Judges and Judiciary
Senate, in Final Push, Approves 17 New Judges
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - In one of its final acts before adjourning for the year, the U.S. Senate Wednesday confirmed Los Angeles U.S. Att...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Woman Claims Lawyer Abandoned Her in Court
By Denise Levin
Her attorney's failure to appear twice for a family law trial and comply with discovery motions caused a woman to lose $4,050 ...
Litigation
Lawyer Cites 'Principle' of Suing Insurance Carrier
By Denise Levin
Attorney Larry R. Feldman has sued his former legal malpractice insurance carrier - not because the carrier backed out of cove...
Criminal
Hate Crimes Unit Wins Backing of L.A. Supervisors
By Lauren Blau
Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti earned two victories Tuesday when the Board of Supervisors approved the formal cre...
Intellectual Property
Lawyer: Gates Not 'Great Satan,' Just a Competitor
By Daniel Shaw
By Daniel A. Shaw Los Angeles Daily Journal WASHINGTON - In his opening shot at the government Tuesday, Microsoft's lead atto...
Juvenile
New Law Impedes Plans to Help Wards of Court
By Cheryl Romo
A plan to implement radical changes in the way youngsters are treated at MacLaren Children's Center, the county's only shelte...
Criminal
Group Seeks to Bolster Counterfeit Laws
By Anne La Jeunesse
Los Angeles attorney Tony Keats, head of the intellectual property rights team of the law firm of Baker & Hostetler, lamb...
Criminal
Sobek Lawsuit Is Said to Settle, Though Rathbun Wins Judgment
By Denise Levin
Nearly three years after Linda Sobek was murdered in the Angeles National Forest, a settlement may have been reached between ...
Juvenile
The World Is Small When Children Are the Topic
By Cheryl Romo
Five women from the Ukraine and Belarus recently flew halfway around the world in their fight, against the odds, for the lega...
Communications
Wall Street Web Sites Battle Over The Bare Market
By James Evans
SAN JOSE - Money and sex have never been strangers, so it shouldn't have shocked anyone that they would embrace in cyberspace...
Litigation
Co-Workers Get Protection for Insulting Others
By Anna Marie Stolley
Former Southwest Airlines pilot Christopher G. Sheppard thought his co-workers were out to get him. They had conspired to get...
Personal Injury & Torts
Court Steers a New Course in Rescue Lawsuit
By Anna Marie Stolley
The tow truck operator was supposed to rescue stranded motorist James Tidmore, not the other way around. But roles quickly re...
Judges and Judiciary
Legal Community Roasts Judge Chavez
By Wirein
One after another, the lawyers and judges took the podium with the task of roasting and, at the same time, paying tribute to L...
Criminal
Bail Bondsman Of the Future Is Unplugged
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - A large gray box standing in the lobby of the Santa Clara County jail could revolutionize the business of bailing ...
Government
Next Governor Eyes Legacy of Judicial Choices
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - As a gubernatorial campaign issue, judicial appointments barely registers. The subject isn't blessed with the vi...
Criminal
Judge: No Misconduct by DA's Office
By Michael Harris
Finding no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in the conviction of a lawyer who conspired to murder a business associate, a...
Judges and Judiciary
O.C. Seeks Additional Money From the State
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - Orange County judges will find out Friday whether or not they will be getting additional money from the Judicial ...
Criminal
Symington Prosecutor to Move to Bay Area Office
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal prosecutor who successfully handled the financial fraud case against former Arizona Gov. John Fif...
Entertainment & Sports
Coliseum Claims Scam by Management Company
By Denise Levin
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission and soccer promoters have sued the company that manages the Coliseum, claiming t...
Corporate
ACCA Conference Will Focus On Law, Electronic Media
By Mary Micheletti
Electronic media -- and how it relates to the law -- is an inescapable issue in the legal profession. "The question of develop...
Public Interest
Teen Program Seeks to End Cycle of Domestic Violence
By Anne La Jeunesse
The judge grilled "Robert," asking the teen-ager why he had shoved his girlfriend from his car onto a residential street, then...
Judges and Judiciary
In Unusual Move, Justices Will Hold Hearing on Bar Discipline
By Don De Benedictis
The state Supreme Court will hold an unusual, afternoon-long public hearing next month on whether and how it might step in to ...
Appellate Practice
High Court Lets Anti-Gay Rights Measure Stand
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - In an action likely to cause widespread confusion and debate, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided not to review ...
Civil Rights
ACLU Seeks Information About Traffic Stops
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - The American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties announced Tuesday that it has set up a stat...
Native Americans
Judge Orders Tribes to Shut Down Casinos
By Martin Bergn
As he earlier said he would do, U.S. District Judge J. Spencer Letts Tuesday ordered nine Indian tribes to shut down their ca...
Family
Garcetti Defends Family Support Effort
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti Tuesday defended his beleaguered family support division in the wake of a h...
Litigation
Hell on Wheels
By Charles Ashby
DENVER - Kevin Williams' fate was sealed the day his feet left the wooden swimming platform floating atop a chilly South Caro...
Agriculture
The Feathers Are Flying
By Mathew Heller
APPLE VALLEY - You might not think that a High Desert community with a distinctly rural atmosphere would have problems dealing...
Judges and Judiciary
DA Wants New Crackdown on Jury Scofflaws
By Michael Harris
In pushing for the enactment of a one-day, one-trial jury service system in Los Angeles County under a new state law, District...
Criminal
Medical Marijuana Activist Sues Dan Lungren
By Denise Levin
A medical marijuana activist, AIDS patient and defendant of federal drug charges sued California Attorney General Dan Lungren...