LOS ANGELES - A former officer in the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart anti-gang unit was ordered Wednesday to stand tr...
WASHINGTON - Taking on one of the most contentious issues in the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to narr...
Forum Column - By Robert S. Thompson - In his 1994 book "The Betrayed Profession: Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Centur...
LOS ANGELES - A woman who sued United Airlines and the city of Los Angeles after she was removed from an airplane for entering...
Column by Garry Abrams - It's a Hollywood truism that dead celebrities usually spend a portion of eternity right here on earth...
LOS ANGELES - An Orange County deputy district attorney who unsuccessfully sued the county and managers in the district attorn...
LOS ANGELES - What makes a partner a partner? Law firm partners at Chicago-based Sidley Austin Brown & Wood may well be wo...
Constitutional Law
Campaign Finance Will Survivie Litigation, Experts Predict
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - Like previous campaign finance reform measures, the landmark legislation now pending in Congress will face almost...
Forum Column - By Terry Francke - What difference would it make if Californians had a constitutional right of access to meetin...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Health Plans Have No Duty to Pay Physicians Once Risk Is Shifted
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Health Care Law Column - By Clare Richardson and Carrie E. Fogliani - Increasingly, physicians are discovering that the laws g...
NEWPORT BEACH - Although the Commission on Judicial Performance closed the case on Orange County Superior Court Judge Susanne ...
Forum Column - By Matt Cox - Educators, legislators and parents alike are speculating on how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule ...
Constitutional Law
Defendant Escapes Punitive Damages by Not Appearing
By Matthew Heller
SAN BERNARDINO - A deputy public defender found liable for defaming a sex crimes prosecutor failed to show up for a hearing on...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the federal law protecting the privacy of school records does...
LOS ANGELES - Two public-interest law firms Tuesday sued the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service on behalf of low-inco...
Dicta Colum - By The Rodent - Someone once asked me if I believe in reincarnation. My response is that I hope there is no such...
Dicta Column - By Linda D. Kornfeld - A major dilemma that faces trial attorneys with complicated cases involving significant...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury today will hear opening statements in the closely watched trial of husband-and-wife attorneys...
Litigation
Sticky, Slippery Res Judicata Can't Stop Squabbling Over Jeans Empire
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - Res judicata. Is it a disease? Or a dessert? That's what I wondered when I first cast wary eyes on
LOS ANGELES - Mad Dog. Bulldog. Energizer Bunny. That is how members of the Los Angeles legal community refer to former prosec...
SAN DIEGO - A former prosecutor who played golf on county time and used office secretaries for personal business has been sent...
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - Two weeks ago, Los Angeles Unified School District officials removed 300 English- and Spa...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Strived to Make Courts Friendlier for Gays, Lesbians
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - Judge Jerold A. Krieger, one of the first openly gay judges on the Los Angeles Superior Court and a pioneer for ...
Forum Column - By Glenn Sacks - Ken Johnson, a 10-year veteran of the Seattle Fire Department, wanted to be a father, but with...
Entertainment & Sports
Digital Videorecorders May Not Meet 'Sony' Fair Use Test
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Focus Column - By Alexis Garcia - In the landmark 1984 decision of Sony v. Universal, 464 U.S. 416 (1984), the U.S. Su...
LOS ANGELES - The case had all the makings of a movie plot: missing jewelry, possibly forged appraisals, Iranian royalty and j...
Large Firms
'You've Got Mail' Echoes Across Lawyer Laptops Faster Than a Mouse Click
By Marisa Navarro
LOS ANGELES - As O'Melveny & Myers partner Christopher Murray talks on the phone, there's a faint clicking noise in the ba...
Land Use Practitioner Column - By Daniel J. Curtin Jr. - Even though the California courts have carefully guarded the right of...
Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Under new federal tax rules, saving for college just got a bit easier and more practical for ...
Forum Column - By Julio O. Edrosolan and Phillip R. Morgan - In January, a representative for Gov. Gray Davis stated that the ...