Many employers proudly boast that they have a "zero tolerance" policy with respect to their internal policies governing sexual...
A housing developer called Woodwind Estates was feeling pretty good in the fall of 1995. It had been awarded more than $1 mill...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Los Angeles dashed the hopes of beleaguered Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Wednesday in ...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay $366,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who claims...
LOS ANGELES - Facing the expiration of a $1 million federal grant that sends county prosecutors and investigators to officer-i...
LOS ANGELES - A woman whose repairman-husband died of asbestos-related cancer can sue Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex for alleged...
SANTA ANA - The Orange County Superior Court has opened a new day-care facility filled with toys and books for children accomp...
Entertainment & Sports
Widow Samples Humiliation Along With Fame as 'Rappin' Granny'
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Geneva Burger, a 78-year-old widow, is miffed that around her Pomona neighborhood she became known as the "rappi...
SAN JOSE - In what could be a final triumph for actor-director Clint Eastwood in his battle over whether he should pay damages...
SAN JOSE - Eugene Pelka, a veteran manager at Lockheed Martin, was just trying to "roast" his longtime colleague at a dinner g...
SACRAMENTO - Power wholesaler Duke Energy confirmed Wednesday it had proposed a "global settlement" to Gov. Gray Davis in Marc...
Media
Justices Criticize Media Giant in Privacy Lawsuit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Justices with the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside appeared to lean Wednesday toward allowing the parents...
ADELANTO - With Robert Zaiden Corrado as its attorney, this small High Desert city spent more than $6 million on a furious, th...
How far does potential nondisclosure liability extend for providers of "commercial information"? California's 2nd District Cou...
LOS ANGELES - Sterling Brennan has been named managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's Irvine office, the firm announced ...
For neutral Leonard S. Wolf, 72, the best part of leaving the bench may be the freedom to speak. While some judges and former ...
Peter A. Mittenthal of Calabasas' Snyder, Dorenfeld & Tannenbaum won a defense verdict Jan. 24 in a confidential case alle...
On March 14, 2001, the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division One, filed its opinion in Michael Piscitelli v. Robert Friede...
When Richard R. Patch isn't busy litigating the fine points of telecommunications law or testifying as an expert on cable tele...
Law Day, observed yesterday, presents a unique opportunity for judges and lawyers to retell the story of the law and its role ...
Mediation is a process of dealing with people and facts. Perceptional facts differ widely depending on which side a party is o...
What should a party do when faced with orders granting or denying a preliminary injunction in federal court? In a potentially ...
J. Edgar Hoover said, "Justice is incidental to law and order." A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices apparently concurs. ...
Cable companies always have made concessions to local franchising authorities in order to win and keep their franchises. But w...
LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has departed from case law to expand the scope of strict product-liability claims to all...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney's office Tuesday renewed its opposition to defense efforts to obtain personnel com...
LOS ANGELES - In a description that will be etched on Daniel Rosenberg's headstone, the father of the entertainment lawyer and...
Personal Injury & Torts
Insurance Coverage Follows Liabilities, Court Says
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has ruled that insurance coverage follows liabilities, not policyholders, in a case involv...
SANTA ANA - The Orange County Bar Association bestowed its Harmon G. Scoville Award on personal injury lawyer Vernon W. Hunt d...
RIVERSIDE - An African-American man has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Ontario, claiming an Ontario police office...