Bankruptcy
Ratepayers Sue Over PUC Plan As PG&E Wins Round in Court
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, led by activist Harvey Rosenfield, filed a novel suit Thursda...
REDWOOD CITY - The woman in the black hat with the big feather soaring upward like a blue sail was obviously in trouble. Eyes ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Mendocino County judge Thursday gave prosecutors a green light to pursue felony-murder charges against two a...
Appellate Practice
Lawyer Wants Tentative-Opinion Practice Reviewed
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Santa Monica lawyer best known for his successful defense of adult businesses has asked the state Supreme Court ...
Forum Column - By Ron Crickenberger - What do convicted criminals have in common with public high-school students? Each can b...
OAKLAND - Attorney Lise Pearlman called an end Thursday to her campaign to join the Alameda County bench, all but assuring tha...
Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - In a slow economy, attorneys must work harder to achieve their career goals. Now ...
Dicta Column - By Richard S. Levick and Larry Smith - In the 1980s, law firms all over the United States watched as immense Pa...
Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger - Transitions - when they work, they're great. When they don't, your argument goes "cl...
Forum Column - By Richard A. Samp - In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Fourth Amendment challenge to the constitutiona...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Experts in Antitrust Cases Face Increased 'Daubert' Challenges
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Focus Column - By Ralph C. Hofer - The testimony of expert witnesses is critical to the successful prosecution of any private ...
Constitutional Law
Must Districts Compel Urine Tests for Students in Activities?
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Forum Column - By Rob DeKoven - Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that schools must permit students to form religious clu...
LOS ANGELES - Who hasn't sent a confidential e-mail message to the wrong person by mistake? In many cases, the mistake is harm...
LOS ANGELES - Oakland-based Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May announced Wednesday that the firm has selected Janet Kwuon as mana...
WASHINGTON - The first two judicial appointments to come from California's bipartisan selection committee are expected to have...
SAN FRANCISCO - The reassignment of a Mendocino County judge who has presided over Fort Bragg's courtroom for almost 12 years ...
Government
Read-a-Thon May Reveal City Politics Are Stranger Than Science Fiction
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams - In Los Angeles this month, there is a campaign to get people to agree about one thing. This is an int...
SAN FRANCISCO - Kazuhiko Sano went from law firm to law firm in his nine-year legal career, hoping each time to escape office ...
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied defense motions to remove the district attorney's office from a case in...
SACRAMENTO - A lawmaker trying to make recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory in public schools scaled back his bill...
LOS ANGELES - City Council members expressed reluctance Wednesday to meddle with the police commission's decision not to reapp...
OAKLAND - The FBI counterterrorism squad leader who directed the probe into the 1990 Earth First car bombing is himself an env...
SAN FRANCISCO - Nine months into a highly-publicized statewide initiative to place drug offenders into treatment instead of ja...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurist Juggles Double Duty on State Benches
By Contributing Writer
SACRAMENTO - Judge Roland Linton Candee juggles caseloads on two state benches. Candee, 48, manages a criminal trial calendar ...
LOS ANGELES - Very soon, the Los Angeles Superior Court will have a permanent homeless court at a new facility in Los Angeles,...
LOS ANGELES - A low-level drug defendant with a prior "serious or violent crime" on his record must have been out of prison fo...
SAN FRANCISCO - A state law aimed at curbing unsolicited e-mail advertising messages, or spam, survived a constitutional chall...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles police officer was justified in shooting an actor he killed at a Benedict Canyon Halloween party, ...
LOS ANGELES - High-speed freight trains will rumble through the Alameda Corridor on Friday. The first public-private enterpris...
Judges and Judiciary
Highly-Regarded Santa Cruz Judge Eyes Appellate Bench
By Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Richard McAdams lacks the jaded mien of someone who's been in the same job for...