Court Counts On Clerks for Coordination
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The nine Supreme Court justices this morning will stride down the court's marble corridors to gather around their...
Gov. Davis Appoints George to Bench
By Michael Jonathan Grinfeld
SANTA ANA - Stephanie George, the deputy district attorney who defeated former Orange County District Attorney Michael R. Capi...
Laguna Art Group Sues Festival Board
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
LAGUNA BEACH - The charitable arm of the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach has filed a lawsuit against the festival's board of ...
Washington Bar Agrees to Add Minority Seat
By Staff Writer
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association has voted to add one seat designated for a min...
Paralyzed Rampart Victim Sues His Public Defender
By Ed Kimble
Javier Ovando, who was paralyzed in a home invasion shooting by Rampart division officers Rafael Perez and Nino Durden and ser...
Proceedings Suspended in Murder Case
By Chris Ford
A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner Friday gave a reprieve to a former law student who faces a murder charge with a spec...
Panel Discounts Perez's Testimony, Acquits Officers of Excessive Force
By Anne La Jeunesse
While disgraced former Los Angeles police Officer Rafael Perez' testimony holds weight with criminal prosecutors, the rogue co...
Six U.S. High-Court Litigators Prepare for New Term
By David Pike
KENNETH S. GELLER Geller, 53, has argued "around 40" cases before the Supreme Court, first as a member of the U.S. solicitor g...
Court Upholds Injunction on Anti-Begging Law
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Raising new free speech concerns, a federal appellate court has kept in place the preliminary injunction preve...
'Harsh' Act Unites Defense And Immigration Attorneys
By Susan Mc Rae
After getting his criminal conviction overturned, attorneys for reformed gang member Alex Sanchez won his release Friday from ...
Seven Days, Hundreds of Appeals
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court term that begins Oct. 2 will not be an encore of its historic 1999-2000 session, but it will pr...
Call to Arms
By Columnist
This term, the Supreme Court will hear a case addressing whether the nondelegation doctrine has any lingering vitality. ...
Atheists, Agnostics Deserve Same Consideration as Gays
By Contributing Writer
There has been much controversy generated by the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling allowing the Boy Scouts to exclude gays, B...
Tips for Cutting Office Equipment Expenses
By Columnist
An office equipment purchase today requires the buyer to decide whether to buy a service contract or pay for repairs as they h...
Modern-Day Portia
By Dawn Piimanu
After 21 years on the bench, retired Judge Ellen James embarked on a third career when, in 1997, she joined JAMS. Settling cas...
Justice Jackhammer
By Columnist
There continue to be civil suits alleging that racketeering activities operate in law-enforcement departments. ...
Tactical Advantage
By Columnist
Industrial tort lawyer Kevin Lancaster recently obtained a settlement in excess of $1.2 million for his clients, the wife and ...
Culture Sensitive
By Columnist
In considering whether race, gender or culture should be a factor in considering a mediator, the obvious answer is yes - when ...
Cosmetic Enhancement?
By Columnist
A question of tremendous importance to the practice of criminal law in California is whether prior convictions alleged under t...
Man vs. Machine
By Columnist
When Lynette Gonzalez came to attorney Bruce Gelber's office in Los Angeles with regard to her workers' compensation claim, wh...
Open Season
In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 120 S.Ct. 2446 (2000), the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to greater discrimination base...
Man Sues Stores Over 'Made in USA' Labels
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Several of the country's largest department stores and home improvement chains, including Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sears ...
Animal Rights Activists Plan to Sue City
By David Houston
A group of animal rights activists announced Thursday that they intend to sue the city of Los Angeles and the Police Departmen...
Justice Attorney Urges Court to Dismiss Census Lawsuit
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Justice Department attorney, arguing on behalf of parties that include the cities of Los Angeles and San F...
DAs Seek Clarification of Marijuana Law
By Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - District attorneys in California's rural counties are calling on state lawmakers to clarify the limits of Proposi...
Gun Show Sues County for Terminating Contract
By David Houston
Great Western Shows sued Los Angeles County on Thursday, accusing the Board of Supervisors of secretly pressuring Pomona Fairp...
Going 'Buchwald' on Slamming
By Columnist
"Listen up! ... Here's a man who would not take it! Here's a man who stood up!" Troops, you know whenever The Eye starts off w...
Police Arrest Santa Monica Couple in England
By David Houston
The former office manager of Bailey & Marzano and her husband were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment that accuses ...
Groups Stress Importance of Interpreters for Health Care
By Susan Mc Rae
Fighting tears, Boonsong Suthilak, a Thai woman in her mid-40s, described through an interpreter the difficulties of getting t...
Grenade Marketing Gimmick Goes Kaboom in Firm's Face
By Katherine Gaidos
It's not a mail bomb, it's a paperweight. If these words had been written on almost 600 packages mailed to Silicon Valley busi...