Government
Report Claims Support for City Attorney Status Quo
By Lauren Blau
A broad cross-section of Los Angeles residents who offered comments on proposed changes to the City Charter overwhelmingly su...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara Prosecutor Wins Election
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County prosecutor Joyce Allegro, who challenged two sitting jurists for an open judicial seat, won a de...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Heads Greet Davis Victory With Relief, Cautious Optimism
By Don De Benedictis
Gray Davis' election as the next governor of California means the State Bar of California will see legislation passed next ye...
Construction
'Brownfields' Refinery Site May Be Reborn as a Suburb
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The shiny new brick-and-brass sign reads "New Pacific Properties," but for many neighbors it spells "relief."...
Government
Davis Decision A Big Victory For Plaintiff Bar
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - For the past 16 years, the Capitol has been the scene of gridlock on tort and insurance reform legislation. Hundr...
Employee Benefits
Union Contracts Win Approval of Supreme Court
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to organized labor, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that "union security" co...
Intellectual Property
Federal Court Decides West Copyright Invalid
By Anthony Aarons
In a ruling that could change the legal publishing landscape, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that West Group can...
Criminal
Indigent Defense Negotiations to Resume
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors killed a bar-sponsored proposal for representation of indigent defendants Tuesday...
Government
Supervisors Approve $1 Million in Settlements
By Lauren Blau
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved three lawsuit settlements Tuesday totaling $1 million, including a $650,...
Litigation
Simpson Belongings to Be Sold at Auction
By Anne La Jeunesse
The families of slain Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman came a step closer Tuesday to collecting on a $33.5 million jud...
Product Liability
Smoking Gun
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - New Orleans was quickest on the draw with a ground-breaking suit filed last week against the gun industry. But...
Banking
Bank of Americas Arbitration Clause Is Held Unlawful
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In an eagerly awaited ruling, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday that the Bank of America cannot impose bindi...
Civil Rights
Countys Error Costs Taxpayers $1M in Interest
By Martin Bergn
Los Angeles County lawyers recently made a $1 million mistake in an already costly police misconduct case - and the expense wi...
Law Practice
Judge Calls Litigation 'Offensive'
By Denise Levin
A judge Friday became angry at an attorney for his impatience awaiting the judge's ruling in a $100 million legal malpractice...
Family
Allred: Federal Officials to Investigate DA Division
By Michael Harris
Attorney Gloria Allred said she has convinced officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an invest...
Government
Snowball's Chance
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Robert Evans would push to legalize drugs and cease enforcing the death penalty because "killing people doesn't ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar Leader Still Sees Glass Ceiling
By Leslie Gordon
OAKLAND - Known for her feminist convictions and energetic style, Gillian M. Ross, this year's president of California Women L...
Law Practice
Top Morrison Lawyer Joins Ernst & Young
By Leslie A. Gordon And Pamela Mc Clintock
SAN FRANCISCO - The managing partner of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster has resigned to join the accountin...
Law Practice
Do-It-Yourself Law Franchises Vex Attorneys
By Mary Micheletti
Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles may be the domain of expensive law firms catering to powerful clients, but farther...
Criminal
Gang Injunction Trial Halted by Appellate Court
By Michael Harris
An appeal court for the first time has stayed a civil gang abatement trial - ordering prosecutors to show why it should not s...
Criminal
Cops Killing Of HIV-Positive Man Is Under the Gun
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Lonnie Wenger called San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies to his Fontana home Oct. 15 to turn himself in ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Litton-Honeywell Retrial Gets Off to Rocky Start
By Martin Bergn
The high-stakes retrial of the damages phase in Litton Systems Inc.'s antitrust suit against Honeywell Inc. got off to a rock...
Constitutional Law
Home-Schoolers Challenge Monrovia's Curfew
By Denise Levin
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday took under submission arguments on the constitutionality of a daytime curfew ordi...
Judges and Judiciary
Two L.A. Judges Are Sanctioned by Discipline Board
By Jean Guccione
In a busy day for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, two Los Angeles judges were publicly admonished Thursday: one...
Judges and Judiciary
Appeal for Funds from L.A. Justices Raises $235,000
By Jean Guccione
While other appeal court justices have largely skipped campaigning, appellate jurists in Los Angeles have raised $235,000 from...
Judges and Judiciary
In Switch, L.A. Employees Get Full Juror Pay
By Denise Levin
While complaining for years about the difficulty of getting citizens to serve as jurors, the Los Angeles Superior Court had d...
Law Practice
Lawyers Will Seek to Restore Hefty Fees
By Martin Bergn
A bitter dispute over whether attorneys in a class-action settlement deserve what a judge described as an "eye-popping" rate ...
Public Interest
Defense Lawyers Will Not Extend Contract With L.A.
By Michael Harris
The head of the Indigent Criminal Defense Association withdrew her intention Wednesday to agree to a 30-day extension of the ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Finds Judge Failed to Give Proper Hearing
By Anna Marie Stolley
A state appeal panel has found that a Los Angeles judge failed to give a proper hearing before imposing hefty sanctions again...
Public Interest
Out of Service
By Claudia Rosenbaum
SAN FRANCISCO - Low-income residents of Alameda County in need of civil legal assistance hear only a tape-recorded message wh...