LOS ANGELES - Eldon V. McPharlin, the co-founder of a Los Angeles surety and construction law firm and avid golfer, has died. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Mojave Cross Must Come Down, Judge Orders
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - The cross must come down. A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the Mojave Desert Cross, a 5-foot-tall whit...
SAN DIEGO - The body of Danielle van Dam could have been dumped in eastern San Diego County almost as soon as her parents disc...
Employment Column - By Martha Fay Africa - The president of the U.S. Olympic Committee resigned recently because of discrepanc...
Dicta Column - By Kevin Midlam - Although the skills and strategies needed and utilized in litigation are similar to those req...
Entertainment & Sports
Jury Says Disney Owes Agency $14.9 Million in Commissions
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. owes nearly $15 million in additional commissions for the hit television show "Home Improvem...
DENVER - The 24 states in the nation that allow citizen initiatives should take steps to limit their use or, at the very least...
Entertainment & Sports
Court Expands Reach of Right of Publicity in 'Winter' Case
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Focus Column - By John M. Genga - The California courts continue to expand the reach of the right of publicity. Last month, th...
DENVER - State lawmakers nationwide are policing themselves more than they ever have, a National Conference of State Legislatu...
SAN FRANCISCO - Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Leonard P. Edwards, nationally recognized for his work addressing juvenile an...
SAN DIEGO - The son of the man accused of murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam testified Wednesday that the pornography that ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Deputy City Attorney Jennifer H. Small has died after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 45. Small, who ...
LOS ANGELES - The two young girls that Alejandro Avila was acquitted of molesting two years ago can be brought in to testify i...
Focus Column - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently sent a confusing an...
SAN FRANCISCO - Mattel Inc.'s trademark challenge to a Danish band's parody of the American cultural icon, the Barbie doll, ca...
SAN JOSE - "If we don't pick him up, he's going to kill his wife." The bearer of this chilling message is a deputy county sher...
Column by Garry Abrams - The spectacle of politicians trying to deliver reassurance in a sea of troubles is a constant of Amer...
Dicta Column - On the Courthouse Steps - Is the stock market close to bottoming out? - ;"If I knew the answer to that I wouldn...
Dicta Column - By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto - The average profitability for a law firm should be around 33 percent. After all...
Forum Column - By Mark E. Chopko - The June 27, U.S. Supreme Court decision, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris , upholding the c...
Forum Column - By Frederick M. Lawrence - Zelman v. Simmons-Harris , the Ohio school voucher case, marks a new, signifi...
LOS ANGELES - A sexual harassment lawsuit against the Los Angeles County district attorney's office backfired when a judge ord...
Labor/Employment
Public Defender's Fate Lies in Judge's Hands
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside judge will decide next month on a former deputy public defender's request to hold Public Defender Gary...
Juvenile
Man Who Says He Killed at 15 Must Stand Trial as Adult
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
FONTANA - In a case bearing resemblance to the Michael Skakel murder trial, a San Bernardino County judge has ruled that a man...
Judges and Judiciary
Stickler for Details, From Fair Trials To Good Manners
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN JOSE - Judge Erica Yew has found a cure for the jury duty blues. It's an incantation of sorts, a blend of the Sixth Amendm...
SACRAMENTO - Record clubs make secret payments to record companies that even many label executives don't know about to avoid p...
SANTA ANA - Michael Silvas, who co-founded the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County, has died. He was 60. "He was a remar...
SAN DIEGO - Because the jury in the kidnapping and murder trial of David A. Westerfield had a day off, prosecution and defense...
Forum Column - By Jad Terrell Davis - Peremptory challenges: should they stay or should they go? Typically, those calling for...