SAN FRANCISCO - A major federal crackdown that has netted indictments against a dozen people for allegedly smuggling orchids a...
Personal Injury & Torts
Judge Allows Partner in Mauling Case To Pursue Suit
By Matthew King
SAN FRANCISCO - A watershed ruling has granted Sharon Smith the right to pursue a wrongful-death claim against the two San Fra...
WASHINGTON - The attorney representing Gary Condit said the six-term California congressman is planning to appear soon before ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Keeping the image of the world's most famous purple dinosaur pure and untarnished on the Web has become a task...
LOS ANGELES - At one time, the lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers could look out their office windows and smile at the $170 mill...
Technology & Science
Y2K Lawsuits Drying Up as Companies Seek Dismissal
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - The drive to force the property insurance industry to help defray the millions of dollars businesses spent on compu...
LOS ANGELES - Prominent criminal-defense attorney Gigi Gordon has resigned her position on a task force formed by the district...
The bankruptcy system is in need of reform. It is very important that some version of pending bankruptcy reform bills HR333 an...
SAN FRANCISCO - He grew up in Los Angeles. He's a lawyer. And he's about to take his place among the all-time rodeo greats. On...
While most commentators have focused on the changes to the consumer aspect of the reform bill, the new bankruptcy legislation ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 400 acres sitting in San Francisco Bay are too important to abandon, Treasure Island boss Annemarie Conroy...
LOS ANGELES - For the living, life goes on, an appellate court ruled when it struck a clause in a dead husband's will that tri...
SAN FRANCISCO - Imagine that by joining the State Bar, you could be forced into service as a court-appointed arbitrator for a ...
In Wheat v. Fraker, 130 S.E.2d 251 (Ga. 1963), a defendant appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for a new tri...
I was appointed to the bench in 1984. In 1990, for a variety of reasons, I left judging and became a lawyer again. This sojour...
Should out-of-state attorneys, not licensed by the State Bar of California, be able to practice law in California? The questio...
LOS ANGELES - Chalk one up for the steelhead trout. Los Angeles County certified a deficient environmental impact report and w...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed a new state budget Thursday and, while his cuts to the judiciary were mostly minor, an exp...
In 1984, two of the most powerful lobbies in America, pharmaceuticals and tobacco, were confronted with a shared mercantile cr...
The court held that the electronic versions of the articles were new, separate reproductions and publications of the individua...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday refused defense lawyers' requests to remove the district attorney's ...
LOS ANGELES - A wealthy computer-firm owner accused of being "the Limousine Rapist" walked out of a downtown jail Thursday aft...
LOS ANGELES - Gilad Gadasi is a fresh-faced Israeli immigrant, just a plumber, his lawyer said. But unfortunately for him, Gad...
Environmental
Suits Target Bars That Don't Enforce No-Smoking Policies
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - More than three years after state law banned smoking in California bars, patrons can puff on a cigarette at a fe...
SAN FRANCISCO - The same month that a bankruptcy judge approved $17 million in bonuses for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. execut...
This ruling further restricts the ability of employees of contractors or their relatives to sue third parties for workplace in...
When comedian Henny Youngman enriched American humor with his famous line "Take my wife. Please!" we knew he was kidding. But ...
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (Government Code Section 12940 et seq.) permits claims of sexual harassment, sex discrimin...
The negotiation site can make the difference between success and failure. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Who Should Replace Mosk on the High Court?
By Contributing Writer
Who should replace Stanley Mosk on the California Supreme Court? ...