Government
Appellate Court Reinstates Detectives' Lawsuit
By Lauren Blau
An appellate court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by two Los Angeles police detectives to allow them to depose former Police ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Another Pete Wilson Appointee Leaves Bar Board of Governors
By Don De Benedictis
Another of Gov. Pete Wilson's appointees to the State Bar Board of Governors has left the board. Jo Ellen Allen, the public a...
Probate
Knocking on Heaven's Gate Is Fruitless for Ex-Cultists
By Leonard Navarro
SAN DIEGO - The Heaven's Gate that disappeared from this earth in March 1997 was not pearly - far from that, according to a S...
Judges and Judiciary
Justice System Considered 'the Best,' Though Riddled With Bias
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - An overwhelming majority of Americans - 80 percent - considers this country's justice system, despite some weakn...
Criminal
Federal Hearing Probes Conduct Of Prosecutor
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal prosecutor facing potential sanctions for alleged inappropriate contact with a grand jury witness t...
Judges and Judiciary
Bailiff Requests Investigation of Presiding Judge
By Michael Harris
The former bailiff for the presiding judge of the Beverly Hills Municipal Court has taken the unusual step of going public wi...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawyer Escapes Disbar Threat by Taking Bench
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Bernardino County judge who, as a lawyer, tried to make off with $32,000 in mistakenly issued severance...
Government
State Attorneys Raise Pressure for Pay Equity
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Restless and angry, state-employed attorneys are stepping up pressure on Gov. Gray Davis to grant pay raises aft...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lui Projects $25 Million for Discipline in 1999
By Don De Benedictis
The reconstruction of the State Bar discipline system is going well, according to the first report to the California Supreme ...
Civil Rights
Mission Accomplished
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is shutting down a 10-year operation that attempted to ease pain and suffering inflicted ...
Large Firms
Rounsaville to Work at S.F.s Allen Matkins
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Guy Rounsaville, longtime general counsel at Wells Fargo and one of California's most prominent attorneys, ha...
Government
Title Company Accused of Illegal Business Practices
By Lauren Blau
In a step that could lead to the loss of its operations in California, Old Republic Title Co. has been ordered to explain all...
Entertainment & Sports
Court Liberates Spiderman From The Studio Web
By Garry Abrams
The comic book character Spiderman became a more liberated superhero Monday when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge freed the...
Government
Wins, Losses and ERA
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - California laws now provide women and girls with most of the protections they would have received under the feder...
Criminal
Court Takes 9th Circuit Habeas Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Taking on another aspect of the tangled federal habeas process, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a d...
Criminal
Lawyer Held in Investigation of Murder Scheme
By Michael Harris
A San Pedro criminal defense attorney has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting the murders of his former partner and a Ca...
Criminal
Retired Lawyer Convicted in Child Sex Case
By Martin Bergn
A retired Massachusetts attorney was convicted Friday on federal charges of traveling across the country with the intent of h...
Criminal
Judge: Care-Giver Not Guilty of Murder
By Mathew Heller
RIVERSIDE - Without even letting the case go to the jury, a judge has dismissed a murder charge against a woman accused of mi...
Education
Boalt Hall Professor Riesenfeld Dies at 91
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Stefan A. Riesenfeld, who taught international law and many other subjects at Boalt Hall School of Law since ...
Law Practice
Source Subject
By Pamela Mc Clintock
The decision by San Francisco's Pillsbury Madison & Sutro early this year to turn over control of its library to an outsi...
Labor/Employment
Lawyer Claims Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
By Denise Levin
A former junior partner at the Santa Monica office of Bryan Cave claims in a lawsuit that she was stalked and sexually harass...
Large Firms
Still Bullish After All These Years
By Pearl Piatt
It's official. As the state's largest law firms wind up their annual fiscal reports, one theme is clear - 1998 was another bu...
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Lawyer Claims L.A. Policy Put Him Out of Business
By Lauren Blau
A longtime civil rights attorney who claims the settlement policies of the city and county of Los Angeles put him out of busi...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration Clause Is Upheld by Court
By Anna Marie Stolley
SACRAMENTO - A state appeal panel has held that standard mandatory arbitration agreements signed by employees are enforceable...
Criminal
After the Cop Goes Home
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - As a father, Reno Rapagnani well understands a child's fascination with guns. That's because the San Francisc...
Large Firms
Crosby Heafey Lands Jackson Tufts Group
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Crosby Heafey Roach & May is the first official beneficiary of Jackson Tufts Cole & Black's pending d...
Criminal
Crime Is Down, But Prosecution Stays the Same
By Michael Harris
Don't tell the nation's largest district attorney's office that violent crime is on the wane. Even though the U.S. Justice De...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Alleged Misdeeds Bring Spate of Malpractice Suits
By Anne La Jeunesse
A recent spate of Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuits reveals a variety of complaints against attorneys - from alleged disclo...
Education
S.F. Settlement Brings End to Race-Based Quotas
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The race-based quota system used for admission to San Francisco's most desirable city schools ends this fall,...
Criminal
Prosecutor Shares Haunting Memories of Bombing
By Martin Bergn
NEWPORT BEACH - Patrick M. Ryan had handled only a couple of cases as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma when...