Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Coastal property owners are used to coping with disasters. That seems to go with the ter...
LOS ANGELES - The exodus of partners from Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison continues, with litigation partner Perrie M. Weiner ...
Judges and Judiciary
Riverside Jurist Faces Disciplinary Hearing
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - The Commission on Judicial Performance has set Oct. 21 as the date for a disciplinary proceeding on charges agains...
SAN DIEGO - After a day of emotional testimony and final arguments from attorneys, the jury that found David Westerfield guilt...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the green light for California prison officials to begin collecting DNA ...
Focus Column - By John W. Brooks - The frisson of expanding overseas is beginning to come again to an increasing number of U.S...
SACRAMENTO - When Judge Loren McMaster and his wife, Anne, drove from Sacramento to San Francisco to enjoy a couple of San Fra...
SAN FRANCISCO - Willits defense lawyer Edward J. "Fast Eddy" Kuwatch, the self-proclaimed guru of drunken driving law, has fal...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to decide how the theft of trade secrets should be treated un...
SAN DIEGO - A local Superior Court judge who earlier was a federal prosecutor specializing in economic crimes became U.S. atto...
LOS ANGELES - Funeral services will be Saturday for retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge M. Ross Bigelow, who died ...
Entertainment & Sports
Kennewick Man Turns Over in His Grave, Runs Into Legal Trouble
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Kennewick Man's journey through eternity has not been an easy one. Moreover, the evidence suggests th...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Supreme Court showed little interest Wednesday in allowing individuals to bring damages suits for alleged ...
SACRAMENTO - A measure that would have implemented the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded was among t...
SAN FRANCISCO - A runner crosses a finish line. A pianist leafs through sheet music. A sculptor molds a clay pot. These are al...
LOS ANGELES - Assistant Presiding Judge Robert Dukes was nominated for presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court Wedne...
Dicta Column - By The Rodent - Having practiced law for several years, it's strange to say that I've only been to court once. ...
Dicta Column - By Richard J. Simmons - California law requires law firms to provide their employees meaningful opportunities f...
SAN FRANCISCO - The headlines were scandalous: "UC: Employee Suspected of Misusing Funds." And: "UC Davis Medical School Disci...
LOS ANGELES - Memorial services for Los Angeles entertainment attorney P. Scottye Hedstrom will take place Thursday in Burbank...
SAN DIEGO - The blue eyes change shades like the ocean before a storm and finally turn a flat gray, with just the beginning of...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
9th Circuit Upholds Mandatory Arbitration
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Overturning one of its own major precedents, a split federal appeals panel held Tuesday that workers may be co...
WASHINGTON - The common wisdom is that the current Supreme Court justices have little contact with one another outside the req...
Government
Girl With Kidney Disease Can't Get Punitives From Sperm Bank
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - A 13-year-old girl who inherited severe kidney disease from a sperm donor cannot ask for punitive damages from t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Oakland's Crosby Heafey Roach & May, which has suffered a series of defections this year, has lost three m...
SAN DIEGO - Two former federal prosecutors have joined together to establish a law firm that will specialize in white-collar c...
Judges and Judiciary
With Bills Passed Or Not George Is Looking Ahead
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - California judicial leaders plan to seek legislation to reduce costly state-mandated programs and requirements as...
Forum Column - By Liliana Campos, Sandra Jimenez, Beau Kilmer, Alison Knowles, Alla Vorobets and Marc Wolf - By the time polic...
SAN DIEGO - A former high-school sweetheart of David A. Westerfield testified Tuesday that their romance began with playing po...
Appellate Practice
Writ Review Deadline in Public Records Act Cases Is Unclear
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Paul D. Fogel and Lloyd Llewelyn - Despite its relative simplicity, calendaring is a task that haunts many l...