^^ The Bookshelf ^^ CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA By Elliott Currie OWL BOOKS, $12.95, 230 PAGES By Harvey Gee In "Crime an...

By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus In the well-publicized case Marriage of Bonds , 71 Cal.App.4th 290 (1999), modified...

By Philip S. Anderson For 25 years, the Legal Services Corp. has been a lifeline for Americans in desperate need. For poor Am...

Ruling that the Department of Motor Vehicles has a rational reason for requiring Social Security numbers on drivers' license ...

To thunderous applause, Wayne Doss, the director of Los Angeles County's much-criticized child support agency, was honored Th...

This year's race for San Francisco district attorney is underway with five official candidates, including one who is already ...

SANTA ANA - Four years after Garden Grove police officer Howard E. Dallies Jr. died from being shot in the stomach beneath hi...

A Santa Clara County judge on Monday rejected a prosecutor's bid to force a defense jury consultant to turn over information ...

^^ABA NOTEBOOK Don J. DeBenedictis^^ ATLANTA - The president of the American Bar Association sharply criticized the Immigrati...

ATLANTA - President Clinton, welcomed by a warm and overflowing audience of the American Bar Association, called on the natio...

In an important victory for condominium and other common-interest housing associations, the California Supreme Court held Mon...

By Tom Orewyler If there was any doubt, Lucie Barron knew Action Dispute Resolution Services Inc. had begun to break from the...

Latham & Watkins SAFEWAY GOBBLES UP REGIONAL GROCERY CHAIN Continuing its plan to acquire regional grocery store chains, ...

By Jennifer Byrd This fall, like every fall, the campus of Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco will be a whirlwind o...

By Jennifer Byrd What do a minister in South-Central Los Angeles and a detective have in common with two lawyers in San Franc...

By Garry Abrams El Nio is, of course, the mysterious and dreaded periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean that triggers destruct...

By Justin T. Beck In the landmark decision Markman v. Westview Instruments Inc. , 517 U.S. 370 (1996), the U.S. Supreme Court...

A federal judge has ruled that federal authorities must move quickly to protect the habitat of a threatened California coasta...

GOLDEN, Colo. - From his spacious office at the foot of the mountains just west of Denver, Jefferson County District Attorney...

Irvine-based Berger, Kahn, Shafton, Moss, Figler, Simon & Gladstone has opened a new office in Woodland Hills. A "major f...

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court. William O. Douglas CORREC...

By Chris Ford When a Fortune 100 company interviewed Brobeck Phleger & Harrison recently, it was looking for a firm to pr...

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By Leslie A. Gordon If the shoe fits, sue it. That should be the motto for Bullivant Houser Bailey's San Francisco office. On...

When the time finally arrives to make a presentation to a potential client, how much technological pizzazz should a firm pack...

By Mark R. Campbell When an attorney's individual clients run into financial difficulties, it pays to know the options availa...

A personal injury attorney cleared earlier this year in a large capping and money-laundering case filed an $80 million malici...

City prosecutors will have discretion to decide whether to file numerous violations of the Los Angeles Municipal Code as eith...

When the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a housing-discrimination lawsuit six years ago in Los Angeles Superio...

Anyone familiar with downtown Los Angeles would recognize the characters in this movie. Some lolled on bus stop benches in co...