Cops Keep Getting the Wrong Man
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Fontana resident Pedro Villegas has filed a lawsuit against the cities of Fontana and Long Beach, claiming that p...
Chief Justice Wants to Open Up the Process of Appointing Judges
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George said Thursday that he wants to re-examine the procedures of the state Commissio...
Airlines Sued for Loss of Life-Sustaining Medicines
By Anne La Jeunesse
The family of a 75-year-old Inglewood woman who died in her native Guyana during a December 1997 visit has filed a wrongful d...
Abuses of Courts, and Home, Are Focus of Child Advocates
By Cheryl Romo
For the past decade, juvenile court judges and attorneys have met with child welfare officials once a year at the state Judic...
Redress for Attempted Robber Is Limited by State High Court
By Anna Marie Stolley
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a would-be robber shot by a store employee and rendered paraplegic cannot sue...
Command Chain For Inspector Is Made Explicit
By Lauren Blau
In an effort to maintain public confidence in its work, the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners voted unanimously Thurs...
Jury Finds for Christensen in Pregnancy Suit
By Denise Levin
Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro attorneys walked victoriously from the courtroom Thursday where...
What's in a Name?
By James Evans
SAN JOSE - In the parlance of the Internet, "listserv" is the generic name for an online discussion group, in which members se...
Supervisors Give Green Light to Garcetti's Plan
By Michael Harris
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved much of District Attorney Gil Garcetti's plan to improve his fam...
Suit Accuses Quackenbush of Secret Rate Hikes
By Lauren Blau
Claiming Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is conducting business in secret, The Proposition 103 Enforcement Project h...
Lost 1982 Letter Results in Overturned Death Sentence
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has overturned a death sentence and double murder conviction because a letter stating a key i...
Three-Strike 'Poster Boy' Sentenced in Orange County
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA - Defendant Jesus Garcia, whose prosecutor has called him "the poster boy for three strikes," was sentenced to 25 y...
Council Debates Inspector General's Authority
By Lauren Blau
After a lengthy debate, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to ask the city attorney, police chief and leg...
Christensen Miller Case Goes to Jury
By Denise Levin
After hearing the last, breathless half-hour of closing arguments, the jurors presiding over the Christensen, Miller, Fink, J...
Claims of Crude Sex Talk Land Judge Before Discipline Board
By Jean Guccione
A San Bernardino judge is being investigated for allegedly making crude remarks to a female court manager and others about he...
Judge Chides Overcautious Counsel
By Dick Goldberg
SAN DIEGO - Judge William C. Pate of the San Diego County Superior Court, a former Marine Corps combat veteran, believes lawye...
Los Angeles Embraces New Jury System
By Denise Levin
The Los Angeles Superior Court announced Tuesday it will begin phasing in the one-day, one-trial juror program in May 1999, de...
Experts Expect Bush Retreat on Antitrust Issues
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - New presidents always inherit thorns left in their political side by the outgoing commander in chief, and for Ge...
Christensen Trial Has Attorneys in A Family Way
By Denise Levin
The lawyer-defendants at Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro should know better than the average emp...
Some U.S. Firms Thrive, While Others Fade, in European Community Capital
By Wendy B. Schatzman
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Globalization of business means the rules for law firms have changed. Firms that are serious about establ...
Second Amendment Foundation Warns S.F. of Possible Suit
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - A litigious pro-gun lobby with a successful courtroom track record is threatening to counterattack if San Fra...
Family Support Plan Gets Mixed Reviews
By Michael Harris
Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's wide-ranging plan to improve his beleaguered family support division garn...
Latham Partner Leaves Firm for Venture Fund
By Leslie Gordon
SAN FRANCISCO - Allen L. Morgan, a partner at Latham & Watkins in Menlo Park, announced Monday that he is leaving the fir...
Company Sends Unhappy Words Microsoft's Way
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - In a Santa Clara County Superior Court complaint that echoes the federal antitrust case against Microsoft, a small...
S.F. Defender Anoints His Heir-Apparent
By Laura Impellizzeri
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown has anointed a young deputy renown for his trial skills as his secon...
Strike Three
By Tom Dresslar
SACRAMENTO - As Gov. Pete Wilson ends his eight-year tenure and considers another run for the White House in 2000, he leaves b...
Minors Must Go Before a Judge Under New Law
By Michael Harris
In a rare display of mutual support for a new law that has changed the legal culture of Juvenile Court, Los Angeles County Di...
Supreme Court Rebukes Circuit In Death Case
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Rejection of Case Casts Shadow on Use of Informants
By Denise Levin
Convicted felons should not testify for prosecutors in criminal trials. According to plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Rodriguez, th...
Truck Driver Convicted of Missing Girl's Murder
By Mathew Heller
RIVERSIDE - A former truck driver described by prosecutors as a sexual deviant has been convicted of murdering a 7-year-old g...