SB823 would have a significant impact on the cost of compliance by shifting a portion of that cost to the managed-care and ins...
With only three other cases on the court's calendar, Paul Kiesel expected to find a seat when he arrived 10 minutes before his...
In Foxgate Homeowners' Association v. Bramalea California , S087319 (Cal. July 9, 2001), the California Supreme Court t...
The greatest year in the history of American films was 1939. "Gone with the Wind" won the Academy Award that year, beating out...
While a trial court may handle a construction-defect case from beginning to end, a mediator or special referee can cut time an...
LOS ANGELES - Opting not to appeal a jury verdict, the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to pay $3.75 million in a settle...
Whether it's arguing before a jury or using the latest in computer technology to get a point across, Paul R. Kiesel has a knac...
In a perfect world, everyone gets what he or she wants and lives happily ever after. We all know that this is far from reality...
LOS ANGELES - Hate chads? So do Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Matthew Monforton and several of his political-jun...
RIVERSIDE - The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for Riverside County's lawsuit against the California Department of Tr...
SAN JOSE - A San Francisco business software company filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the chief technology officer of ...
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday called for the ouster of Los Angeles Unified School District Super...
SAN FRANCISCO - One week and a day after staging a lunch-hour protest outside the San Francisco Superior Court, a union repres...
Civil Rights
Supervisors Pay $27 Million to Settle Strip-Search Class Actions
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved paying $27 million to settle five class actions in which former...
SACRAMENTO - A measure that would impose strict new limits on prenuptial agreements is on the verge of passing the state Legis...
SAN FRANCISCO - A nearly deaf man may pursue disability discrimination claims against Kitsap County, Wash., and three "disabil...
SAN FRANCISCO - What lasts three weeks and is worth at least $7 billion? One of the most tantalizing events any city can win: ...
LOS ANGELES - Maria Villalvazo won't be around to take her daughter, Armida, to Disneyland next week for her eighth birthday a...
The court ruled that the community-property interest in the firm should be valued as of the date of separation, pursuant to Fa...
Law firms often succeed or fail because of the relationship among the partners. A partner with good communication skills will ...
Almost five years after winning the 1996 California lottery with an entitlement to over $1.3 million, Denise Rossi lost it all...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court on Monday refused to allow former Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III to remain ...
LOS ANGELES - Hours after standing in a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department lineup in which two witnesses reportedly conne...
SAN FRANCISCO - An Hispanic prosecutor was appointed to the Fresno County bench by Gov. Gray Davis on Monday, the fourth Latin...
SAN FRANCISCO - On Sept. 21, 1972, California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk changed the course of environmental law in Ca...
SAN DIEGO - Deputy district attorneys have filed a $100 million claim against San Diego County charging that the county's poli...
SAN DIEGO - A man who was convicted in the killing of an Ocean Beach man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a prosecuto...
SANTA ANA - A decade ago, Hugh "Randy" McDonald was a highly respected associate with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue's Irvine ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Wants to Limit Court Employees' Internet Access
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The tempest over rules for monitoring Internet use by federal judges and their staffs produced recommendations...