Technology & Science
Computer Source Code Is Protected Speech
By Pamela Mac Lean
A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down government regulations that gave officials virtual veto power over the wide d...
Government
Digre Resigns as Head of DCFS
By Cheryl Romo
Peter Digre, the controversial director of the Department of Children and Family Services, has resigned the post he has held ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney Indicted in Insurance Fraud Scheme
By Martin Bergn
A Malibu attorney has been indicted on federal charges that he participated in an insurance fraud scheme with doctors who per...
Criminal
Plea Wiil Lead to Jail, 14 Years Probation for Attorney
By Anne La Jeunesse
An attorney described by prosecutors as "a driving time bomb" pleaded no contest Thursday to felony assault, evading police a...
Discipline
Grad Enters Plea in Transcript-Doctoring Case
By Michael Harris
A UCLA law school graduate pleaded no contest Wednesday to doctoring his transcripts to get hired at a law firm, becoming the...
Bankruptcy
House Passes Bankruptcy Reform Legislation
By Douglas Fabrick
Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee passed The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999 (H.R. 833), the full House passed the bi...
Immigration
Mediation of Prop. 187 Could Be Search for Political Expediency
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - If you're wondering what will come of Gov. Gray Davis' effort to mediate the Proposition 187 court battle, just ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Hoechst Will Pay $36 Million on Charges It Fixed Sorbates Prices
By Pamela Mac Lean
The German chemical firm Hoechst AG has agreed to pay a $36 million fine and plead guilty to a 17-year conspiracy to fix the ...
Judges and Judiciary
When Youre Singing, the CJP Frowns on You
By Jean Guccione
An Orange County judge is being investigated for repeatedly making "undignified" comments on the bench - including singing "w...
Appellate Practice
Injunction Against Workplace Slurs Is Likely to Stand
By Philip Carrizosa
An attorney trying to attack an injunction against racially derogatory words in the workplace ran into a buzzsaw Wednesday at...
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Lawyers Praise Report
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles civil rights lawyers and police abuse plaintiffs' counsel Wednesday praised a reported recommendation by the U.S....
Judges and Judiciary
Community Standards
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - Staring at a video about their career possibilities as they slouched in a row of office chairs, the defendants...
Appellate Practice
Media Argues For Release Of Transcripts
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court looked askance Tuesday at an attempt by news organizations to gain access to the...
Law Practice
Gibson Dunn Partner Lesley Wolf Dead at 46
By E Freudenthal
Lesley Wolf, a real estate partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office, died Sunday of breast cancer. She was...
Judges and Judiciary
Display Honors Local Legal Giants
By Martin Kruming
For years, the San Diego County Bar Foundation's Distinguished Lawyers Memorial was displayed outside the Superior Court pres...
Criminal
Ex-Conservator Pleads Not Guilty to Thefts
By Michael Harris
After waiving his right to a preliminary hearing, a former Los Angeles Superior Court conservator and trustee has been ordere...
Large Firms
Y2K Guru Leaves Law Firm for Insurance Client
By Stacy Cohen
Cincinnati insurance giant American Financial Group Inc. is about to gain a high-profile, high-tech attorney. As of June 1, V...
Law Office Automation
San Bernardino Plans Internet E-filing System
By Chris Ford
San Bernardino Superior Court is planning to join the slowly increasing number of California county courthouses establishing ...
Discipline
Plaintiff Claims Illegal Release of Personnel Records
By Lauren Blau
A former Los Angeles police officer accused of sexual abuse by a former Explorer program member has filed his own lawsuit aga...
Intellectual Property
Defense Begins in Growth Hormone Patent Case
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In the opening salvo of the defense by Genentech Inc. against charges it infringed a University of California...
Criminal
Judge Arrested on Suspicion of Spousal Abuse
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge James J. McBride, 47 could be arraigned as early as today following his we...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawyers Reach Out to Community
By Martin Kruming
^^San Diego Watch / Martin Kruming^^ Lawyers throughout San Diego are participating in Law Week activities, including a band ...
Civil Rights
SIS Civil Rights Case Loses More Judges
By Martin Bergn
Four more federal judges have recused themselves from a civil rights case stemming from shootings by the Los Angeles police S...
Law Practice
Taking It SLO
By Dick Goldberg
SAN LUIS OBISPO - Denton Wilson, a deputy district attorney in San Mateo County, and his wife, Ann, practicing insurance defe...
Entertainment & Sports
Eisner Outburst Cautions Lawyer About Questions
By Garry Abrams
Testifying in the trial of movie executive Jeffrey Katzenberg's $250 million lawsuit, Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael Eisner...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar May Trim Discipline System
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Members of the State Bar Board of Governors took their first detailed look Saturday at how a downsized bar wi...
Criminal
Discipline No Defense for Alleged Abuser
By Anna Marie Stolley
In a ruling that sends a stern warning to abusive parents, a state appeal panel has ruled that mothers and fathers who unlawf...
Entertainment & Sports
Dead Witness Proves Problematic for Disney
By Garry Abrams
The death of president Frank Wells created a legal problem for the Walt Disney Co. in its dispute with movie executive Jeffre...
Judges and Judiciary
Prosecutors: Kline Had No Right to Ignore Precedent
By Jean Guccione
Judicial disciplinary prosecutors have fired back at Appellate Justice J. Anthony Kline, defending their charge of misconduct...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Barrister of Budapest
By Jean Guccione
Two years ago, he could not have found Budapest, Hungary, on a map. But now Robert M. Talcott, a Los Angeles lawyer, bar lead...