WASHINGTON - Issuing three landmark decisions as its 1998-99 term drew to a close Wednesday, the Supreme Court sharply curtai...
WASHINGTON - In a decision with major ramifications for class-action lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside ...
Judges and Judiciary
Unwitting Courtroom Bias Is Still Pervasive, Panelists Say
By Patricia Jocobus
SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Lillian Sing will never forget a remark a colleague made to her when she first joined th...
Intellectual Property
Office Depot First Retailer to Enter Settlement in Y2K Suits
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Breaking ranks with its corporate co-defendants, Office Depot has agreed to settle the first Y2K lawsuit filed aga...
State Bar & Bar Associations
L.A. County Bars New Head Is Consummate Volunteer
By Don De Benedictis
Patricia M. Schnegg's mother was the consummate volunteer, and she instilled volunteerism in her daughter. "I grew up knowing...
Civil Rights
ADA Settlement Leads the Way To ATMs for Blind Customers
By Patricia Jocobus
SAN FRANCISCO - After four years of intense negotiations with disability rights attorneys, Wells Fargo Bank unveiled a first-...
Administrative/Regulatory
Court: Petitioner Bears Burden to Reverse Finding
By Anna Marie Stolley
State Bar & Bar Associations
Independent Judiciary Task Force Expands Work
By Daniel Shaw
CHICAGO - Encouraged by a successful public education campaign in Tennessee during recent judicial elections, the American Ba...
Personal Injury & Torts
Budding Doctors Get Look Inside a Malpractice Lawsuit
By Tom Orewyler
When Harvey Gardner, a victim of a catastrophic stroke, was wheeled into the courtroom, most of the spectators had looks of s...
SACRAMENTO - Here are a couple of warnings for Los Angeles Superior Court judges. The messengers are state lawmakers who repr...
SAN FRANCISCO - On Nov. 17, 1997, attorney Robert L. Sommers got a bad-news phone call from his bank informing him he was ove...
Judges and Judiciary
Services Are Held for Retired Judge Mark Wood
By Elizabeth Freudenthal
Services have been held for retired Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Mark Wood, who died of emphysema June 14 at his Manhatt...
"Death of a Salesman" may have debuted 50 years ago, but the Internet probably will drive the final nail into Willy Loman's co...
Judges and Judiciary
Arraignment Set for O.C. Judge Accused of DUI
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle