OAKLAND - Judge Leo Dorado raised his eyebrows and cocked his head. He was listening to a pro per defendant, soon to be on tri...
SAN FRANCISCO - Snooze and lose, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has told a rookie Virginia lawyer who forfe...
Judges and Judiciary
'No-Nonsense' Jurist Served in Two Wars
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Retired 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Robert E. Rickles, known by friends and colleagues as a "no-nons...
LOS ANGELES - Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline's colleagues were still in shock last week following his arrest ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Hera, one of the dogs involved in the fatal Jan. 26 mauling of Pacific Heights resident Diane Whipple, may be ...
LOS ANGELES - Randall R. Lee, a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles for the past seven years, was named on Wednesday director of...
LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Appointments Wednesday confirmed three justices to state appellate courts in Southern...
SAN JOSE - William B. Stewart III has almost everything a dissident challenger needs to run against Santa Clara County Distric...
LOS ANGELES - Whittier Law School's new dean hasn't had much time to write poetry or work out with his son since he moved here...
Franchise agreements frequently provide that the franchisor has unlimited discretion with regard to a variety of decisions, su...
As the legal job market continues its retreat from the boom-time hiring of 1999 and 2000, the victims of law firm and in-house...
This year, a new round of deaths and injuries associated with binge drinking is likely to occur at colleges and universities t...
Judges often are asked to name their judicial role models. This has led me to consider what figures from our past could be us...
The despicable attacks on Sept. 11 in New York and Washington have underscored the importance of international cooperation in ...
Litigator Profile It was a senior partner's lack of knowledge and expertise in construction litigation that nudged Thomas Mill...
The vertically integrated media conglomerate is fertile ground for litigation because of the appearance of impropriety and act...
Land dedicated to Palestine can thrive and develop, just as Israel became verdant as funds were generated to irrigate. Through...
Even in Los Angeles, where the earth below the city is moving constantly, homeowners don't expect the floors of their homes to...
The defense attorney didn't want to risk offending the jury by calling the plaintiff, a respected physician, a liar. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge With a Temper Also Has Reputation for Fairness
By Tamara Scott
SAN JOSE - Judge Hugh "Rocky" Mullin III does not suffer fools gladly. Mullin, 59, is the presiding criminal judge in Santa Cl...
LOS ANGELES - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo on Tuesday recommended the repeal of two city ordinances that restrict billboard ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A bid filed earlier this month with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court by one of the state's best-known utility activis...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Probate Judge Invokes Fifth Amendment
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Retired Riverside Judge William H. Sullivan - whose handling of conservatorship cases while a probate judge is und...
Criminal
Call Prompts Revealing Probe Into Lawyer's Private Life, Assets
By Matthew Heller
BAKERSFIELD - Around the town where he practiced law for more than 30 years, Michael L. Sprague kept his life outside the prof...
LOS ANGELES - A former Beverly Hills personal injury attorney, caught trying to bring a loaded gun into the Woodland Hills ban...
In Conservatorship of Levitt and Conservatorship of Page, 2001 Cal.App.LEXIS 1170 (Cal. App. Oct. 31, 2001), the...
Will press independence become the next casualty in the war against terrorism? If the Bush Administration's penchant for using...
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday dedicated the headquarters building of the Department of Justice in memory of Attorney ...
RIVERSIDE - A complex murder case involving methamphetamine manufacturing could be headed to a retrial now that a judge has ru...
SAN FRANCISCO - As Marin County prosecutors continued to deliberate Monday whether to file charges against a San Francisco pro...