Personal Injury & Torts
Queen Elizabeth, Britons, Mourn Alongside America
By Anne La Jeunesse
San Mateo aviation-law attorney Terry O'Reilly, visiting his native England on business and pleasure this week, said that Brit...
OAKLAND - In separate hearings Thursday that retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge James A. Hodge labeled a primer on a ...
It will be worthwhile for practitioners to continue to check on the health and condition of 'Pardo.' ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Did not! Did so. Did not! Did so. Did O'Melveny & Myers litigators, hired this summer to represent the sta...
Most of us believe that something truly evil happened on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center a...
SAN JOSE - Bay Area counties have failed, for the last time, in their bid to add a public nuisance claim to a pending class a...
Judges and Judiciary
Jurist Doesn't Back Down In the Face of Controversy
By Tamara Scott
The California Teachers Association v. State Board of Education decision upholding Proposition 227's provision allowing...
SAN FRANCISCO - Alan A. Beaven, an environmental law specialist and a founding partner at San Francisco's Berman DeValerio Pea...
At noon, the Springfield Metro stop in Alexandria, Va., is generally underwhelmed by a few sleep-deprived mothers taking their...
SANTA ANA - An Orange County woman who was disfigured when a piece of a frying pan shot into her neck has filed a personal inj...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Pack-a-Day Man Seizes On Tiny Crack in Tobacco Deal
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Don Ricketts' other major lawsuit, a class action on behalf of smokers, alleges antitrust violations by city a...
LOS ANGELES - Stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone pleaded no contest Wednesday to one felony charge of child endangerment and a...
SACRAMENTO - A measure that places new restrictions on prenuptial agreements was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gray Davis,...
SAN FRANCISCO - Donald W. Ricketts' quixotic career as a trial lawyer could be about to pay off huge. The Santa Clarita sole p...
WASHINGTON - The nation's top federal judges were 45 minutes into their semiannual meeting here Tuesday when the terrorist att...
SAN FRANCISCO - Betty Wyman, a drug-rehabilitation specialist for Los Angeles County, was appointed to the state Commission on...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bay Area courts that closed in response to the terrorist attacks on the East Coast were back in session We...
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a Los Angeles County prosecutor accused of misconduct have been unsuccessful in their attempts to ...
LOS ANGELES - The terrorist attacks that hit the United States may affect the practices of attorneys in a variety of fields, i...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could affect scores of drunken driving prosecutions, the California Supreme Court agreed Wednes...
LOS ANGELES - After more than two decades on the bench, Superior Court Judge Michael Pirosh will retire in January. Pirosh, wh...
Personal Injury & Torts
'Mind-Boggling' Repercussions Await Attorneys, Experts Say
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - The devastation thrust on America on Tuesday in what likely was a series of suicide terrorist hijackings will ha...
WASHINGTON - Despite previous problems with knife-wielding hijackers on airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration allowed...
LOS ANGELES - International law likely is not the foremost issue on the minds of U.S. political and military leaders who have ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Santa Clara County burglary defendant was denied ...
Government
Chief Uses Routine Radio Gig to Reassure Public, Tout Terrorism Unit
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks had his earphones on. Seated at a table with hos...
Product Liability
Alterations Made to Bill Easing Suits Over Hazards
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - A party seeking to release secret documents about defective products that injure or kill consumers could bring a ...
Front Page
Experts Consider Nation's Path With World Response in Mind
By Jennifer Orff
As the search for those who conspired to hijack four airplanes and assault American institutions along the East Coast intensif...
