Opinion Column - By Edward J. Casey - Some say that the story of California is the story of water. Without the construction of...
Employment Column - By Michael Brown - At some point in their careers, many attorneys grapple with disillusionment and dissati...
Judges and Judiciary
Women's Commission Lauds Pair of Female Judges in L.A.
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Commission for Women has named two Los Angeles Superior Court judges Women of the Year. T...
Viewpoint Column - By Noelle C. Nelson - National events of the magnitude of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shape every aspect...
Roundtable - Linda B. Bulmash, Mediator with ADR Services, Robert Altman, Mediator and retired judge ADR Services, Nancy Bornn...
He may be young, but Stephen M. Doniger, 31, says he projects a thoughtful and ethical wisdom, particularly when it comes to p...
Trial Tech Column - By Paul R. Kiesel - WAIT! I say that to you, but I need to heed my own advise. Remember, never buy the fir...
SAN JOSE - A Monterey attorney has pleaded guilty to two counts of felony grand theft, and will serve a state prison term for ...
Technology & Science
Sentencing Panel Will Look Into Hacker's Motives
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Michael Edmund O'Neill was a computer geek growing up, and he readily admits he sometimes hacked into protected c...
SAN FRANCISCO - A pre-dawn collision between two giant freighters steaming through a thick California fog left more than a br...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission Delays Hearing About Judge
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - The Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday called off a hearing originally scheduled for next week in its ...
Judges and Judiciary
Uncompromising Strictness Marks Demeanor of Judge
By Gina Keating
TORRANCE - Judge William G. Willett bears more than a passing resemblance to the late actor Tony Perkins. And like Perkins' fa...
LOS ANGELES - Esther Michel doesn't mind buying school gym clothes for her two daughters every year. What she does resent is t...
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has blasted two Los Angeles-area lawyers for wasting the panel's time on a custody case ...
LOS ANGELES - African-American Maxine Waters demanded Thursday that Police Commission President Rick Caruso resign because he ...
Entertainment & Sports
Entertainment Lawyers Predict Oscar Winners
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The glossy front covers of the Hollywood trade publications have been adorned with a movie star's face - often R...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which is nearing the one-year anniversary of its Chapter 11 filing with its bank...
LOS ANGELES - A jury Thursday convicted Marjorie Knoller of second-degree murder and Robert Noel of manslaughter because of th...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
'Case Within Case' Rule Should Shield Shoddy Negotiators No More
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Matt B.F. Biren For years, negligent transactional lawyers have been arguing that they should be exempt from...
LOS ANGELES - E. Barry Haldeman, an executive vice president of Paramount Pictures, will return on May 6 to Los Angeles' Green...
Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - In the movie "City Slickers," there is a scene in which the three "urban cowboys" comp...
Dicta Column - Secretaries are there to help you with whatever you need; all we ask is that you allow us to do that in a struc...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
'Viner' Will Lead Way to Speculative Lawsuits for Transactional Malpractice
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Mark Waterman - In 1997, the appellate court proclaimed that the "trial-within-a-trial standard for attorne...
Entertainment & Sports
Copyright Licensee Must Have Owner's Approval to Sublicense
By Columnist
Focus Column - By David Halberstadter and Katherine McDaniel - In a decision that could have a significant impact on business...
WASHINGTON - The fallout over the defeat of circuit court nominee Charles W. Pickering spilled out onto the Senate floor Thurs...
LOS ANGELES - Standing beside an evidence table loaded with assault rifles, handguns, bags of money, cocaine and heroin, Assis...
SACRAMENTO - On the last day of winter, as musicians lobbied the state Legislature for a bill to give them an early release fr...
Insurance
Directors-and-Officers Insurance Premiums Are Continuing to Go Up
By Columnist
Focus Column - By Karsten Klehs - Just over a year ago, the new economy was taking Wall Street by storm. Stocks were high, and...
Litigation
Reporter's Firing, Legal Star Power Bring Disney Case Out of Twilight
By Garry Abrams
Coloumn by Garry Abrams - Has Mickey Mouse started mugging reporters? That's the question some of us in the First Amendment Pe...
SAN FRANCISCO - Like a broken record, the long-playing legal war over the late Jerry Garcia's legendary guitars goes on and on...