Judge Awards Attoneys' Fees for Drained Lake
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A view of the lake, high in the San Bernardino mountains, looks like a postcard - lush greenery frames its s...
Criminal
Hahn Testifies at D'Agostino Hearing
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn testified at a civil service hearing that prosecutor Lea Purwin D'Agostino urged him to ...
Through a Child's Eyes
By Cheryl Romo
As they watched their daughter go off to college four years ago, attorney Les Hardie and his wife, Susan Moan Hardie, a child...
Government
Rogan on Fast Track of Political Leadership
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - Things happen fast for Jim Rogan. At age 33, he became a Glendale Municipal Court judge. Four years later, voters...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Sidesteps Move to Oversee Private Judging
By Jean Guccione
Declining to interpret a newly adopted constitutional provision, an advisory committee has proposed that lawmakers be asked t...
Government
Southland Federal Prosecutor Nabbed for S.F. Post
By Pamela Mac Lean
Interim Northern District U.S. Attorney Robert Mueller III said Thursday in Washington he has asked Los Angeles Assistant U.S...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Web
By James Evans
As part of an effort by the federal courts to make all dockets and judicial opinions available on the Internet, the Southern D...
Family
V.C. Lawyer Drops Challenge to Family Law Judge
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - The lawyer who filed a motion to disqualify a Ventura county judge from hearing some 300 cases involving parents ac...
Litigation
Judges Study Unification's Impact on Courts
By Denise Levin
Three separate judicial committees will study and discuss the issues that kept the Los Angeles County judges from giving thum...
Judges and Judiciary
Suspended Judge Ordered Jailed in Ventura County
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - Suspended Ventura County Superior Court Judge Robert Bradley started serving a six-month jail sentence Thursday aft...
Civil Rights
Motion Seeks Injunction Against 'Stun Belt' Use
By Michael Harris
Attorneys for the three-strikes defendant jolted with a 50,000 volt stun belt for interrupting a judge filed a class action m...
Criminal
Putting on the Dog Comes Naturally to this Prosecutor
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - Those who say law has gone to the dogs have never met Violet and Edith - the Perry Masons of puppies. Violet and Ed...
Government
Guarded Silence
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - One lesson to come out of the Legislature's hearings recently on explosive allegations of official misconduct, b...
Litigation
Pellman's First Official Act is a New Conflict of Interest Policy
By Lauren Blau
In his first official act, Los Angeles County Counsel Lloyd W. Pellman has established a policy for his office regarding actu...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges Struggle with a New, Partisan World
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO - When he heard that the San Diego Democratic Committee wanted to endorse him in his re-election bid, Superior Cour...
Real Estate/Development
Cities Win Ruling Allowing Bypass of Voter Approval
By Philip Carizosa
In a major financial boost for California cities, the state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the ability of municipalities to...
Government
Pellman Chosen as Los Angeles County Counsel
By Michael Harris
Lloyd "Bill" Pellman, a 26-year veteran of the Los Angeles county counsel's office, has been appointed by the board of superv...
Labor/Employment
Court: Job Tests Can Discriminate
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - A female employee cannot force her employer to use a promotional test that benefited women but severely damag...
Technology & Science
Protection for Cyberspace IP Wins Approval
By James Evans
SAN JOSE - Legislation to provide increased protection in cyberspace to intellectual property, the Digital Millennium Copyrig...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Faces Arraignment Following Latest Arrest
By Amy Bentley
VENTURA - Suspended Ventura County Superior Court Judge Robert Bradley was accused Wednesday of again violating his drunken-d...
Public Interest
House Approves $250 Million Budget in Annual Legal Services Corporation Battle
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives voted Tuesday not to cut the Legal Service Corporation's budget in half, as initial...
Real Estate/Development
Expense Account
By Michael Ueda
In what is believed to be the first challenge of a Los Angeles landlord's attempt to pass certain building-improvement costs ...
Communications
Private Parts
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Growing concern over a loss of personal privacy has fueled a lawmaking frenzy aimed at protecting consumers from...
Family
Family Law Jurist Juggles His Time In Four Counties
By Marsha Dorgan
RED BLUFF - Peter Twede, a Tehama County Family Law Commissioner, is perplexed by parents who refuse to support their minor ch...
Education
ABA Authority To Accredit Is Under Scrutiny
By Don De Benedictis
TORONTO - The American Bar Association could soon find itself whipsawed between the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education ...
Judges and Judiciary
Discipline Board: Jogging Judge Acted Improperly
By Jean Guccione
A Riverside County judge abandoned his judicial duties and undermined public confidence when he routinely left the bench duri...
Litigation
This Hit Squad Has Judges Crying Foul
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - A special fast-track trial team recently created by the Orange County Superior Court presiding judge is a disaste...
Securities
Insider Trading Informant Given Probation
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A government informant who provided the key to 360,000 internal documents in the securities fraud and insider...
Government
L.A. Supervisors Approve 4 Lawsuit Settlements
By Denise Levin
Three settlements stemming from lawsuits filed against Los Angeles County-run hospitals for botched medical procedures were u...
Civil Rights
Jury to Decide if Pepper Spray was Reasonable
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Monday ruled a jury should decide whether it was reasonable for Humboldt County sheriff's dep...