros and cons o...
LOS ANGELES - California's higher education institutions said Monday that they expect few changes in their policies in the wak...
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a California law that would have made it easier for Holocaust survi...
LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed the conviction of a man found guilty four years ago in ...
VENTURA - Defense counsel for Andrew Luster asked a court Monday to reinstate his appeal because the convicted serial rapist n...
Appellate Practice
Justices Agree to Consider Whether Disabilities Act Permits Lawsuits Against States
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - In a case involving a paraplegic man who crawled two flights of steps to reach a hearing in a courthouse that lac...
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge David Garcia, who has become one of the court's most respected law and motion judges, pla...
LOS ANGELES - A Simi Valley police SWAT team violated an 18-year-old Guatamalan immigrant's rights by holding her barefoot and...
POIPU, Hawaii - The leader of the nation's largest appellate court, 9th Circuit Chief Judge Mary Schroeder, issued a call Mond...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Daily Journal took 12 awards, including Journalist of the Year and four other first-place honors...